Great Expectations Summary
Charles Dickens

Everything you need to understand or teach Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Great Expectations Summary & Study Guide
1 eBook
109 Student Essays
2 Encyclopedia Articles
1 Literature Criticism
1 Book Notes
...and more

30 Great Expectations Lessons
20 Activities
180 Multiple Choice Questions
60 Short Essay Questions
20 Essay Questions
Pre-Made Tests and Quizzes
...and more

Great Expectations Summary

The novel follows the life of Pip, an orphan who goes from being the unwanted ward of his forlorn sister to becoming a young man of means. However, when Pip learns who his benefactor is, he finds himself traveling down a road he never expected to take. Great Expectations is a story of a young man who wants more than what he is only to discover that what he had was...

(read more from the Study Guide)

Study Pack

The Great Expectations Study Pack contains:

Great Expectations Study Guide

Plot Summary

Chapter Summaries

Characters

Objects/Places

Themes

Style

Quotes

Topics for Discussion

Encyclopedia Articles (2)

Great Expectations

5,268 words, approx. 18 pages

Great Expectations Charles Dickens Great Expectations was the penultimate novel completed by the most popular novelist of Victorian England, Charles Dickens. Born in Kent, England, in 1812 to a fam... Read more

Great Expectations

5,389 words, approx. 18 pages

Project Gutenberg eBooks (1)

Great Expectations

205,125 words, approx. 684 pages

Chapter 1 My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.  So, I called myself Pip, ... Read more

Charles Dickens Biographies (8)

Charles Dickens

6,645 words, approx. 23 pages

He was only fifty-eight when he died. His horse had been shot, as he had wanted; his body lay in a casket in his home at Gad's Hill, festooned with scarlet geraniums. Tributes poured in from all over ... Read more

Charles John Huffam Dickens

2,274 words, approx. 8 pages

The English author Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was, and probably still is, the most widely read Victorian novelist. He is now appreciated more for his "dark" novels than for his humorous w... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

17,051 words, approx. 57 pages

The life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unusual good fort... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

4,284 words, approx. 15 pages

Charles Dickens had one thing in common with his creation Thomas Gradgrind, the heartless utilitarian in Hard Times: a love of facts. Along with fourteen novels, many of them rich in topical allusion,... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

2,572 words, approx. 9 pages

Drawing his narrative themes from the sensation novel and the popular stage, Charles Dickens heavily freighted most of his plots with mystery, crime, and suspense. His chief legacies to crime litera... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

13,455 words, approx. 45 pages

From the appearance of his first full-length work of prose fiction, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, in 1836-1837, Charles Dickens has retained his place as one of the best-loved and most... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

4,789 words, approx. 16 pages

In October 1844 Charles Dickens was in Genoa working on his second Christmas book, The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In (1845). Hoping that a long forei... Read more

Charles John Huffam Dickens

17,846 words, approx. 60 pages

Biography EssayThe life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unus... Read more

Essays & Analysis (110)

Critical Essay by Barbara Hardy

4,805 words, approx. 17 pages

3,608 words, approx. 13 pages

`Nineteenth century writers are fascinated by criminals, but they are content to regard them as socially marginal, congenitally deviant and irredeemably other'. Is this true of the writers you have st... Read more

Great Expectations

1,503 words, approx. 6 pages

The opening of the chapter reads: "I was three-and-twenty years of age. Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone." T... Read more

Great Expectations

5,382 words, approx. 18 pages

I. AUTHORIAL BACKGROUND Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, England. Dickens wrote Great Expectations during the Victorian Era and the Industrial Revolution. Factories were r... Read more

Literary Analysis of Great Expectations

1,848 words, approx. 7 pages

Jeff Craighead Ms. Treadway English IV 28 March 2005 Literary Analysis of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations Charles Dickens uses a wide variety of literary devices to express the book's themes... Read more

Imagery in "Great Expectations"

1,878 words, approx. 7 pages

Imagery plays a very important part in Charles's Dickens novel, describing us feelings or even warning us of future situations. Dickens way of describing characters, situations, climate, objects, han... Read more

