Great Expectations

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Themes

All Themes Social Class Ambition and Self-Improvement Integrity and Reputation Parents Justice Generosity

Characters

All Characters Pip Pirrip Provis (a.k.a. Abel Magwitch) (a.k.a. the convict) Estella Havisham Joe Gargery Biddy Miss Havisham Wemmick Mrs. Joe Gargery Compeyson (a.k.a. the other convict)

Symbols

All Symbols Mist The Leg-Iron Satis House

Literary Devices

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis

All Themes
Social Class
Ambition and Self-Improvement
Integrity and Reputation
Parents
Justice
Generosity

All Characters
Pip Pirrip
Provis (a.k.a. Abel Magwitch) (a.k.a. the convict)
Estella Havisham
Joe Gargery
Biddy
Miss Havisham
Wemmick
Mrs. Joe Gargery
Compeyson (a.k.a. the other convict)

All Symbols
Mist
The Leg-Iron
Satis House

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Oxymorons
Paradox
Parody
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

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