1. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens, 1840-1850 Victorian Era 2. Pip-Pip's real name is Philip Pirrip but as a young boy he could not pronounce it and was given the nickname Pip. Pip was an orphan since birth and his brother-in-law, Joe Gargery, has been his father figure, raising ... his lower station in life. Even when his "shackles" are cut and he is given the chance to rise he is unable to do so. Black Widow-Estella's dark hair is symbolic of the black-bodied black widow, and when she's excited and flushed her reddened cheeks are much like the bright red hourglass shape on back of the ...

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... sadness in the book. Scrooge falls asleep and wakes up to find the Ghost of Christmas Past, who shows Scrooge scenes from the past that trace Scrooge's development from a young boy, lonely but with the potential for happiness to a young man with the 2 first traces of greed that would deny love in his life. Scrooge goes to sleep and is awakened ... tells Scrooge that he must change the future or the Cratchit's crippled son Tiny Tim would die. He also shows Scrooge the party at his nephews house Fred. The silent black- clad Ghost Of Christmas Yet to Come replaces the other ghost. He shows...

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