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Great Expectations

"Great Expectations" is a realistic fiction by English novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870). It was published in weekly sections from 1860-1861 and tells of the story of a common boy nicknamed "Pip." The novel commemorates the moral of setting love and virtue as a priority over monetary value and class.

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Which of these passages from Great Expectations contains a metaphor?

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That I had a fever and was avoided...that the time seemed interminable, that I confounded impossible existences with my own identity; that I was a brick in the house wall, and yet entreating to be released from the giddy place where the builders had set me;...

What type of attitude was Mr Jaggers displaying in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens I am not paid Pip said he coolly to carry your words to any one and then gathered up his coat-tails?

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What type of attitude was Mr Jaggers displaying in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

I was beginning to express my gratitude to my benefactor for the great liberality with which I was treated, when Mr. Jaggers stopped me. "I am not paid, Pip," said he, coolly, "to carry your words to any one;" and then gathered up his coat-tails, as he had gathered up the subject, and stood frowning at his boots as if he suspected them of designs against him.

Mr. Jaggers had an attitude of disdain toward Pip.

In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Where had Pip encountered the mysterious stranger before?

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It is never actually revealed in the story who the stranger was. However, many people believe it was the "other" escaped convict from the beginning of the story. Some people also believe it was Compeyson.

How is Pip treated by Trabbs boy?

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nice besides his sister

What did Pip think of London in Great Expectations?

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It was rude
Jurgis had been rehabilitated during his stay in the country.

Jurgis compared workers in factories to horses on the farm.

a new family had moved in

Why does Pip go to the marshes at the beginning of Great Expectations?

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When the offer comes, Pip is disillusioned with his future as a blacksmith. Because of the time he spends with Miss Havisham and Estella, he is ashamed of his common origins and his "lowly" position. Estella scorns him, and he has a major crush on her, so he doesn't want her to have any reason to scorn him. He already thinks often about becoming a gentleman so that he is worthy of Estella. When the offer comes, it is exactly what he thinks he needs to complete his fantasy of a perfect life.

What coincidences are there in Great Expectations?

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Coincidences in Great Expectations ?

In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens how does Miss Havisham die?

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Miss Havisham is initially described as unforgiving as she was enraged when her intended (later revealed as Compeyson) "heartlessly breaks off the wedding". Compeyson was allied with Miss Havisham's brother, Arthur, and made love to Miss Havisham, gaining her trust and vast amounts of fortune. He allegedly shared the profits with her brother.

Throughout much of the novel, she uses Estella, an orphan who she raised to become an entrancingly beautiful aristocratic lady, to destroy the hearts of the men Estella attracts.

Miss Havisham first experiments her creation on Pip, the story's main protagonist. After noting successful attempts at damaging Pip emotionally, she sends Estella off to wander and break the hearts of other men. Pip, however, is unfazed and fruitlessly continues to chase after Estella.

Near the end of her life, Miss Havisham realizes the horror she had made Estella into when she sees the love in Pip's eyes stating that it was an emotion "[she herself] had forgotten". She begs Pip to forgive her, when her wedding dress catches on fire. She is saved by Pip, but later dies of her injuries.

How is biddy a blessing to the household in great expectations?

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Biddy first appears in the book as a helper at the local village school that Pip attends when he is young. Later on, Biddy comes to Pip's house to help care for Mrs. Joe. At the end of the book, Biddy marries Joe, the man who used to be married to Pip's now deceased sister who was always referred to as "Mrs. Joe."

What best summarizes Estella's relationship with Mr Jaggers in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens?

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She didn't know him any better than she did when she was a child.

How old is pip in chapter 18 in great expections?

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Great Expectations opened when Pip was seven years old and followed him well into manhood. At one point in the book, Pip says he turns "one-and-twenty" or 21 years old.

What does Mr. Wemmick do every night at nine o'clock?

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He fires his cannon. His neighbors must have loved him (not).

Who are Drummel and Startop in Great Expectations?

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The students who boarded and studied with Mr. Pocket while Pip was there. Dickens describes them thus: Drummle, an old-looking young man of a heavy order of architecture, was whistling. Startop, younger in years and appearance, was reading and holding his head, as if he thought himself in danger of exploding it with too strong a charge of knowledge.

Who is trabb's boy from Great Expectations?

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Mr. Trabb is the village tailor, whose 'boy' torments Pip so.