Expectation-maximization algorithm

In the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens,Dickens suggests that ambition can be a positive trait, But when taken too far, it can lead to the downfall of the person in pursuit of those ambitions. Dickens displays through the character Herbert that ambition is a positive trait when not taken too far. He then shows what happens to those that obsess about their ambitions using the characters Pip and Miss Havisham. In the novel, Pip, the protagonist is an example of how ambition can be…

make us human. Guilt almost always follows behind a crime and makes people realize the mistake made. It’s the emotionally strong people who can take responsibility to the crime and make it right. Charles Dickens, has sculpted his book “Great Expectations” around the idea of crime and guilt along with how his characters handle guilt. The statement Dickens is trying to present is, everyone in their life will commit a crime, big or small and will experience guilt; there are people who let it…

In the book Great Expectations Miss. Havisham has borderline personality disorder. Mrs. Havisham shows signs of being extremely harmful, not only to herself but too her daughter. How she is harmful to her daughter is she has destroyed her daughter's perception on men. She persuaded Estella to pursue Pip, to break his heart. Mrs havisham whispered “Break their hearts!” into Estella's ear. Another reason is she is very anti-social, this is a sign of this disorder. She has no friends, no life, she…

Social class is often able to reveal and dictate one’s treatment of others and himself. Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens, and Glass Castle, written by Jeanette Walls are two stories that prioritize the concept of social class. In Great Expectations, the main character is Pip, short for Phillip Pirrip, who is a boy part of a common family in the marshes of England. Pip is offered to switch from being common to wealthy by an unidentified benefactor, mostly influenced to do so by his…

him not to be thankful of Joe and of Magwitch’s help. He is rude to everyone because of his self-pride. Pip went through a stage of having really good traits and really bad traits, but in the end he was a good person. Pip’s core quest in Great Expectations is to become a gentleman. This quest is important to Pip, for two reasons. His first reason is, that he will finally get acceptance from his beloved Estella. When Pip first met Estella, he fell head over heels in love with her but she didn’t…

Charles Dickens’s novel, Great Expectations, centers around the personal growth and development of a young orphan named Pip. When the novel begins, Pip encounters a convict named Magwitch while visiting the graves of his family. Magwitch scares Pip into giving him some food and a file to release himself from the shackles on his leg. Dickens uses several literary devices such as imagery, style, and point of view to recreate this scene in the readers mind. One important aspect of how Dickens…

Discoveries that have changed this world forever have had great faults, but does that really make the discovery bad? Sometimes the mistakes that are made are the reason why the discovery was made, and sometimes it’s pure carelessness and laziness that cause them! In “Lost Cities, Lost Treasure”, Heinrich Schliemann dreamed of discovering treasures of the ancient world. He travels to a site where he believes he might find treasure. He meets Calvert. Unlike Heinrich, Calvert likes to keep his…

Statistics on OCD). Millions of people’s lives are affected daily by just one disease involving obsession. Obsession can worm its way into one’s mind and consume it from within, destroying their relationships, morales, and life. Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has a multitude of characters who are at various points of the spectrum. Miss Havisham is a wealthy woman who was jilted and could never let it go. Orlick is a man who believes he has done no wrong, and goes to extremes to seek…

Most have faced with a choice, whether to take the right route or take the other choices. Even though people have a good sense of right to wrong, sometimes we just seem to choose the one that isn’t as advantageous. In addition to this, occasionally this choice, moments seems to be taken away from us or never come back. In this scenario, Soto state's “Best things in life came stolen.” This is not only a theme to parts of this narrative, but it is a universal theme most people can definitely…

Incredible Expectations is the tale of Pip, a vagrant kid received by a metal forger's family, who has good fortunes and awesome desires, and afterward loses both his fortunes and his desires. Through this ascent and fall, then again, Pip figures out how to discover bliss. He takes in the importance of companionship and the significance of adoration and, obviously, improves as a man for it. The story opens with the storyteller, Pip, who presents himself and portrays a much more youthful Pip…