Great Expectations Key Quotes Ch 1 - 20

Question 1

“I c_______ m______ Pip” Ch1
What does this reveal?

Answer 1

“I called myself Pip” Ch1
Pip trying to shape and control his own identity.

Question 2

“Mrs ______ Gargery”
What does this reveal?

Answer 2

“Mrs Joe Gargery”
It reveals that she is defined in relation to her husband. It reflects women’s lack of authority/ identity/ significance in this era.

Question 3

‘having at that _____to find out for myself what the expression ______’ Ch 2

What do we learn about the narrator here?

Answer 3

‘having at that time to find out for myself what the expression meant’ Ch 2

It reveals that this is a retrospective narrative. reflection, The narrator is an older more knowledgeable Pip looking back on his more limited understanding of events when he was younger.

Question 4

“Pitying his d__________” Ch3
Who does Pip pity here?

Answer 4

“Pitying his desolation” Ch 3
The convict

Question 5

“the s______ bundle of s______ growing a_____ of it all” Ch1

What is Pip’s view of himself at the start of the novel?

Answer 5

“The small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all” Ch1

Fearful, vulnerable, helpless.

Question 6

“Be grateful, ______, to them which brought you up by _______.”

Who lectures Pip in chapter 4?

Answer 6

“Be grateful, boy, to them which brought you up by hand.”

Pumblechook

Question 7

‘nothing that he w_____ then f________ him or seemed to b______ to him’ Ch 4

What does this description of Joe in his holiday clothes suggest?

Answer 7

‘nothing that he wore then fitted him or seemed to belong to him’ Ch 4

That Joe belongs in the forge - he is uncomfortable in any other identity than being a blacksmith.

Question 8

“wax______ and s_______”
Ch 8

Who is Pip describing here?

Answer 8

“waxwork and skeleton” Ch 8

Miss Havisham

Question 9

“And what c______hands he has!” Ch 8

What is Estella’s perception of Pip

Answer 9

“And what coarse hands he has!” Ch 8

Estella perceives Pip to be common.

Question 10

“Don’t you think you are _______ as you are?” ch 17

Who challenges Pip’s desire to be a gentleman?

Answer 10

“Don’t you think you are happier as you are?” Ch 17

Biddy

Question 11

“I never shall or never can be c_______ - or anything but m___________ - unless I can lead a very d________ sort of life from the life I lead n_____.” Ch 17

How does Pip feel about his life?

Answer 11

“I never shall or never can be comfortable - or anything but miserable - unless I can lead a very different sort of life from the life I lead now.” ch17

Dissatisfied

Question 12

“I took some w_______.” Ch 5

What does the convict do here.

Answer 12

“I took some wittles.” Ch 5

Here the convict protects Pip

Question 13

‘he is rather __________ in some ______’ Ch 19

How does Pip start to view/ treat Joe differently?

Answer 13

‘he is rather backward in some things’ ch 19

Pip begins to become embarrassed of Joe; Pip gains a patronising and supercilious attitude.

Question 14

‘my spirits may have been o___________ by the hot e_________ air’ Ch 19

What’s Pip’s first experience of London

Answer 14

‘my spirits may have been oppressed by the hot exhausted air’ Ch 19

London is the opposite to the utopia Pip was expecting, It foreshadows the shattering of his expectations

Question 15

‘great ______ dome’ ch 20

What is Pip describing? Why is it significant?

Answer 15

‘great black dome’ ch 20

St Paul’s cathedral
ironic as church is supposed to be homely, religious but it is smeared with dirt - opposite of expectations

Question 16

“The f______ g________ who had ________ me” Ch 19

Who is Pip talking about here? What does it reveal?

Answer 16

“The fairy godmother who had changed me” Ch 19

Miss Havisham - who Pip believes is his benefactor.

Question 17

‘who’s f______?’ Ch 2

What does this question show about the young Pip?

Answer 17

‘who’s firing?’ Ch 2

shows naivety, innocence, of young Pip

Question 18

‘Joe(who was a g____ j_____)’ Ch5

What does this reveal about Joe?

Answer 18

‘Joe(who was a good judge)’ Ch5

It reveals Joe’s wisdom - he is not intellectual but moral and compassionate - as Pip should be.

Question 19

‘Joe took me on his _______’ Ch 5
What does this metaphorically show about Pip and Joe’s relationship?

Answer 19

‘Joe took me on his back’ Ch5

metaphorical for Joe acting as surrogate father to Pip

Question 20

‘I was much more i_______ than I had c________ myself last n_____’ Ch 8
What effect does Estella have on Pip?

Answer 20

‘I was much more ignorant than I had considered myself last night’ Ch 8
Meeting Estella is a turning point for Pip. Estella changes Pip’s world view; she is his reason for wanting to change

Question 21

‘gave me a ________ idea of London’ Ch 20

What is Pip’s experience of London when he first arrives?

Answer 21

‘gave me a sickening idea of London’ Ch 20

London is the opposite of Pip’s expectations, it represents a dystopia, and is a disappointment

Question 22

‘where people were ________ w___________’ Ch 20

What impression does Dickens create of London here?

Answer 22

‘where people were publicly whipped’ Ch 20

London is presented as a place of violence, crime, death, sinister, dismal atmosphere