what does Dickens make of setting in great expectations?
1 the marshes(explain what takes place here and when – do this for each setting you discuss)
focus on the descriptions we analysed in chapter 1
discuss how dickens uses language and style to create a vivid atmosphere. you must analyse how quotes work in detail
how the setting helps the reader to appreciate pip’s circumstances and feelings
2 statis house
key passages for analysis
the first impression of the outside of the house
pip’s first visit – the description of miss havisham (use of contrast horror imagery of death, white etc
the second visit and the cake (note the symbolism here, personification etc
the “vision” pip has after his second visit could also be mentioned p53
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you need to get a copy of cliff notes or master plots really fast
How does Abel Magwich escape from a prison hulk (moored offshore), with a ‘great iron’ on his leg? Surely he would sink and drown?
Try to work that in somewhere, i once got a marginal essay passed on that point, for being a ‘pedantic git’ – my tutors words!
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