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Pip Pirrip:

The Bildungsroman’s protagonist, an orphan who serves as an apprentice to a gentle blacksmith, Joe. When he unexpectedly comes into a fortune, Pip grows haughty and extravagant in pursuit of a lifestyle genteel enough to meet the refined standards of Estelle. Confusing personal integrity with public reputation, Pip is cruelly disloyal to Joe and Biddy, avoiding them because of their lower class. Still, Pip learns to judge people on their internal rather than superficial standards and redeems himself by repenting sincerely and reforming his personal values.

Magwitch (Provis):

The escaped convict that Pip meets in the churchyard as a young boy. Inspired by Pip’s kindness as a young boy, Magwitch devotes his life savings to Pip. Cruelly swindled by Compeyson, he has lived in and out of prison. His criminal record is largely due to unfortunate circumstances, not character. He is kind, good-hearted and generous.

Joe:

Joe is the father figure for Pip. Married to Pip’s harsh sister. Joe has no formal education but possess a deep sense of integrity and an unfailing moral compass. Joe is loyal, generous and kind. He acts lovingly to Pip, even when he is ungrateful.

Mrs Joe:

Mrs Joe is fiery, tyrannical and false. Obsessed with social status and reputation. Attacked by Orlick for being vile, her temperament changes and she becomes patient and docile.

Miss Havisham:

The wealthy daughter of a brewer, Miss Havisham was abandoned on her wedding day by her fiance (Compeyson) and, traumatized. She preserves herself and her house in wedding regalia, shutting out the world for over twenty years. To exact her revenge on men, Miss Havisham adopts and raises Estella to be beautiful and desirable but completely heartless. Miss Havisham is capricious, manipulative, bitter and until the novel’s end unable to recognise anyone’s pain but her own.

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Biddy:

An orphan Pip meets at the village school. Biddy moves into the forge to look after Mrs Joe after the attack. Later she becomes a school teacher. She is humble, kind, moral and fiercely intelligent, absorbing knowledge without any formal education. She is also sharply perceptive and sees through everyone’s pretensions, calling Pip out on his delusions and snobbery long before Pip can recognise them.

Mr Jaggers:

A famous lawyer in London, Mr Jaggers is Pop’s guardian and middle man between him and is patron. Mr Jaggers also works for Miss Havisham. He is rational, sharp-minded and intimidating. He prides himself on neither expressing nor responding to human emotion.

Estella:

The adopted daugher of Miss Havisham, Estella is proud, refined, beautiful, and cold, raised by Miss Havisham to “wreak revenge of the male sex”. Miss Havisham has raised her to lack a true human heart and she is unable to love.