Magwitch

already selected Paris. He sees no reason why his daughter would object. A familial relationship is also evident in Great Expectations between Abel Magwitch and Pip. From when they first meet on the marshes, their relationship is only a seed of what will grow to be an affectionate and caring bond. ‘Yes, Pip, dear boy, I've made a gentleman on you!" Magwitch has

his novels. In Charles Dickens ' extolled novel, Great Expectations, through the skillful crafting of characters such as Abel Magwitch, Pip, and Joe, the renowned author illustrates the bond of loyalty between humans and the actions of responsibility that it procures, as well as the value and true humanity of a person stemming from his inner worth. At first, Abel Magwitch seems to be the last person one would expect to be loyal, trustworthy, and hold immense integrity and morality. As a convict

unless you really understand the meaning and importance of it and you can only realize this through your own experiences. Pip's first encounter with Magwitch, an escaped convict, is down by the marshes where Pip is visiting his parents' graves. Magwitch asks Pip, "Where's your mother?" Pip points to the grave and says "There sir."5 Magwitch is startled and we can sense that he was a bit frightened also. From Magwitch's nervousness we see that he is just as scared and unhappy as Pip. Pip is very

Abel Magwitch is one of the most confusing characters in Great Expectations. Magwitch appears as an escaped convict and throughout the novel Magwitch struggles for people to understand him. Even though he deals with this struggle he is always confident in himself and he is not ashamed of himself. Magwitch changed the way Pip looks at the upper class. Pip saw that Magwitch, a convict, earned his money through hard work. Magwitch first appears frightening and mysterious, but as the story continues

upbringing and even ashamed with his old, poor friends, judging by the external criteria of status and wealth. He even joins the Finches of the Grove, a group of empty "gentlemen" whose only activity and purpose seems to be to spend money foolishly. When Magwitch comes along, everything that he believed in disappears and the world he tried to understand from a different perspective comes crushing down on him. There are two distinct voices of Pip which can be heard in the novel between the lines: The Mercantile

Great Expectations tells the ultimate rags to riches story of the Orphan Pip. Dickens takes his readers through life changing events that ultimately mold the identity of the main character. Dividing these events into sections will provide the basis for interpreting which events had the most profound effect on Pip’s identity towards the end of the novel. These life-changing events provide the catalyst for the development of Pip’s character from childhood, his adolescence, maturing into a social

characterisation of the frightening strong man in the exposition and climax wastes away as he deteriorates himself. Furthermore, the context of Magwitch is discovered and Pip learns that he is an orphan, fighting for his own survival since childhood. Such circumstances led him to petty crimes that grew, leading him to work for a renowned criminal who betrayed him to the court. Magwitch was not proud of the path he took and humbly pondered over the question whether he might have been a better man under better

his revised one. Pip lived among common people with very little money until an anonymous benefactor provided him with the funds to become a gentleman. He comes to expect that his new fortune came from Miss Havisham. However, after learning that Magwitch

though his quest for true happiness is not. He is met by the busy, filthy and expensive life in the city. Furthermore, his character changes from a once innocent boy to a lavish and disorderly one. Moreover, he discovers that his benefactor, Abel Magwitch is none other than a criminal and his childhood love, Estella, who was his only motivation to becoming a gentleman, marries someone else. Nevertheless, even though Pip fails to meet his original expectations, his life’s challenges teaches him to

isolation, manipulation, and people wanting to be something they are not. The names of the characters in the story Great Expectations symbolize who they are and how they act. These are all seen in the book through the characters of Estella, Abel Magwitch, Miss Havisham, Pip, and Biddy. Estella, French for star, implies radiance and exquisiteness like a star, likewise, Dickens’s character, Estella, in Great Expectations is inaccessible and cold like a star, too. Also, like a star, men love to gaze