Three Books That Should Be Saved

1,122 words, approx. 4 pages

In a world where all books must be burned, society should save three. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens contains potent messages about money, life, and greed. Also, William Golding's book, The Lo... Read more

Pip Pipes Up

551 words, approx. 2 pages

From the beginning of Great Expectations to the end of part 1, a young boy named Pip develops inner conflict. Pip is an orphan, raised by his strict older sister and her loving husband. As far as he k... Read more

Great Expectations

339 words, approx. 2 pages

Charles Dickens focuses on the theme of social classes throughout the beginning of the novel, Great Expectations. Pip visited Estella at Miss Havisham's house, and from the beginning she began to judg... Read more

Great Expectations Overview of Chapters 30 and 31

756 words, approx. 3 pages

Chapters 30 and 31 in Charles Dickens Great Expectations portray Pip's love for Estella. These chapters also represent mixed feelings that the reader might have towards Pip. These feelings may arise ... Read more

Estella's Change at the End of "Great Expectations"

178 words, approx. 1 pages

At the end of the novel, Estella changes in a huge way. When Pip sees Estella, she has changed in two aspects, physically and mentally. She has changed physically meaning she has lost her once youth... Read more

Relationships in Great Expectations

1,062 words, approx. 4 pages

Relationships in Great Expectations: Essay Test "There are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges t... Read more

Great Expectations

337 words, approx. 2 pages

Chapter 57, when Pip is arrested for an unpaid debt, and when he becomes deathly sick, is describes by various critics around the world, as an important symbolic death and rebirth, because; during pip... Read more

Great Expectations Review

437 words, approx. 2 pages

"Great Expectations Review" Great Expectations is based on a novel written by Charles Dickens, directed by David Lean. The story follows the development of a blacksmith's apprentice named Pip into a... Read more

Pip's Growth in Great Expectations

763 words, approx. 3 pages

Pip's Growth in Great Expectations Throughout the novel Great Expectations, Pip's character and personality goes through some transformations. He is somewhat similar at the beginning and e... Read more

Editor's Memo On Great Expectation Ending

821 words, approx. 3 pages

Editor's Memo On Great Expectation Ending Due to the special publication of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, only one ending can be chosen. As senior editor of Penguin Publishers, I recomm... Read more

Eating Scene in Great Expectations

867 words, approx. 3 pages

In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations novel, there are many scenes that provide crucial turning points that add to the book and make it more interesting. For example, eating scenes in which character... Read more

The Change of A Lifetime in Great Expectations

311 words, approx. 2 pages

Throughout Great Expectations, Pip constantly changes himself, but the one thing he can never change is his heart. He even expresses that fact himself, quoting "I am greatly changed, I know" (P.831)... Read more

Pip's Maturity

246 words, approx. 1 pages

Through his experiences Pip matures into a responsible and sensitive man. For example, Pip's feelings deepen for Magwitch. Initially, Pip felt a sense of repulsion in accepting the convict as his bene... Read more

Justice System in Victorian England in Great Expectations

300 words, approx. 2 pages

Dickens presents the justice system of Victorian England as unfair, inefficient, and prejudiced. Probably the most evident example of prejudice in the justice system is in the court case with Compeys... Read more

A Gentlmen

1,112 words, approx. 4 pages

In Victorian society, a gentleman was brought up from birth, molded and manipulated to act, dress, talk, and live as true gentility. Upon reaching adulthood, these gentlemen were expected to conduct t... Read more

Estella's Inner Beauty

461 words, approx. 2 pages

I was fooled but now I am awake. Awake to Estella's multi-layered, inner complexity while she masks all by her outer simplicity and beauty. Estella, the girl I long for even now, entraps me still w... Read more

A Prose Study of "Great Expectations"

1,220 words, approx. 5 pages

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is the story of Pip, an orphan boy adopted by a blacksmith's family, who has good luck and great expectations, and then loses both his luck and his ex... Read more

