1. Great Expectations Mood Analysis
Reflecting the guilty thoughts streaming through Pip's head, Charles Dickens creates a dreary mood through gloomy diction and figurative language. Dickens" use of gloomy diction emphasizes the dreariness of the atmosphere. "Rimy", for example, conveys the presence of a cold, wet, dreary atmosphere as Pip is making his way toward the marshes, where he shall rendezvous with the convict. ... The use of this simile, comparing the dampness on the hedges to coarse spider webs, adds emphasis to the mood by adding the association of spiders, usually associated with dreariness and gloom, to the ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate