... man and the gentlemen would be the highest class, such as the very rich people. In Great Expectations there is a very big difference between the working man and the gentleman. In Great Expectations the working men don't even interact with the gentlemen. Almost anyone who had money to spare or had servants of some kind were considered gentlemen in Great Expectations. The working men in Great Expectations had to ... the working men of today's society who don't have to work as hard and get paid more. The life for the working men was harder that it is for them now. For the gentlemen in Grea...

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... she is everything that Pip should never want in a friend that doesn't stop him from loving her. In the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens Estella is an important character in both the literal and figurative development of the story. In the story Estella is a very unforgettable character because of her enchanting beauty, cold hearted personality, and superior behavior. As a child Estella is a very attractive rich young ... this by never making him happy and always putting him down. Also by influencing him to become a gentleman and leaving all his true loved ones behind. In th...

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... that when it is bestowed upon him by a mysterious benefactor. He lives in his imagination assuming that it is Miss Havisham, preparing him to marry Estella the girl of Pip's dreams. He has great expectations of himself as he tries to improve himself morally and socially. Joe-Pip's brother-in-law and village blacksmith. He is uneducated and unrefined but he is ... is Pip's goal in tangible form. The stopped clocks represent the idea that one cannot live on without love, a popular theme in this Dickens novel. Allusions-the mentality of England and Europe at the time the book was written; th...

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... ' Great Expectations is the tale of Philip Pirrip and his longing to become a gentleman and not the commoner he is born as. Better known as Pip, he is the narrator of the story. It is told many years after the events have already happened, the tale is told in retrospect. The story itself is Dickens' way of taking a shot at the society of his time. The story uses juvenalian satire to point out the flaws of the upper ... exchange. This attempt at righteousness is an obvious shot at the morals of 19th century London. People did not care where their money came from, as long as they had it. P...

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