Great Expectations First Part Play

Question 0

Pumblechook

Answer 0

Quite right. (Unlock gate, Pip is pushed through)

Question 1

It must have stopped. My timepiece is always correct

Answer 1

(Appear)

What name?

Question 2

This is Pip

Answer 2

This is Pip, is it? Come in, Pip. (Pumblechook tries to follow) Do you wish to see Miss Havisham?

Question 3

I’m sure Miss Havisham wishes to see me

Answer 3

Ah, but you see, she don’t. (Shuts the gate in his face, leads Pip on). Don’t loiter, boy.

Question 4

And being a girl

Answer is stage directions

Answer 4

Leads Pip upwards, with a candle, knocks on Miss Havisham’s door, after “Come in”, motions Pip in and leaves.

Question 5

So new to him, so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to us both.
(Answer is stage directions)

Answer 5

Enters

Question 6

Let me see you play cards with this boy.

Answer 6

With this boy!? Why, he’s nothing but a common laboring boy!

Question 7

(Aside to Estella) Well? You can break his heart.

Answer 7

What do you play, boy?

Question 8

Only beggar my neighbor, miss

Estella brings out a deck of cards, deals, they play, Pip drops some cards

Answer 8

He’s stupid and clumsy-look at his hands, so coarse! (They play)

Question 9

Narrator: the girl won her name was Estella…Estella took the candle and lead him out
smug, then get up, lead

Answer 9

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Question 10

Estella took the candle and lead him out

Answer 10

(Going) You’re crude. You’re clumsy. Your boots are ugly!

Question 11

Pip-tears
Me-happy

He quickly dried his eyes so she would not catch him weeping

Answer 11

Why don’t you cry again, boy?

Question 12

Because I don’t want to

Answer 12

Yes you do. You cried before, and you’ll cry again.