How Does Dickens Present the Character Mrs Joe Throughout Chapters 1-7 of Great Expectations?
How Does Dickens Present the Character Mrs Joe Throughout Chapters 1-7 of Great Expectations? Throughout the first seven chapters, Dickens presents Mrs Joe as the main antagonist. It appears that when she isn’t seeking credit for the fact that she brought Pip up “by hand”, she has an agenda to make him and the other characters she encounters suffer. Clearly, she is the opposite of the ideal Victorian woman. Mrs Joe is not given a name in these chapters and is known only as “Mrs Joe”. This makes her relationship with Pip very formal, especially considering that they are in fact brother and sister. It is ironic that Mrs Joe be referred to as “Mrs Joe” constantly, when there does not seem too much of Joe in her. The main purpose it serves is probably to characterize Mrs Joe as a more masculine, and therefore typically more commanding, character. In the tradition of marriage, the wife usually gives up her last name to show that she is "property" of the man; therefore it is especially ironic that she be called Mrs. Joe when it is clear that Joe belongs more to her. Dickens also presents her as having a rather obvious dissatisfaction with her life. She blames Pip and Joe for this, stating “you’ll drive me to the churchyard betwixt you and oh, a pr-r-rectious pair you’d be without me!” She appears to believe that Pip and Joe should feel guilty for putting
Great Expectations - create a monologue for Miss Havisham.
Miss Havisham Monologue Idea: Miss Havisham’s monologue is going to be in 3 sections. Section 1: Day of her Wedding day . Wise and experienced 2. Purpose in Life 3. True Love Section 2: What Love did to her and the revenge she takes on men and the hatred she feels towards men? . Love’s Revenge 2. Hatred Towards Men 3. In pain Section 3: How she taught Estella to love her and break men’s heart and the emotions that she feels when she realises that Estella don’t love her. . Justified 2. Desperation to prove a point 3. In pain Miss Havisham’s Monologue in the 3 sections Introduction “Look at me, so pail, weak and powerless. This can’t be me. I used to be so strong, so beautiful. Now, I feel so lonely and so near to my death. Section 1 I remember the day of my wedding, how could I even forget that day, the day that I was so foolish to believe its going to end happy. I never did felt what true love was anyway; since the day I was born. Through my life I understood that true love is just another lie, and old tale and which only happens in fairy tales. I thought I could trust him, Compensyson; my beloved fiancée who jilted me on our own wedding day, left me on the altar, He was so sweet. All the letters he wrote, every word he said felt so good. I felt so loved. Each word he said engraved in my heart. I understood that every word he said did
Explore the ways Dickens presents the relationship between Pip and Magwitch, with particular reference to Chapters 39 (2.10) and 54 (3.15)
Joyce Chan 0 Bronte Explore the ways Dickens presents the relationship between Pip and Magwitch, with particular reference to Chapters 39 (2.10) and 54 (3.15) In Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations”, Magwitch is a very important figure in Pip’s life as his secret benefactor, who is responsible for Pip’s life as a gentleman and essentially his “great expectations”. His role in the novel has great significance both at the very beginning, as the terrifying convict, as well as later on in the novel as Pip’s benefactor and eventual friend. During Magwitch’s later appearances in the novel, he is portrayed as a character who is only full of affection for Pip, in stark contrast to the cruel convict that he is in the beginning, however Pip who is still left with the terrifying childhood memories, responds to his kindness only with initial horror. Throughout the whole novel, Dickens cleverly uses the weather and setting as a pathetic fallacy to represent as well as reflect the feelings of Pip towards Magwitch during his appearances. The sensation of disaster striking and a warning that pandemonium is approaching is created by the “wretched weather; stormy and wet, stormy and wet” which sets the scene for Magwitch’s arrival in Chapter 39 and the complete disgust that Pip is expecting. However, it is clear to see that the setting is much changed in Chapter 54
Is Magwitch a criminal or a victim of society?