Great Expectations

312 words, approx. 2 pages

In this story pip goes off in a kind of trivial pursuit to be a successful gentlemen in hopes to fancy Estella (a girl whom he had fallen in love with) so she will love him. He starts off as a simple... Read more

Character Analysis of Pip in "Great Expectations"

1,323 words, approx. 5 pages

Charles Dickens' Great Expectations explores the journey of an innocent common boy when his initial dreams result in disappointments and eventually leads him to become a genuinely good man. Dickens p... Read more

The Character of Magwitch in "Great Expectations"

4,985 words, approx. 17 pages

In the year 1861 the great British author Charles Dickens wrote a novel that was originally published in newspapers as a serial, the soap opera of the day. This now world famous novel - Great Expectat... Read more

A Character Analysis of Pip in "Great Expectations"

953 words, approx. 4 pages

In the story Great Expectations, the author Charles Dickens presents the tale of a young boy named Pip who discovers his own identity as he struggles to rise above his social class. Pip's complex char... Read more

Great Expectations

436 words, approx. 2 pages

The story starts as a view of a young boy, named Pip, in a poor village. His family died except for his sister who currently takes care of him. When Pip is visiting his familiy's grave, he was c... Read more

Great Expectations - the Character Traits of Pip Throughout the Novel

559 words, approx. 2 pages

In the novel Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Pip starts out a young boy both arrogant and critical of others. Later in life he comes into great expectations. At the concl... Read more

The Great Expectations of the Main Characters in "Great Expectations"

851 words, approx. 3 pages

Of course, the novel Great Expectations contains many great expectations. The four main characters: Pip, Estella, Provis, and Ms. Havisham all have their own expectations, goals, and aims, each gr... Read more

Comparing Characters in "Great Expectations"

633 words, approx. 3 pages

"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens ventures deeply into the personalities of characters. Dickens is able to show the reader theses different personalities through physical descriptions, thoughts,... Read more

Charles Dickens "Great Expectations"

978 words, approx. 4 pages

In the past many convicts have found ways to break out of jail and the get through the security. The security guards have been thinking of ways to keep prisoners from escaping. Prisoners have been esc... Read more

Charles Dickens "Great Expectations"

976 words, approx. 4 pages

Great Expectations

2,334 words, approx. 8 pages

The book Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens, is set in early Victorian England. Times of great distress and social changes were sweeping throughout England, and the world. The Industrial R... Read more

Redemption in Great Expectations

797 words, approx. 3 pages

We all make mistakes, but we are sometimes defined by the actions we take to atone for damage we cause. In Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations, a convict helps repay a favor done for him by p... Read more

Biddy: the Ideal Woman

545 words, approx. 2 pages

It is of utmost importance that women in the Victorian Era follow the typical fabrication of the ideal woman. To Victorians, the ideal woman embodies an obedient, and nurturing nature. Biddy, who is a... Read more

Pip's Life in "Great Expectations"

606 words, approx. 3 pages

Great Expectation is a classic novel written by Charles Dickens about a boy making his life journey of becoming a gentleman, in the 19 century. Pip as the main character change from an innocent poor o... Read more

Pip: a Dynamic Character

1,140 words, approx. 4 pages

Change is inevitable. Events are bound to happen that cause every person to change in some way during the course of their lifetime. In Pip's life, his chance of becoming a gentleman with "great expe... Read more

Great Expectations

856 words, approx. 3 pages

In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the main character Pip undergoes many changes. In the first section of the book, he is very humble and admiring of his brother-in-law Joe, but in th... Read more

Two Endings of Great Expectations

825 words, approx. 3 pages

The audience wants a happy ending. This is a classic stand-by throughout the world. They want the good to defeat the evil; they want the underdog to save the day; the audience wants the boy to get th... Read more

Great Expectations

835 words, approx. 3 pages

The book Great Expectations is considered by many to be Dicken's best. It is set in the early part of the 1800's, in an area he knew well. The tale emphasizes various virtues that held strong during t... Read more

Great Expectations

1,057 words, approx. 4 pages

Throughout the novel Pip goes through several states in which an internal transformation takes place within him. Pip learns valuable lessons from his great expectation, however this only come after h... Read more

