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Character Analysis

- Pip
- Miss Havisham
- Minor characters
- Estella
- Abel Magwitch
- Joe Gargery
- Mr Jaggers
- Compeyson
- Biddy
- Mrs Joe
- Wemmick
- Bentley Drummle
- Uncle Pumblechook
- Dolge Orlick
- Herbert Pocket

Quote Bank

- Loyalty, friendship, and genuine human relationships
- Social Class
- Manipulation, desire, and objectification
- Morality and ethics
- Ambition
- Etiquette

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is an epic novel that trenchantly explores themes of identity, social class, ambition, and morality. Set in 19th century England, the narrative follows the life of an impoverished orphan named Pip, who comes into a “handsome” fortune at the hands of an anonymous benefactor.

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