The language and the writer’s techniques from pages 60-61 is quite complicated because he uses words like “peppercorny” which means spicy and “farinaceous” which means dusty (floury) these are not easily found in most dictionaries. Also he uses the description of Sati’s house to get the atmosphere of whether Pip will go or not.
The history from page 62 shows us that this was normally always dark in a house because there was little light, it only came from one or two candles. In Sati’s house, Stella only had one candle and the room where Miss Havesham was there was only the fire, all the curtains were drawn so it must have been very, very dark. Your eyes would have to get used to it to be able to see.
The society from page 62 is that Pip has no knowledge of Miss Haveshams world, all he knows is that she is wealthy and might be a bit mad. When Pip gets to Miss Havesham’s house Stella a little girl comes out to the gate, she leaves Mr Pumblechook outside and lets Pip in. Mr Pumblechook is very embarrassed by this because Stella is a little girl. Stella to show
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How superior she is to Pip she calls him ‘boy’. Stella always locks and bolts the gate the side gates and the front door. Stella also has lack of consideration for Pip because she leaves him in the dark before he goes into the room to see Miss Haversham, this is also reflected in her character because Stella has been brought up to be unkind.
The character in page 62 is mixed Pip is very curious during this page this is shown when it says ‘Pip peeped in’. Miss Haversham has all her doors locked and bolted because she doesn’t want to mix with society. She also uses Stella to get revenge on society by using Pip. Stella has to be as nasty as possible to Pip because Miss Haversham’s heart is broken so she wants Stella to copy her by using Pip. The plan also works well because Pip idolises Stella, which would mean that Pip would do anything for her.
In page 62 the language is used to create tension and the atmosphere by things like ‘the rusty bars on the house’ which could show that it’s like a prison. Also the brewery is closed and neglected (this was used for the drink at the wedding party which didn’t happen). The gate is always locked and the source of light is little, also there are high enclosed walls which all adds up to a very scary place and you would be very nervous going in there. The way beer is referred to is ‘sour’ this means that it is not drinkable because it is meant to be left and it is sour because Miss Haversham’s heart is sour.
In page 64 the society shows us that Pip is poor compared to the other people in the village, this is also reflected by his furniture, he doesn’t have much and his house isn’t always clean.
The character is shown in page 64 as Pip is very shy and he is trying so hard not to displease Stella because he likes her. Pip tried to be more polite than shy when Stella met him at the door, but Stella just turned her nose up and said ‘don’t be ridiculous boy’. The way Stella says her first line on page 64 shows her rudeness which is ‘go in’.
The language on page 64 reflects Miss Haversham’s wealth like the wax candles. Her environment does and doesn’t reflect on her wealth. It does because it’s big and lots of extras, it doesn’t because the state the house is in for example bars over the windows, darkness and rats from the decaying food. The way the writer describes what Miss Haversham is
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Wearing gives us a picture image in our minds. Pip’s first impression is good but then his eyes get used to the dark and he realises that Miss Haversham has a tatty old wedding dress on he also notices that all the clocks have stopped, he points this out to Miss Haversham she just says that this is when her heart got broken.
The character in pages 68-69 shows Stella doesn’t like Pip, you can tell this when she sets out to humiliate him by calling him things like ‘labouring boy’. She also notices that he’s got ‘course hands’ which shows that he works with his hands, this was only done by the lower class. When Pip is being humiliated he doesn’t dare respond to it because high society people can make you rich one day so he remains polite.
Pages 68-69 have good language because it describes things so that you can picture it in your mind, like when the writer describes Sati’s house to us by using the words ‘corpse-like’ which would suggest that it was horrible and a decaying place. Also Stella uses the house as power to rule over men so this means although the house is ‘corpse-like’ it still shows wealth and power.