Theme of Great Expectations

191 words, approx. 1 pages

The theme that i would use for Great Expectations is to value what you have. This theme is what I think the book Great Expectations is mainly about. One example, is that Pip wanted to be a gen... Read more

Estella's True Colors

522 words, approx. 2 pages

Many times in literature, an author creates a character with the intention for the character to be misunderstood by the reader. These characters add suspense and a feeling of mystery to the story.... Read more

Great Expectations Character Analysis

1,057 words, approx. 4 pages

Estella: Estella is as beautiful and cultured as she is cold and brutal, and Pip immediately falls in love with her at a tender age. The daughter of Magwitch the convict, she is taken in by Miss Havi... Read more

Great Expectations

816 words, approx. 3 pages

In this day and time, people have certain expectations of what is going to happen in their life. Some people want to be rich and some want to have an extensive education, but what if one's expectation... Read more

Analysis of "Great Expectations"

1,191 words, approx. 4 pages

Everybody changes as they grow up, for one reason or another. If because of money or love, people change. This is no different for a young man named Phillip Pirrip, otherwise known as Pip. Pip chan... Read more

An Abundance of Influence in "Great Expectations

1,017 words, approx. 4 pages

According to the great twentieth century author, T.L. Osborn, "The majority of people who fail are deeply affected by, and therefore subject to the opinions of others. There is nothing more plentiful,... Read more

Pip's Childhood

879 words, approx. 3 pages

In Great Expectation a young man name Pip tells about the challenges that he had to faces growing up. Pip states "I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born, in opposition to the dictates... Read more

Two Significant Symbols in "Great Expectations"

402 words, approx. 2 pages

Dickens's uses many symbols through out his magnificent novels. In Great expectations he uses two major symbols to represent a universal theme. The first symbol he uses is the stars." I could at first... Read more

Great Expectations

529 words, approx. 2 pages

The story called "Great Expectations" tells a journey of a young man named Pip. Pips parents died when he was at a young age. So Pips sister took care of him. His sister married a man named Joe. Jo... Read more

Character Analysis of Pip

903 words, approx. 4 pages

It is no question that a person expects certain events throughout ones life. These, along with several other points are put forward in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Though Pip's... Read more

Great Expectations - Superficiality Vs. Reality

826 words, approx. 3 pages

England, in the mid to late 1800s, was ruled by Queen Victoria and many changes were made in the aptly named Victorian Era: religion was called into question, personal will as a part of the state's wi... Read more

Character Changes in Great Expectations

932 words, approx. 4 pages

In the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens there are some characters that change as the story progresses. Pip and Estella are examples of characters that change. Some characters, though, do... Read more

Great Expectations by Dickens Vs. the Film Adaptation Directed by Cuaron

1,170 words, approx. 4 pages

Great Expectations is the expression of human life, and it is from this idea that book, by Charles Dickens, and the film, directed by Alfonoso Cuaron, originate. They follow Pip/Finn's life, and his g... Read more

Independence in "Great Expectations"

405 words, approx. 2 pages

Great Expectations is a novel that follows a boy of seven at the time called Pip. This book follows Pip though the most important stages of his life which are innocence, sin, and redemption. When Pi... Read more

"Great Expectations": Opening Passage

145 words, approx. 1 pages

Charles Dickens wrote "Great Expectations" using Pip as the first person and through him, give the reader Pip's perception and point of the story. The opening chapter uses a high range of vivid imager... Read more

Influential Characters in Great Expectations

556 words, approx. 2 pages

Charles Dickens is one of the greatest authors; because of his characterization and the way he develops his characters. In this book, Great Expectations, he does an excellent job of developing Pip in... Read more

Great Expectations: Analyzing Chapter 1

3,923 words, approx. 14 pages

In the first chapter of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens successfully uses a range of techniques to put us into Pips perspective. Throughout the story Dickens uses the first person point of view s... Read more

