GCSE English Literature Coursework.
'Great Expectations'.
Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about a boy who was brought up in humble obscurity by his ill-tempered older sister Mrs Joe Gargery and her strong but gentle husband, Joe Gargery who is a blacksmith.
Pip's expectation's are to be made a 'gentleman'. He thinks all the gifts and money were from a rich lady called Miss Havisham, But Miss Havisham just used him as a victim for her niece Estella used her charm with the aim of breaking Pips heart.
Through pips life he has gone on thinking that Miss Havisham helped him to be a gentleman, but problems occur when he discovers his real benefactor to be Magwitch. Magwitch was a convict and Pip helped him to try and escape from prison when he was a child.
There are a lot of expectations, for other characters; Estella expects to become a rich lady, dominating humiliated admirers but then becomes enslaved to a brutal husband; Herbert Pocket, dreams of becoming a powerful industrialist but he has no capital until Pip arrives and provides money and financial assistance. Wopsle, the Parish clerk in Pips village wanted to be an actor and becomes a stage hack; Miss Havisham was surrounded by relatives that only wanted her money after her death; Miss Havisham and Magwitch have expectations for Pip and Estella.
'Great Expectations'.
Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about a boy who was brought up in humble obscurity by his ill-tempered older sister Mrs Joe Gargery and her strong but gentle husband, Joe Gargery who is a blacksmith.
Pip's expectation's are to be made a 'gentleman'. He thinks all the gifts and money were from a rich lady called Miss Havisham, But Miss Havisham just used him as a victim for her niece Estella used her charm with the aim of breaking Pips heart.
Through pips life he has gone on thinking that Miss Havisham helped him to be a gentleman, but problems occur when he discovers his real benefactor to be Magwitch. Magwitch was a convict and Pip helped him to try and escape from prison when he was a child.
There are a lot of expectations, for other characters; Estella expects to become a rich lady, dominating humiliated admirers but then becomes enslaved to a brutal husband; Herbert Pocket, dreams of becoming a powerful industrialist but he has no capital until Pip arrives and provides money and financial assistance. Wopsle, the Parish clerk in Pips village wanted to be an actor and becomes a stage hack; Miss Havisham was surrounded by relatives that only wanted her money after her death; Miss Havisham and Magwitch have expectations for Pip and Estella.