Great Expectations Themes

Themes Shown in Great Expectations

By Charles Dickens

Themes:

• The theme of Love
• The theme of Society
• The theme of Growing Up
• The theme of Control
• The theme of Crime

Theme of Love

Between Pip and Estella:

• Pips unrequited love for Estella is one of Dickens' main threads throughout the story.
• The reason he wants to become a gentlemen is for Estella, the reason he goes to Satis house is to see Estella.
• Instead of Pip to move on with his life he focuses on becoming a gentleman for Estella as he believes that she is part of his expectations, due to this he goes through an emotional truama becasue of Estellas inability to love him and Pips inability to accept it.  

Between Pip and Biddy

• Biddy was attracted to Pip dring their teenage years…