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Great expectations Flashcards

1
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list all the 23 characters

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-Philip Pirip (Pip)
-Joe Gargery
-Miss Havisham
-Estella
-Magwitch
-Ms Joe Gargery
-Mr Wopsel
-Biddy Wopsel
-Mr Pumblechook
-Orlick
-Mr and Ms Hubble
-Mr Jaggers
-Wemmick
-Herbert Pocket
-Mr Mathew Pocket
-Bently Drummle
-Startop
-Clara
-Molly
-Miss Skiffins
-Mrs Brandley
-Mrs Wimple
-Compeyson

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Places this takes in

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Village in North Kent, market town in Satis house, London

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Who is Philip Pirip

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-main character
-orphan raised by his siter and her husband

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Who is Joe Gargery

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-blacksmith
-husband of Pip’s sister
-friend of Pip
-abandoned by Pip

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Who is Miss Havisham

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-rich old lady
-jilted on her wedding day
-still has the items from her wedding day
-raised her adopted daughters to be a man-hater

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Who is Estella

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-adoptive daughter of Miss Havisham
-Biological daughter of Molly and Magwitch
-raised to hate on men

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7
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Who is Magwitch

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-convict whom Pip helped
-donner of Pip
-has a life sentence and dies while trying to escape

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Who is Ms Joe Gargery

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-Pip’s sister
-has brain injury from being attacked from a leg iron
-dies later on

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Who is Biddy Wopsel

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-Pip’s teacher
-Had a crush on Pip
-helps run the house after Ms Joe’s accident
-later married Joe Gargery

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Who is Mr Wopsel

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-parish lay clerk who wanted to be a clergyman
- leave his church to be a actor in London, fails
-his great expectations are comic parallel to PIp’s

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Who is Mr Pumblechook

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-Joe’s Uncle
-bullied Pip
-take some credit for Pip’s good fortune

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Who is Mr and Mrs Hubble

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-friends of Mrs Joe

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Who is Orlick

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-Joe’s employee
-attacks Mrs Joe and tried to kill Pip
-robs Mr Pumblechook and is in jail

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Who is Mr Jaggers

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-criminal lawyer in London
-administrator of Pip’s inheritance

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Who is Wemmick

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-Mr Jagger’s clerk
-has different personalities for his work and personal life
-advisor and friend of Pip

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Who is Herbert Pocket

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-Pip’s best friend
-uncommon gentleman

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Who is Mr Mathew Pocket

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-Pip’s teacher
-Herbert’s dad
-educated gentleman
-does not flatter Miss Havisham

18
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Who is Bentley Dummle

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-Pip’s enemy
-marries and abuses Estella

19
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Who is Startop

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-tenant of Mr Pocket
-friend of Pip

20
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Who is Molly

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-Mr Jagger’s housekeeper
-accused of murder but then freed
-Estella’s mother

21
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Who is Miss Skiffins

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-Wemmick’s girlfriend and later bride

22
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Who is Clara

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-Herbert Pocket’s girlfriend and later bride

23
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Who is Mrs Whimple

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-elderly woman whose house Magwitch hid in

24
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Who is Compeyson

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-Magwitch’s onetime partner in crime
-reason Magwitch was sent to prison
-becomes and informant to the police and helps recapture Magwitch

25
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Who give Pip money

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Magwitch

26
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Why does Magwitch give Pip money

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out of gratitude for Pip saving him

27
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what does he realise once he know Magwitch is his donner

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he abandoned everyone around him just so he could be a gentleman

28
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what false expectations does Pip have

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-being a gentleman
-marrying Estella
-being uncommon

29
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what does Pip do to reach his expectations

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hurt those who have been kindest to him

30
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which 3 character have bad qualities and why

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-Orlick - hits Mrs Joe, tried to kill Pip
-Bentley Dummle - baits Pip, steals Estella
-Compeyson - hunts Pip and Magwitch, help police to capture Magwitch

31
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Summary Part 1 (7)
start - friends with Herbert Pocket

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-Pip meets an escaped convict and helps him
-Convict is captured but Pip’s help is not revealed
-Pip is sent to Miss Havisham to entertain her
-Pip falls in love with Estella
-Pip becomes a blacksmith apprentice
-a donner left Pip money, he moves to london and Mr Jaggers is his administrator
-becomes friends with Herbert Pocket

32
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Summary Part 2 (11)
friends with Herbert Pocket -

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-Pip is ashamed of Joe and Biddy
- 24 birthday, Pip learns that Magwitch is his donner
-realises he mistreated Joe and Biddy
-Herbert Pocket and Pip protect Magwitch
-Magwitch dies and Pip finds out Estella is his daughter
-Estella marries Dummle
-Miss Havisham leave Herbert Pocket money before dying
-Pip visits Joe and Biddy who married each other
-Pip and Estella meet after many years
-Drummle died and Estella remarried
-Pip and Estella part as friends

33
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What is the theme

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-ambition
-greed
-envy
-pride
-arrogance
-ingratitude
-unkindness
-humility

34
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What genre is this

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Bildungsroman genre - growth of main character from lost child to mature adult

35
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What is mood

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grotesque tragicomic - mix of tragedy and comdey

36
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which character represent grotesque mystery

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-Miss Havisham
-Molly

37
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What is the dominant mood

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darker like tragedy

38
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What are the gothic features (10)

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-bad weather
-damsel in distress
-villain
-isolated setting
-fear
-the supernatural
-death
-extreme emotions
-omens
-mystery

39
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what 3 things must you look at when looking at an extract

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-symbolism
-setting
-characters
-imagery -words paint a picture

40
Q

techniques

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-personification
-metaphor
-simile
-sensory imagery
-diction - word choice
-irony

41
Q

what to do with an extract

A

D- deconstruct Q
R - read, understand and highlight extract
A- analyse quotes
E- eliminate irrelevant quotes
M- make a plan

42
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Who is Mrs Brandley

A

old widow who lived with Estella at Richmond

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