Great Expectations | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Marshes - Pip grows up here and returns here many times when he is older.

The Three Jolly Bargemen - This is a bar in Pip's village that serves as a meeting place. Important news and characters are often discovered here.

Mr. Wopsle's Great Aunt's school - Not much learning takes place here because the main teacher sleeps most of the time, and her books are all out of date.

Manor House (or Satis) - Once a great mansion with a thriving brewery attached, all activity stops and begins to slide into decay...
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