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Great Expectations (Pip :boy::skin-tone-2: ("Always to keep up with…
Great Expectations
Pip :boy::skin-tone-2:
"As if some goblin had been crying there all night" :japanese_goblin:
Shows his imagination
Childishness juxtaposed against Vict. children not having a childhood
"Holloa young thief" :water_buffalo:
Anthropomorphism
Violent upbringing = fear of doing wrong
"Always to keep up with me" :books:
Double edged compliment
Arsehole
Can't believe she is clever - C19th sexism
Education linked to self improvement
"The beautiful young lady..." :girl::skin-tone-2:
Asyndetic list = childish love
"Certainly would have paid money" :money_with_wings:
Links money with corruption and deception
Actual VS moral crimes
"I knew very well that it was not all good" :man::skin-tone-3:
Retrospective first person narration
Conditional language
and
qualifiers
(modal auxillary verbs indicating certainty)
"I began to contract a quantity of debt" :moneybag:
Debt is also a metaphorical concept
He is indebted to Biddy and Joe
Repays them by casting them out his life
Money linked to corruption - Herbert is corrupted by Pip
"What an... Biddy had done me" :right_anger_bubble:
Rhetorical devices and parallelism
Incrementum
Pompous rage
Miss Havisham :bride_with_veil::skin-tone-3:
"All of white" :bride_with_veil:
Repetition and colour symbolism of white
White = purity
Listing overwhelms Pip
"Trinkets" :old_key:
Material wealth
"Faded and yellow" :older_woman:
She corrupts her environment
Decay
Symbolises loss of hope
"I want to see some play" :flower_playing_cards:
Imperative
Adults exploiting children
"Well? You can break his heart" :broken_heart:
Rhetorical question
Manipulating children with class and age
"Do you find her much changed Pip?" :woman::skin-tone-2:
Pip and Estella are her puppets
Manipulation
Major foreshadowing
Lets Pip believe she is his benefactor
"What have I done?" :!?:
Repetition
"Whirl of fire blazing all about her" :fire:
Contrast to the usual static nature of Satis House
Mrs Joe :woman::skin-tone-4:
"Washed herself with a nutmeg grater" :bath:
Associated with harshness
Opposite of motherly figure
"Tickler" :fearful:
Positive connotations but negative use
Reversal of expectations
Enjoys inflicting pain - sadistic
"Brought up by hand" :raised_hand_with_fingers_splayed:
Euphemism for violence
Encouraged in C19th
Reversal of the suggestion of nurture
"Prevailing redness of skin" :person_with_pouting_face:
Colour symbolism of red = devil
Juxtaposed against Joe's angelic description
"New flowered- flounce" :sunflower:
Covering up the usual household
Alliteration shows the incongruity of usual decor
"Her temper was greatly improved" :anger:
Attack as punishment for being cruel?
Transformation
"Joe...pardon...Pip" :coffin:
Her death is the first time she uses their names
Dickens redeems her in death
First time
First time they embrace
Magwitch :older_man::skin-tone-4:
"Whittles" :bread:
Naturalistic language
Authenticity
Sub class
"Hugged his shuddering body" :hugging_face:
Vulnerable
Active verbs
Contrast to stereotypes
"Wicked Noah's ark" :boat:
Religious symbolism
Reversal
"A thieving turnips for a living" :green_apple:
Earliest memory
"They measured my head" :face_with_head_bandage:
Criminality seen as a physical disability
"In jail and out of jail" :double_vertical_bar: 👨🏼
**Repetition, parallelism and alliteration"
"White ceiling"
Estella :girl::skin-tone-2:
"Very pretty" :lips:
First impression of her
Just looks
Foreshadows Pip's obsession with her beauty"
"one and twenty, and a queen" :crown:
Same age but class gives her superiority
Class divides even in children
"But you see she don't" :see_no_evil:
Class gives her power over adult
"She lured me on" :tulip:
Pip is still obsessed with her
She is transformed
Active verb shows Pip believes she is in control
"I am what you have made me" :<3:
Personal pronouns
"You are a part of my existence" :couple_with_heart:
"I have often thought of you" :couple:
Joe :man::skin-tone-3:
"Larger species of child" :children_crossing:
Doesn't look up to joe
No male role model
Reversal of typical Vict. stereotypes
"Curls of flaxen hair" :person_with_blond_hair::skin-tone-3:
Feminine description
Angelic
"Nothing that he wore then fitted him" :necktie:
Incongruous out of forge
Only character that stays true throughout play
"We wouldn't have you starved to death" :bread:
'True' gentleman
Compassion and empathy
Inclusive personal pronouns believe Pip is innocent
"Not doing what's right by a woman" :couple:
Submission to wife is out of fear
Nature vs nurture
"Well Sir" :silhouettes:
Incongrous with London
Nervous
Cataphoric refence to his sunday clothes
Jaggers :man::skin-tone-2:
"Most dismal place" :dark_sunglasses:
Disappointed with his first experience of London
"Deadly black horsehair" :seat:
Premodification - deadly
Shows his skills as a lawyer
"Bully his sandwich" :bread:
Indicative of his association with business only
Intimidating personality
"No ceremony" :poultry_leg:
Continues no nonsense
No frills
Foreshadows uncomfortable dinner party
"He kept everything under his own hand" :raised_hand_with_fingers_splayed:
Extreme control over his house as well as his clients
"Who's the spider" :spider:
Sees Drummel as a potential client
Foreshadows Drummel's villainous character
Biddy :girl::skin-tone-4:
"She was an orphan like myself" :girl:
Biddy is an equal to Pip
"Blessing to the household" :house:
Biddy is an angel
Becomes what Pip is not
"She could not be like Estella" :love_letter:
Dick
Biddy is viewed as lesser because of her class
"Hopeless circumstances" :pencil2:
Biddy always triumps
True heroine
"Mr Pip" :man_with_gua_pi_mao:
Pip believes she is mocking him
He is insecure over his new identity
Doesn't know how to talk to Pip - divided by class
Wemmick :man::skin-tone-5:
"Twin Wemmicks" :two_men_holding_hands:
Wemmick has two personalities
Dickens showing the different sides to the business class
"Battery mounted with guns" :european_castle:
Literal version of a man's home is his castle
"Dry man" :silhouette:
Appearance
does not
equal reality
Pip's initial impressions are proven wrong
Cynical appearance = effect London has had
Effect of environment on character
"You may get cheated, robbed and murdered" :gun: :moneybag:
Enforces theme of criminality
Dangerous place - foreshadowing Pip's downfall in London
Herbet :boy::skin-tone-4:
"You might like a little fruit after dinner" :strawberry:
Stereotyping Pip as a country boy
Thoughtful character
Foreshadows his good personality
"We shan't fight I dare say" :crossed_swords:
Ironic cataphoric reference
Signals that Herbert is a comedic relief from the story