Great Expectations: Estella's Influence on Pip

518 words, approx. 2 pages

In the novel Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, the reader observes that Estella has a great influence on the main character of the novel, Pip. From the first time Pip laid eyes on her, her beau... Read more

Why Dickens Gave Great Expectations Its Title

1,729 words, approx. 6 pages

Why Charles Dickens gave Great Expectations its title can be interpreted in many ways. Dickens gave the book this title in order to illustrate his feelings on the social situation of his time. He al... Read more

Female Charcters in Great Expectations

500 words, approx. 2 pages

`Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens looks very deeply into the personalities of each character, particularly the female characters. Charles Dickens is able to show the reader the different person... Read more

Great Expectations: How Pip Develops Throughout the Story

563 words, approx. 2 pages

In the novel Great Expectations, Pip is the narrator, as well as the main character. He narrates the story of his life and the path he crosses which is, filled either with flowers or with thorns. The ... Read more

Great Expectations, Exploring Character Relationships

1,202 words, approx. 5 pages

Great Expectations the story of an orphan boy and his adventures is one of Charles Dickens best loved novels, written in 1861. In this essay I am going to analyze and compare different aspects of th... Read more

How and Why Does Pip Change after the Return of Magwitch?

924 words, approx. 4 pages

Pips character changes and develops continuously through out Great Expectations. There are three stages of Pip's character from his transition from a `small bundle of shiver' to a mature man with a st... Read more

Great Expectations: An Analysis of Pip

812 words, approx. 3 pages

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a novel which is very much involved with issues of social classes. During this time period, as in most time periods of history there are members of the lowe... Read more

Great Expectations

1,179 words, approx. 4 pages

Among the many themes reflected in Charles Dickens's novel, Great Expectations, the one that stands out the most is Dickens's strong belief in that true happiness evolves from one's self-establishment... Read more

Great Expectations

1,787 words, approx. 6 pages

The book Great Expectations tells a story about a boy who is raised by his sister,her husband, and by a mysterious benefactor. I think Charles Dickens wrote this book to tell a story, and yet a les... Read more

Great Expectations - An Analysis of Chapters 1 and 39

2,387 words, approx. 8 pages

Analyse chapters 1 and 39 of Great expectations. How dos Dickens present setting and character in these two chapters? What do the two chapters tell us of social and historical importance of the time" ... Read more

Great Expectations

1,216 words, approx. 5 pages

Great Expectations In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, Pip gains a tremendous amount of self-knowledge through the process of leaving home in order to come home. He travels to London after receiv... Read more

Portrayal of the Victorian Era in Great Expectations

1,675 words, approx. 6 pages

Written during the Victorian Era (1850-1900) Charles Dickens's Great Expectations has echoes of Victorian Morality all throughout the novel. When looked up in The American Heritage Dictionary of the E... Read more

The Villains of "Great Expectations"

1,604 words, approx. 6 pages

Villains are vital in literature as they allow the plot to surge ahead. They also provide the protagonist with an opponent. No matter where a person looks, there are many villains present, as well as ... Read more

Pip's Actions in the First Stage of "Great Expectations"

627 words, approx. 3 pages

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, is a novel about a boy named Phillip Pirrip (Pip). In this novel Pip, being the protagonist, is also the narrator. Pip is an orphan who has never seen his paren... Read more

Revenge and the Justice System in "Great Expectations"

981 words, approx. 4 pages

Richard Posner, a famous journalist of our time, has written that our concept of justice is based on revenge. In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, revenge plays a strong role in the lives of ma... Read more

Comparing The Good Earth and Great Expectations

826 words, approx. 3 pages

Great Expectations is written by Charles Dickens, which takes place in London, England and The Good Earth is written by Pearl S. Buck which, takes place in a small town in China. The two characters Pi... Read more

Influences on Pip in "Great Expectations"

568 words, approx. 2 pages

Stage one of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is about a young boy named Pip who lives with his sister and her husband, Joe. In the story Pip first meets a convict, who asks him to steal food ... Read more

