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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

What to Expect from Great Expectation Notes


What to Expect
  • bilundungsroman: from adolescent to an adult growth
  • information of the culture in which it was produced
  • pschology
Pip Characteristics
  • childhood fantasy: Pip expects something of his life of fantasy/ideals
  • Pip is orphaned and strong sense of unwanted
  • -trait to that of intelligence, grander goals
  • -looks at the world of apprenticeship
  • -aware of being persecuted/taken advantage of
  • -no sense of normality/regularity
  • -vulnerable to male adults as father figures
  • -takes in those guy's personalities
Antagonist (sort of)
  • Magwich - boogeyman in form of stranger
  • implies selfishness, wickedness lack of manners
  • a threat of abandonment
  • association with one guy and not sticking to what he is; he might this guy
  • Ms. Havisham - witch
  • dual identity, having shame, ruse
  • one side shining promise, other side gloomy
  • sacrificed life for memorialized wedding
  • at a loss
Pip's love and guidance to life/adulthood
  • Pip meets Estella
  • plays "Beggar your neighbor" game
  • Havisham uses Estella to avenge the wedding ceremony
  • Pip learns about her adulthood
  • -not truthful/nondisclosure
  • -insecure about what is going in his life
  • -archetypical character mindset
Arrival at London
  • Pip meets father characters: Joe and Jaggers
  • in continuum

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