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... Pip's visit to Magwitch's death bed when Pip calmly recites a prayer. In this prayer he asks God to "be merciful to him (Magwitch), a sinner". Reviewer Christopher Morris points out the irony he finds in this prayer because "Pip's twist of the parable into a prayer for Magwitch rather than a confession of his own unworthiness disingenuously allow him the preserve an altruistic sense ... ...
... with and his entire endeavor to raise his social status was all for not, because his sole reason for doing it would never accept him, even if everyone else did. 9. Irony is often used in Great Expectations. For example, how Pip chose Estella and not Biddy. Estella my have been infatuating but unfortunately for Pip she was too distant and too ... ...
... he might well have found his fortune even without Magwitch's help. Finally, however, Pip does not find real happiness in his success. He describes his sudden good fortune with great irony: [it is] "very sorrowful and strange that this first night of my bright fortunes should be the loneliest I had ever known." (Dickens, 1996, p. 169). The lessons in this remain relevant ... ...
