Great Expectations characters

Romeo and Juliet is a play about star-crossed lovers whose parents have been fighting for decades. The play fits into the tragedy genre because as they try to be together, Romeo and Juliet happen to make things worse, resulting in death of many people. At the time the play was written, the father of a woman generally picked who the daughter was to marry. With Juliet wanting to marry Romeo, it was against her father’s wishes. This paper will be analyzing act 3 scene one and how it plays as a…

Romesh Gunesekera’s Reef (1994) explores the coming to consciousness of Triton, the protagonist, who enters Mr Salgado’s household as a servant and experiences a range of self-realizations as he matures under Mr Salgado’s tutelage. Their master-servant relationship is initially clearly defined within this dichotomy, but begins to shift when Mr Salgado accords Triton with a sense of self-worth which he never possessed, complicating his position as a marginalised figure. When Miss Nili, Mr…

Friendship is a part of everyday life that everyone tends to experience. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn friendship plays an important role. The Author, Mark Twain, writes about two major friendships. These two friendships are between the protagonist Huck Finn and with either his friend Tom Sawyer or the other protagonist, Jim who is a runaway slave. Tom Sawyer and Huck have been friends ever since their previous adventure in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Although Tom and Huck…

he wisely teaches us that the present moment is a gift. The past is something that cannot be changed, and the future cannot be determined; the only time that can be controlled is the present. However, only few actually follow this mantra. In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Pip and Miss Havisham are two perfect examples of people who completely ignore this mantra. Pip focuses his entire life on the future, while Miss Havisham constantly dwells on one moment in her past. Because Pip and…

the time’s systems. Charles Dickens used many of his writings to reflect his current time period. He used his novel “Great Expectations” to highlight the conflicts of London during the Victorian era. Dickens identified the issues in London’s justice system, treatment of orphans, and education system in “Great Expectations”. One of the conflicts present in both “Great Expectations” and Dickens’ time is the legal system and its values. The court was used as a business rather than to bring justice…

imagination of young ones, one of which will never grow up. The Count of Monte Cristo follows the betrayal of a man and his revenge. However, Peter Pan is overall a better book. First, the author gave very detailed descriptions of the setting and the characters. Second, the climax was entertaining and engaging. Finally, the writer's style was smooth and easy to understand. J. B. Priestly…

Oliver Twist is a great proclamation on states of mind toward the poor in Victorian England. Charles Dickens demonstrates to us what number of individuals of that time were classist to the point that they treated the poor like crooks. Needy individuals could just get help from poor houses, which had much in a similar manner as present day sweatshops. Families were isolated. The poor were terribly deprived, to the point of moderate starvation, buckled down, and beaten. Indeed, even youngsters did…

In James Joyce’s novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, explores the different phases of his life. He grows from an innocent young boy to an independent adolescent man. Throughout his maturation, the experiences and interactions he has with the surrounding world affect his development and shape his personality. The impact strongly comes from influences, like family, religion, and people who interact with him on a daily basis. Joyce suggests not only…

prescribed text “The King of Kites” by Judith Heneghan and Laure Fournier) CHARACTERS: NARRATOR 1 NARRATOR 2 ANIL MOTHER FRIEND 1 FRIEND 2 VILLAGERS STAGE DIRECTION: CS- CENTRE STAGE CRS- CENTRE RIGHT STAGE CLS- CENTRE LEFT STAGE USC- UPPERSTAGE CENTRE USR- UPPERSTAGE RIGHT USL- UPPERSTAGE LEFT DSC- DOWNSTAGE CENTRE DSR- DOWNSTAGE RIGHT DSL- DOWNSTAGE LEFT SCRIPT: ACT Scene 1 Setting: Backyard of Anil’s house Characters: Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Anil, Mother (Light is on. Enter…

REPRESENTATION OF CRIMINAL CHARACTERS Charles Dickens writes about the lower classes and the activities in the underbelly of London society.We see some characters doing illegal,nasty and sometimes horrifying things,yet Dickens is careful to give at least some of these lower-class characters a code of ethics ,adding realism and respectability.The character that perhaps best embodies such a code of ethics is Nancy,and looking closely at her scenes can lend great insight into our reading of Oliver…