Children's Rights in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

1,140 words, approx. 4 pages

Great Expectations' main character, Phillip Pirrip- generally known as Pip- had a rough upbringing as a child. His sister, Mrs. Joe had "brought him up by hand", after their parents and five brothers... Read more

Great Expectations: Reader Involvement Through First-Person Narration

590 words, approx. 2 pages

Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations for his magazine All the Year Round. He chose to write Great Expectations in first person remembrance. Writing in this form was very successful in capturing th... Read more

Great Expectations: Uniqueness of Characters

452 words, approx. 2 pages

Charles Dickens is regarded as a genius in his ability to create unique and notable characters. Charles Dickens when making his characters not only makes them unique but also enduring, interesting, an... Read more

Analysis of Chapter 27 of "Great Expectations"

539 words, approx. 2 pages

Through chapter 27 of the classic novel - `Great Expectations' by the all-time famous English writer Charles Dickens, he presents different characters differently, through independent personalities an... Read more

A Portrait of Self in "Great Expectations"

2,289 words, approx. 8 pages

The works of Charles Dickens are of repute status, and are recognizable even by the scarce reader. Literary pieces such as Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities are of the more distinguishable books b... Read more

Truth and Innocence in Great Expectations

761 words, approx. 3 pages

Innocence and truth are two basic themes that relate to each other is this extravagant piece of writing. Truth and innocence are related in this book because the main character is truthful to hims... Read more

Personality of Pip

705 words, approx. 3 pages

"Great Expectations" By Charles Dickens Personality of Pip Pip is a young boy at the age of 12, who is playful and curious. He is also well m... Read more

Jaggers in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

416 words, approx. 2 pages

Dickens portrays Jaggers as a man that works with a corrupt judicial system, dirty people, a dirty conscience, yet he smells like soap as if to say that he is ashamed of his work and wants to keep it ... Read more

According to 'great Expectations', What Is a "gentleman"?

1,348 words, approx. 5 pages

According to `Great Expectations', what is a "gentleman"? In the English dictionary it states that a gentleman is a man who is a chivalrous and a well-bred man. I believe that a gentleman is kind, c... Read more

Plot Summary of "Great Expectations"

639 words, approx. 3 pages

Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" is a story of an orphan named Pip who is removed from his hometown, and be brought up as a gentleman in London. Having lost both his parents in his infancy, he wa... Read more

Great Expectations

474 words, approx. 2 pages

GREAT EXPECTATIONS Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, was written in 1860. The book identifies many social issues that were prevalent during the early 19th Century in Victorian England. Charles... Read more

Adults Abused as Children

499 words, approx. 2 pages

Adults abused as children Although Joe has suffered much abuse as a child, Joe is a kind hearted man who is warm and loving. I begin to think, "How could that be"" My theory for Joe behaving in such... Read more

Character Sketch for Joe

843 words, approx. 3 pages

If faced with the question of choosing my favorite character in the Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, I would have to say the character that left the greatest impression on me is Joe. I fe... Read more

A Feminist Criticism of Dickens' "Great Expectations"

1,979 words, approx. 7 pages

A Feminist Criticism of Dickens' "Great Expectations" Of all the modern theories that are embraced under the umbrella-term of `critical Theory', feminist criticism is u... Read more

Miss Havisham Character Study

645 words, approx. 3 pages

Miss Havisham is the wealthy, eccentric old woman living in the manor called Satis House near Pip's village. She is manic and often seems insane, walking around her house in a faded wedding dress, kee... Read more

Estella Character Study

554 words, approx. 2 pages

Miss Havisham's beautiful young ward, Estella is Pip's unattainable dream. But though she sometimes considers him a friend, she is usually, cold, cruel, and uninterested in him. As they grow up togeth... Read more

Greek Philosophy and Striving for Happiness in "Great Expectations"

616 words, approx. 3 pages

Reason, emotion, and appetite. These are the three sources of happiness, according to Plato. Synonymous with satisfaction and contentment, happiness can only come with having achieved a goal or made p... Read more

The Settings in Great Expectations

787 words, approx. 3 pages

Location, Location, Location! That is the number one thing you look for when buying a home. When a person is in a certain area, it can make them feel happy or down, relaxed or nervous. In books, the... Read more

