Magwitch Quotes

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    • 'How heavy it all bore on me'
      • Alliteration of h sounds = heavy breathing
        • Repetitive and tiring cycle
    • 'Whipped and worried'
      • 'Whipped'- Harsh connotations of violence= create sympathy
      • 'Worried'- People don't care for the lower class
      • Alliteration- Continuous process
    • 'In jail and out of jail'
      • Use of repetition to show the uselessness of the justice system
        • Doesn't encourage people not to commit crimes
    • 'felt great pity for him'
    • 'Nobody was hard on him'
      • Has a gentleman with him- people are nicer to him
        • Unfair class differences
    • 'ravenously'
      • Anthropomorphism
        • 'like a hungry old dog'
        • Dehumanises him- Creates sympathy for him from the reader
        • Magwitch is everything the upper class thought he was
          • Dickens was not entirely successful
    • 'like a hungry old dog'
    • 'strongest fangs'
      • Anthropomorphism
        • Dehumanises him- Creates sympathy for him from the reader
        • Magwitch is everything the upper class thought he was
          • Dickens was not entirely successful
    • 'I'm your second father'
      • Loyal Character- Pip fed him and helped him and he is grateful for this

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