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How is setting used in Great Expectations? - Coggle Diagram
How is setting used in Great Expectations?
Satis House
Dickens uses Satis House to symbolise certain characteristics of Miss Havisham
He uses many piece of language in order to draw comparisons between miss havisham and her home
'everybody for miles around, had heard of Miss Havisham up town—as an immensely rich and grim old lady who lived in a large and dismal house barricaded against robbers, and who led a life of seclusion."
Dickens pairs this example of setting with all the stopped clocks in the house to show how Miss havisham cannot move on and stop living in and dwelling on the past
Dickens uses Satis House in order to emphasise the resonsbility Miss havisham has in her own suffering, he has a wonder huge home full of people who care for her yet she lets it degrade and wither away, accepts her fate and makes no effort to improve her situation
London
The Marshes
Dickens uses the marshes very cleverly in many situations
He uses the Marshes to symbolise Pip's great expectations throughout the majority of the novel
Pip, comparing them to his prospects says, “how flat and low both were.”
His older sister also dies there, here setting is used to portray the guilt Pip feels as he tried to distance himself fully and cut off all ties from back home while he was living in london
At the end of the book, Pip describes the marshes in a very different way, dickens does this to show Pip's character development
At the end of the novel, when Pip returns to his hometown humbled and eager to reconcile with Joe and Biddy, he finds that
“The June weather was delicious. The sky was blue… I thought the countryside more beautiful and peaceful by far than I had ever known it to be yet.”
Because Pip has finally made peace with his history and identity, he can finally appreciate the beauty of the world around him.
Wemmicks House in Walworth
Overall, Dickens uses setting in order to deepen our understanding of the protagonist.
very often, the settings are described through Pip’s point of view, and highlight both his dissatisfaction and his idealism
Towards the end of the novel, Pip's views and descriptions of different settings change which portrays how he has changed as a character
WHY? HOW?
a perfect example of how dickens does this is at the end of the book when Pip returns back the marshes
because Pip has finally made peace with his history and identity, he can finally appreciate the beauty of the world around him.