Is Magwitch a criminal or a victim of society? In the 19th century the class divisions were very strict. This meant that different people were divided into different social classes. At the top of this ladder were the rich people who enjoyed comfortable lives and didn't have to work to live. These people didn't care too much for anyone than their own class. Of course, there were some people at the top of the ladder who weren't like this, like Jaggers the lawyer, who helped the poor people. When Pip first met Magwitch, Magwitch had just escaped from the hulks. Pip describes him as "Soaked in water and smothered in mud and cut by flints and stung by nettles and torn by briars ... He limped and shivered and glared and growled" Magwitch's first words to Pip were "Keep still, or I'll cut your throat!" This must have mad Pip very scared of him. Pip reacted by being very polite and doing what he was told, probably in fear of what Magwitch might do to him if he didn't. But the reader is also made to feel slightly sorry for him, as it appears that he is extremely hungry, as he ate Pip's bread "ravenously". Magwitch tells pip that a 'young man' accompanies him and that this young man can "get at a boy, and at his heart, and at his liver". Magwitch appears to be lying at this part just to scare Pip into getting him the food. Later on, when Magwitch found out about Compeyson, he
Who or what do you think has the Most influence on Pip's development and for what reasons.
"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens Who or what do you think has the most influence on Pip's development and for what reasons? Who or what do you think has the Most influence on Pip's development and for what reasons. "Great Expectations" is the story of Phillip Pirrip, known as Pip. He is an orphan living with his authoritarian sister Mrs Joe Gargery and her illiterate husband Joe Gargery. They are a working class family in the Victorian era. Joe Gargery is the village blacksmith in their village on the marshes. Pip encounters an escaped convict on the marshes and brings him wittles and a file stolen from his own house. This convict is Abel Magwitch. One day Pip receives a peculiar request from Miss Havisham, an elderly upper class woman to come and "play" at her house. Her house is old and large compared to Pip's house at the forge. At Miss Havisham's house, he meets an attractive young lady called Estella. He is infatuated with her throughout the novel. He is suddenly informed that he has "Great expectations" and will be sent to London to be educated and turned into gentleman. Here he meets Jaggers a lawyer who takes care of all Pip's financial needs and he is sent to live with Herbert Pocket the son of Mathew Pocket who teaches him table manners and other ways to behave if you are to be an upper class gentleman. This is all to be paid for by a mystery benefactor
What Influences Shape Young Pip's Character in "Great Expectations"
Navdeep Sahota English Coursework What Influences Shape Young Pip's Character in "Great Expectations" Great Expectations is the story of Philip Pirrip, an orphaned child living with his sister and brother-in-law. Pip faces many different situations and deals with more than a child today. We see many different signs to give us a clue upon Pip's mind and the way he thinks. The circumstances and people he has encountered have made him the person he pans out to be towards the end of the book. Pip's parents died when he was young along with five of his siblings. At the beginning of the book Pip, aged seven, tells us that "the shape of the letters on my father's, gave me an odd idea he was a square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair." He is referring to his father's tombstone and even though Pip has never seen him he imagines what he looked like by the shaping of the letters on the tombstone. This shows Pip has a very strong imagination. He also must visit the cemetery often and wonder what life would be like with his deceased family. Pip, unlike the majority of orphans at the time, still had some family: his brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs Joe Gargery. Pip feels happy with his guardians as he still has someone and I think he is grateful, as he knows other orphans would be having very hard
What is the Significance of Chapter One of 'Great Expectations' in Relation to the Novel as a Whole?
What is the Significance of Chapter One of 'Great Expectations' in Relation to the Novel as a Whole? 'Great Expectations' is a novel written by Charles Dickens and is considered to be one of his best stories. The plot follows a young boy named Phillip Pirrip or 'Pip' and it focuses on his growth as he matures from a young boy into a fully grown man. He had always had great expectations of himself, wishing to become someone of high social class - as this was set and written in the Victorian era when social class was a huge factor of society - and when he ends up visiting an eccentric woman called Miss Haversham he meets a beautiful young girl called Estella who becomes more important later on. After he discovers that he has a secret benefactor who begins to fund his life. Pip assumes that this benefactor is Miss Haversham but the truth is that it is a criminal, who Pip helped as a child, called Magwitch and when Pip discovers this at the age of 23 he despises the idea that his success is due to a criminal's money. Pip became dependant on the money causing himself to fall into dabts and so Pip loses his fortune and ends up, socially, where he started. From chapter one you get the impression that Pip is vulnerable. From the first three lines the reader becomes familiar with Pip as it is an introduction in the first person narrative and it gives background information on his