Then, in Chapter 26, we witness an scene in which we can make a comparison between Jaggers and Pip:
‘I embrace this opportunity of remarking that he washed his clients off, as if it were a surgeon or a dentist. He had a closet in his room, fitted up for the purpose, which smelt of the scented soap like a perfumer’s shop. It had an unusually large jack-towel on a roller insude the door, and he would wash his hands, and wipe them and dry them all over this towel, whenever he came in from a police-court or dismissed a client from his room’ (Chapter 26, 194).
In this scene, Jaggers’ feeling of guilt after attending one of his numerous dirty cases seems to be removed by the simple fact of washing his hands so insistently as if trying to get rid …show more content…
However, Pip does not feel any disgust for Magwitch’s appearance now and in fact, he again feels sympathy towards him. And the feeling is mutual, as Magwitch calls himself Pip’s father, being that paternal figure that Pip has not had since he is an orphan. And in fact, Magwitch has played the role of a father trying his best to made Pip’s life comfortable and pleasant, although he made it anonymously, in the shadows. Now that Magwitch is on scene, all doubts about Miss Havisham’s past are revealed. The convict tells Pip in Chapter 42 that Miss Havisham acts because he was left alone at the altar by his fiancé, Compeyson. Now that we discover that Compeyson had a relationship with Miss Havisham in the past, the role of Miss Havisham changes from the figure introducing the theme of social classes to the figure associated with crime: the role of Miss Havisham has nothing to do with the criminal underworld but she is tightly linked with it, as Compeyson, the other convict, was the one who abandoned her in their wedding’s day at the altar. Then, in Chapter 50, the connection of Pip with the criminal world is reinforced, as we know that Magwitch is Estella’s father. Maybe, Pip deep love for Estella could be a connection or a symbol of this deep connection with the criminal world, as Magwitch is her
‘I embrace this opportunity of remarking that he washed his clients off, as if it were a surgeon or a dentist. He had a closet in his room, fitted up for the purpose, which smelt of the scented soap like a perfumer’s shop. It had an unusually large jack-towel on a roller insude the door, and he would wash his hands, and wipe them and dry them all over this towel, whenever he came in from a police-court or dismissed a client from his room’ (Chapter 26, 194).
In this scene, Jaggers’ feeling of guilt after attending one of his numerous dirty cases seems to be removed by the simple fact of washing his hands so insistently as if trying to get rid …show more content…
However, Pip does not feel any disgust for Magwitch’s appearance now and in fact, he again feels sympathy towards him. And the feeling is mutual, as Magwitch calls himself Pip’s father, being that paternal figure that Pip has not had since he is an orphan. And in fact, Magwitch has played the role of a father trying his best to made Pip’s life comfortable and pleasant, although he made it anonymously, in the shadows. Now that Magwitch is on scene, all doubts about Miss Havisham’s past are revealed. The convict tells Pip in Chapter 42 that Miss Havisham acts because he was left alone at the altar by his fiancé, Compeyson. Now that we discover that Compeyson had a relationship with Miss Havisham in the past, the role of Miss Havisham changes from the figure introducing the theme of social classes to the figure associated with crime: the role of Miss Havisham has nothing to do with the criminal underworld but she is tightly linked with it, as Compeyson, the other convict, was the one who abandoned her in their wedding’s day at the altar. Then, in Chapter 50, the connection of Pip with the criminal world is reinforced, as we know that Magwitch is Estella’s father. Maybe, Pip deep love for Estella could be a connection or a symbol of this deep connection with the criminal world, as Magwitch is her