Laceration of the Soul
In war men would put their adversaries in agony and deep suffering by torture, soon the victim would grapple the idea that he or she were like meat to a lion. In some cases one would not need solid tools to inflict the equal amount of pain. Observing oneself being lacerated and beaten down could be as equal as word from the lips. This would overall deprive someone of self confidence and give them a feeling of worthlessness. Which in some cases can be as equal as torture. A man’s own enemy could simply be the voices in his head igniting a simple phrase spoken by another person into a wildfire of agony. Charles Dickens uses Pip and Mr. Joe in Great Expectations to portray the theme that one will suffer from a simple phrase or action. Pip throughout the entire novel was battling an excruciating battle for his lover’s heart. Everytime Pip would show his affection, his lover, Estella would shoot him down with a simple phrase or action. When Pip tries so hard to be with Estella and so hard to impress her she responds by saying “... ‘that I have no heart-if that has anything to do with my memory’ ” (Dickens 254). Estella crushes Pip’s hope that she will still have a small affection for him. After this Pip feels almost hopeless that he will …show more content…
Joe Great Expectations. Estella was one of the strongest victims throughout the story crushing any hope Pip had for a relationship and treating him like and object. Pip having to bear what Estella did to him with only words or phrases was hard. Although it gave Pip no reason to treat Mr. Joe the same way, making him feel like a burden even after his wife died. Charles Dickens fits these characters into their role so well to portray this theme it is like a puzzle coming together. Even though a person is only stating the truth to them, that does not make it any better than bitter
In war men would put their adversaries in agony and deep suffering by torture, soon the victim would grapple the idea that he or she were like meat to a lion. In some cases one would not need solid tools to inflict the equal amount of pain. Observing oneself being lacerated and beaten down could be as equal as word from the lips. This would overall deprive someone of self confidence and give them a feeling of worthlessness. Which in some cases can be as equal as torture. A man’s own enemy could simply be the voices in his head igniting a simple phrase spoken by another person into a wildfire of agony. Charles Dickens uses Pip and Mr. Joe in Great Expectations to portray the theme that one will suffer from a simple phrase or action. Pip throughout the entire novel was battling an excruciating battle for his lover’s heart. Everytime Pip would show his affection, his lover, Estella would shoot him down with a simple phrase or action. When Pip tries so hard to be with Estella and so hard to impress her she responds by saying “... ‘that I have no heart-if that has anything to do with my memory’ ” (Dickens 254). Estella crushes Pip’s hope that she will still have a small affection for him. After this Pip feels almost hopeless that he will …show more content…
Joe Great Expectations. Estella was one of the strongest victims throughout the story crushing any hope Pip had for a relationship and treating him like and object. Pip having to bear what Estella did to him with only words or phrases was hard. Although it gave Pip no reason to treat Mr. Joe the same way, making him feel like a burden even after his wife died. Charles Dickens fits these characters into their role so well to portray this theme it is like a puzzle coming together. Even though a person is only stating the truth to them, that does not make it any better than bitter