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Pip narrates his story many years after the events of the novel take place. The novel follows Pip's process from childhood innocence to adulthood. The financial and social rise of the protagonist is accompanied by an emotional and moral deterioration, which forces Pip to recognize his negative expectations in a new self-awareness. [1]
Great Expectations describes Pip's initial frustration upon leaving home, followed by a long and difficult period that is punctuated with conflicts between his desires and the values of established order. During this time he re-evaluates his life and re-enters society on new foundations.
John Wemmick is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1861 novel Great Expectations.He is Mr Jaggers's clerk and the protagonist Pip's friend. [1] Some scholars consider him to be the "most modern man in the book".
Wopsle's great-aunt is Pip's first "teacher" in Great Expectations. "Mr Wopsle's great-aunt kept an evening school in the village, that is to say, she was a ridiculous old woman of limited means and unlimited infirmity, who used to go to sleep from six to seven every evening, in the society of youth who paid two pence per week each, for the ...
Compeyson is the main antagonist of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations, a 'George Wickham'-esque man, whose criminal activities harmed two people, who in turn shaped much of protagonist Pip's life. [1] Compeyson abandoned Miss Havisham at the altar, and later got Abel Magwitch arrested.
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Miss Havisham is begging Pip for his forgiveness (F. A. Fraser) Miss Havisham repents late in the novel when Estella leaves to marry Pip's rival, Bentley Drummle; and she realises that she has caused Pip's heart to be broken in the same manner as her own; rather than achieving any kind of personal revenge, she has only caused more pain. Miss ...