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Great Expectations characters
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- 1Pip -Protagonist -Retrospective narrator -Desire to be a 'gentleman' -Ashamed of roots -Realises mistakes after Magwitch revealed as benefactorPip
Name appropriate for a frightened child on the marshes
'Pip' is a seed-signify growth and maturity - 2Magwitch -Pip's benefactor -Class inequality- punished more harshly than Compeyson for committing the same crimeMagwitch
'Mag' is a slang name for magpie (stealing)
Magwitch carries a Bible he stole-'lucky charm' to keep him from capture
'Witch' suggests he was wrongly condemned by the justice system and society - 3Miss Havisham Isolated Seeks revenge on me as she was left at the alter by Compeyson- uses Estella Begs for forgiveness towards end before she diesMiss Havisham
'Sham' suggests she was lied to by a fraud in her past
Or she puts on a sham by luring men toward Estella and breaking their hearts - 4Estella Miss H adopted daughter Makes Pip feel inadequate Towards the end of the novel she seems to have learned and becomes more sensitive'Stella' means star-associated with beauty and love
Or it suggests that she is unobtainable - 5Joe Gargery -Content and compassionate -Simple life, uneducated -Satisfied Teaches Pip the true value of hard workJoe Gargery
-'Average Joe'
Common name - 6Mrs Joe Stern Menacing Ambitious Opposite to JoeDolge Orlick
Works for Joe and is envious of Pip
'Orlick' is onomatopoeic- sounds his feet make on the mud in the marshes
Dirty and uncivilised - 7Compeyson The man that left Miss H and schemed against her with Arthur H Magwitch's criminal partner- treated less harshly in court due to his appearance and manner Name is from the French word 'companion'Biddy
Pip's friend and teacher, who eventually marries Joe
She is wise and encourages Pip to become a better person
She educates Pip so that he can have a better chance at becoming a gentleman - 8Bentley Drummle He is educated the same time as Pip by Matthew Pocket He marries Estella and is abusive- dies by mistreating a horse Dickens gave the name Bentley as revenge on a publisher who had cheated him 20 years beforeJaggers
Powerful lawyer who was Pip's guardian as he rose to his fortune
Helped Miss H to adopt Estella
Servant is Molly- Estella's mother
Always cleanses hands- to remove the dirt of the criminal work
Connotations of knife-sharp, edgy and straight to the point - 9Wemmick Jaggers's clerk- business like at work however is much softer at home in WalworthMr Wopsle
Clerk at the village church
Later does several performances at a theatre in London which are awful and rather funny - 10Herbert Pocket 'Pale young gentleman' Son of Matthew Pocket, Miss H's cousin Would rather marry for love than for money (Clara) Pocket- small item of clothing- little moneyMr Pumblechook and Mr Trabb- both change in manner and treatment when Pip is a gentleman
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- Flashcards on Great Expectations characters, created by Emily Em on 12/04/2017.
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