"The educational scheme or course established by Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt may be resolved into the following synopsis" (Dickens, 71).
Because of Pip's standing in society, he hasn't had the chance to have a formal education. Every member of the upper class is armed with simple education, whether the person is female or male. By getting a proper education, Pip is closing the gap between him and the upper class.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Foreshadowing
"The cold wind seemed to blow colder there than outside the gate; and it made a shrill noise in howling in and out at the open sides of the brewery, like the noise of wind in the rigging of a ship at sea."
Dickens is using cold to foreshadow the plot of the story. By saying it was colder inside the gate then outside, Dickens is hinting to the reader that whatever is about to happen in this story will not be a positive influence to Pip, whether it is evident instantly or later in the novel.
Dickens is using cold to foreshadow the plot of the story. By saying it was colder inside the gate then outside, Dickens is hinting to the reader that whatever is about to happen in this story will not be a positive influence to Pip, whether it is evident instantly or later in the novel.
Family
"Joe made the fire and swept the hearth... it was a dry cold night... the frost was white and hard. A man would die to-night of lying out on the marshes" (Dickens, 49)By using opposites, like fire and ice, Dickens is showing that even though Pip is an orphan, he does have a family and a home, which is more then many others will ever have. Although his situation isn't one of perfection, Dickens is showing that perhaps Pip is fortunate in some ways, although not fortunate by societies standards.
Freedom
"'Let him go free? Let him profit by the means I found out? Let him make a tool of me afresh and again'" (Dickens, 35).
This is yet another hidden social opinion expressed by Dickens. One major theme of this book is the restraints of social classes. This speech made the prisoner take the form of the lower class, and 'him' represents the upper class which doesn't think about the consequences to others. Those who have the money and status of the upper class of England have the freedom to do whatever they please, which is what many people of the lower long for.
This is yet another hidden social opinion expressed by Dickens. One major theme of this book is the restraints of social classes. This speech made the prisoner take the form of the lower class, and 'him' represents the upper class which doesn't think about the consequences to others. Those who have the money and status of the upper class of England have the freedom to do whatever they please, which is what many people of the lower long for.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Mist
" Then I put the fastenings on the door... and ran for the misty marshes" (Dickens, 14).
Not only is the mist in the marshes helping to develop the setting of Dickens novel, the Thames Marshes, but it is also adding to the tone of mystery and fear. Pip is scared of the man he met at the cemetery and is worried about his upcoming fate. With the world also being covered in mist, he can't see what is up ahead of him.
Not only is the mist in the marshes helping to develop the setting of Dickens novel, the Thames Marshes, but it is also adding to the tone of mystery and fear. Pip is scared of the man he met at the cemetery and is worried about his upcoming fate. With the world also being covered in mist, he can't see what is up ahead of him.
The Hulks
"' I should like to know- if you wouldn't much mind- where the firing comes from... from the Hulks" (Dickens, 12).Before America won her independence from Britain, Britain sent prisoners to the colonies. Once America no longer welcomed British ships, there was no where to send the prisoners. Old merchant and war vessels were transformed into giant floating prisons called Hulks. Dickens is using actually references to help support his setting.
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Mrs. Joe
"knowing her to have a hard and heavy hand, and to be much in the habit of laying it upon her husband as well as upon me" (Dickens, 6).
At the time that this book was written, as well as now, women were usually the victims of beatings, not the givers. Mrs. Joe is also Pips unnatural mother. Dickens has her beating the men in her family to help support the fact that she plays an unnatural role in Pips life.
At the time that this book was written, as well as now, women were usually the victims of beatings, not the givers. Mrs. Joe is also Pips unnatural mother. Dickens has her beating the men in her family to help support the fact that she plays an unnatural role in Pips life.
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