Forces That Shape Character in "Great Expectations"

1,214 words, approx. 5 pages

In one's life, there are certain experiences that shape and form the person you become. No person maintains the same character throughout their entire life, because the experiences they go through in ... Read more

"Havisham" Response

549 words, approx. 2 pages

Upon reading the prose and poems, I gain the impression that Miss Havisham is certainly a strange, old woman. Whilst in the novel I pity her, she seems a broken woman. But in the poem, I view her as a... Read more

Pivotal Moment in Great Expectations

319 words, approx. 2 pages

The pivotal moment I have chosen in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is Pip's experience during his first visit to Miss Havisham's house (Chapter 8). Pip went to her house to play, but ... Read more

Comparing Two Film Versions of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

2,514 words, approx. 9 pages

Compare the openings of two versions of the film of `Great Expectations'. Which one do you consider to be the most successful in setting up expectations. I will compare two versions of the opening ... Read more

The Development of the Relationship between Pip and Magwitch

1,006 words, approx. 4 pages

Over the course of the novel, "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens, one can see a clear change and development in the relationship between Pip and Magwitch. Initially, Magwitch is introduced to P... Read more

The Themes of Great Expectations

762 words, approx. 3 pages

The Theme of Great Expectations Great Expectations is a book by Charles Dickens. It is a realistic fiction book that features many characters that have had their personalities excessively exaggera... Read more

Pip's Rise and Fall in "Great Expectations"

413 words, approx. 2 pages

"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens can be be seen as the rise and fall of Pip as a gentleman. The plot begins showing him as a poor boy whose parents have passed away and is raised by his mean si... Read more

Pip's Meeting with the Convict in "Great Expectations"

715 words, approx. 3 pages

Great Expectations is a wonderful prose composed by the all time favourite novelist Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens' Great Expectations is a great novel which narrates a story about an orphan boy, Pi... Read more

Great Expectations and Its Relationships

742 words, approx. 3 pages

Joe had a major influence on Pip, both good and bad, Joe played an important role in Pip's development through life. Joe was a very honest person. He would tell the truth no matter how much it hurt. ... Read more

Jane Eyre and Great Expectations

1,605 words, approx. 6 pages

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, and Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens, both demonstrates the Victorian morality. In both Jane Eyre and Great Expectations, the central character is an orp... Read more

Pip - a Character Study

1,011 words, approx. 4 pages

Phillip Pirrip is a young small boy. He lives with his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery and her husband, Joe Gargery, as both his parents and all of his five brothers had died. He had never before seen any of... Read more

What Is Your View of the Representation of Childhood in Great Expectations?

2,004 words, approx. 7 pages

The story of Great Expectations was Dickens's signature novel and deals with the story of a little boy, who we learn to call `Pip', and his journey into adulthood. The perception put forward of childh... Read more

The Lost Father

1,171 words, approx. 4 pages

In Great Expectations by Charles Dickins, a young boy named Pip is growing up in 19th century England with his sister and her husband Joe. Joe is the person with whom Pip feels the most comforta... Read more

Money Makes People

827 words, approx. 3 pages

Throughout the novel, Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, money has been a developing theme. The person I find to be most affected by money thus far is Pip. In the first few chapters, Pip is intro... Read more

Comparison of Passages from Great Expectations and Madame Bovary

1,480 words, approx. 5 pages

The two passages, taken from early sections of Great Expectations and Madame Bovary, deal predominantly with the subject of death and the spectrum of approaches applied by their characters to deal ... Read more

Real vs. Facade: The Theme of Self-Delusion in Great Expectations

909 words, approx. 4 pages

Pip, the main character of Great Expectations, constantly ascribes the truth to that which only seems to be true. Self-delusion is one of the main themes that Dickens carefully develops through the pl... Read more

Free Book Notes (1)

Great Expectations

23,287 words, approx. 78 pages

Great Expectations Book Notes is a free study guide on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Summary ... Read more

Download the Study Pack