... marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing over the sea..." (Great Expectations, Chapter 1, page 1 and 2) This quote tells us some of the land features as well as the tone of dark and sad. Conflict: One conflict ... This way Pip would finally be happy and he would stop being tormented by the fact that he loves someone who doesn't even like him. Characterization Character Description: Pip: At the begginning of the story Pip is a young boy boy with fat cheeks and he is small and weak for his age ... person an...

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... the rainbow reflections of the dance hall's glass ball to the magician's rainbow scarf. Delicate, illusory, fragile, fleeting, they capture something essential of Laura's character. Christian religious imagery also abounds, though not perhaps in any coherent way. In this scene, Tom's inebriated account of the magic show ends with his ... loose. We are suspicious: this is irony, not piety. As he did in his opening monologue, Tom contrasts his surroundings with the occurrences on the great world stage. He reads of Franco's fascist triumphs, thinks of Berchtesgaden, Chamberlain, and Guernic...

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