"'O God bless you , God forgive you!'" (Dickens, 364).
Unlike many other Victorian novels, religion is a theme that Dickens explores very little. Religion is something that every person can be a part of, no matter what level of society they belong to. This novel has barely mentioned religion, and in this quote it is only mentioned as an exclamation. Dickens didn't include religion as a main theme because it doesn't play an important role in Pip's story.
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though it does contain some Biblical allusions -- most importantly Cain and Abel; are you contradicting yourself in your first and last sentences?
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