University of Cape Town

Faculty of Humanities

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Full name:                Joanna Felicity Morton

Student Number:        MRTJOA003

Course name:        English Literary Studies

Course Code:        ELL113F

Tutorial Tutor:        Nadia Davids

Tutorial Group:        24

Due Date:                12 April 2002

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Great Expectations Essay

        

We have reached the end of the second stage of Pip’s Expectations, and he has recently learnt the true identity of his benefactor, namely, the convict who threatened him in the cemetery and on the marsh all those many years ago.  The convict, Abel Magwitch, is moved by Pip’s kind-heartedness and generosity, and decides to devote his life into transforming Pip from a blacksmith’s apprentice into a wealthy gentleman.  Pip, however, receives all the money that Magwitch has assigned him without knowing from whom or for what reason he is acquiring it.  On discovering the truth, Pip is devastated because he had previously believed that it was, in fact, Miss Havisham who had been his patron, and that she had meant for him to marry Estella – the cold, contemptuous girl who Pip fell in love with during his time at Satis House.  Horrified, Pip realises that he is not meant to marry Estella at all, and believes that Miss Havisham has had nothing to do with his “Great Expectations”.

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In the morning after Magwitch has revealed his identity, Pip trips over a man who had been crouching in a corner by his staircase.  Pip immediately runs to fetch the watchman to question him about any visitors he may have let in, but on their return the man has vanished.  (We later find out that it was Orlick – the day labourer in Joe’s forge, who reveals towards the end of the novel that he has connections with Compeyson, a criminal and former partner of Magwitch.)  Pip turns his attention to Magwitch, and decides to use his alias, “Provis”, ...

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