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Great Expectations Flashcards

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What’s the name of the lawyer who helps Pip in London?

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Mr Jaggers

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What two quotes suggest the autobiographical mode of the book also always a confessional form?

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‘Let me confess’

‘I want forgiveness and direction far too much to be bitter with you.’

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In what way does Pip use the book as a confessional?

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He’s seeking absolution from his sins – the first sin of stealing the food and then the consequential sins of arrogance, snobbery etc.

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What does Pip say in response to Miss Havisham’s request for forgiveness?

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I want forgiveness and direction far too much, to be bitter with you.

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The quote about Miss Havisham’s death (when she’s on fire).

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I saw her running at me, shrieking, with a whirl of fire blazing all about her.

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I want _______ and ______ far too much to be _______ with you.

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forgiveness and direction far to much to be

bitter with you

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I saw her running at me ________, with a ________________.

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I saw her running at me, shrieking, with a whirl of fire blazing all about her.

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What question shows Pip’s change in attitude towards Miss Havisham?

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Could I not look upon on her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was

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What quote shows Miss Havisham as the gothic victim?

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monstrous vanities that have been curses in this world.

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Quote about compassion towards Havisham.

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Could I not look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was

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What does Pip say when he sees the new Pip?

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‘I again?’

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What suggests Miss Havisham blurring the boundaries between seeking secular and divine absolution?

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‘To see her with her white hair and worn face kneeling at my feet gave me a shock’

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What is the name of the technique Pip uses to separate the young and old versions of himself?

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Self-othering

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The first description of Miss Havisham.

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‘dressed in rich materials … all of white’ and ‘bright jewels sparkled on her neck’

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After describing her clothes and ‘bright jewels’, the description develops into what?

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Everything white ‘had lost its lustre and was faded and yellow’
‘the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress’

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Quote about Miss Havisham decaying with the dress.

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‘the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress’

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Everything white ‘had…

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lost its lustre and was faded and yellow’

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Pip is what kind of narrator, who keeps the reader from all the information and gradually provides it.

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A with-holding narrator.

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(I beg to observe…

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that I think of myself with amazement when I recall the lies I told on this occasion.)

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Quote that shows an interjection in dashes.

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’– as it now appears to me’

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Quote that shows an interjection in brackets.

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(I beg to observe that I think of myself with amazement when I recall the lies I told on this occasion.)

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What is the purpose of temporal markers, such as the one in ‘–as it now appears to me’

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Highlight the duality of narrative and character (old Pip and young Pip) and self-othering.

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How is prolepsis performed in the text?

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The later voice of Pip performs his education, showing that he will achieve it.

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Example of bathos.

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‘Brought up by hand’

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Why does listening to Miss Havisham’s confession give Pip power?

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Because he has the power to either condemn or forgive.

But: ‘I want forgiveness and direction far too much, to be bitter with you.’

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What bracketed quote shows Pip allowing the next Pip to benefit from what he learnt?

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(But I did not rumple his hair)

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What’s the quote where Pip takes Pip jr. to the graveyard?

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‘I took him down to the graveyard and set him on a certain tombstone there’.

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In what way is Pip granted absolution?

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By being allowed to teach the next Pip.
Old Pip haunts the narrative, wishing he could guide the younger version of himself (I beg to observe that I think of myself with amazement when I recall the lies I told on that occasion.) and at the end he can. His ghost is reconciled with the realised ability of his desire.

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Pip’s absolution comes in the form of a ghost of himself, but what does he say?

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‘I again!’

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What is the last thing Estella says?

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‘We shall continue to be friends apart.’

31
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What is the final line?

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I saw no shadow of parting from her.

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Other than ‘I saw no shadow of parting from her’, what else does Pip say that shows his refusal to give Estella up?

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You have always held your place in my heart.

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What quote shows Pip becoming disillusioned with his life?

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There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, but a skeleton of truth that we never did.

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Pip to Estella at end: ‘You have always _____________ in my heart’.

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You have always held your place in my heart.

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There was a ___________ that we were _______ enjoying ourselves, but _____________ that we never did.

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There was a gay fiction among us that were were constantly enjoying ourselves, but a skeleton of truth that we never did.

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‘I was a blacksmith boy but yesterday;

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I am – what shall I say I am – today?

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There was a gay fiction ______________ enjoying ourselves, but a skeleton __________________.

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There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, but a skeleton truth that we never did.

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What quote shows Pip’s struggle with identity?

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I was a blacksmith’s boy but yesterday; I am – what shall I say I am – today?

39
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What quote shows Dickens critiquing the facade of society?

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‘The neighbours approved’ of Georgiana’s extravagant funeral arrangements.

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What’s Pip’s sister called?

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Georgiana or Mrs Joe

41
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What quote assigns Joe to the simpleton stock figure?

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one who recognised in Joe the village idiot.

42
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Description for the fairytale role of Miss Havisham.

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she looked like the Witch of the place

43
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GE

What quote shows Pip’s longing to be in a fairytale?

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Do all the shining deeds of a young knight of romance, and marry the princess.

44
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What is Mr Pumblechook’s saying?

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‘May I – may I?’

45
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Do all the __________ of a _____ knight of romance and________

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Do all the shining deeds of a young knight of romance and marry the princess.

46
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What does Mr Wemmick call his house?

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‘the Castle’

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What quote shows the juxtaposition between ‘the Castle’ and Mr Wemmick’s house as middle-class and ordinary?

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‘a little wooden cottage in the midst of plots of garden’

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Do ___________ of a young knight _________, and

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Do all the shining deeds of a young knight of romance and marry the princess.

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Mr Wemmick’s house is ‘a ___________ in the midst ________.’

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a little wooden cottage in the midst of plots of garden

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Quote about the gothic elements of Mr Wemmick’s ‘Castle’.

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‘queer gothic windows (by far the greatest part of the sham) and a gothic door, almost too small to get in at.’

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Quote about Miss Havisham as a witch.

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‘she looked like the Witch of the place’

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‘queer gothic windows (_________), and a gothic for, ______’

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(by far the greatest part of the sham)

almost too small to get in at.

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What quote shows the rural elements of Mr Wemmick’s ‘Castle’?

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‘At the back, there’s a pig, and there are fowls and rabbits’
‘grow cucumbers’

54
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GE

What is the quote about the clock in Mrs Havisham’s house?

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Everything in the room had stopped, like the watch and the clock.

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What’s the name of Pip’s friend who owns the ‘Castle’?

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Mr Wemmick.

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GE

What phrase does Pip use to express that he believes Havisham intends Estella for him?

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‘designed for me’

57
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What name (among others) does Magwitch call Pip?

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‘my dear boy’

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What does Magwitch say that shows Pip’s gentlemanly status is due to him?

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‘I made a gentleman on you. It’s me wot done it!’

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GE

Quote about Magwitch and Pip and father and son.

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‘I’m your second father. You’re my son’

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GE

I made a gentleman on you…

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It’s me wot done it.

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GE

What phrase show Magwitch looking for Pip for guidance?

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‘He looked most affectionately at me.’

62
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GE

How is Magwitch first described?

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‘A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied around his head’.

63
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Magwitch is ‘a man with ___________ and with broken shoes and ________________________.

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A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied around his head.

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Critical material

Who said that ‘psychiatric writings on childhood were emerging in tandem with the great Victorian novels on childhood’?

A

Sally Shuttleworth

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