Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens around the time of 1860-1861 and was initially written as a periodical for a newspaper. The story centres around Pip, who is the main character of the book, and is written in the style of first person narrative. The book is written from the viewpoint ... and the gibbet. The beacon is what the sailors would steer by. Pip describes this as "an ugly thing when you were near it". The gibbet was an object with chains which had once held a pirate and Pip makes the comparison of the convict "limping on towards this latter, as if he were the pirate c...

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