Great Expectations Pip's Forge
In the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens the settings impacts Pip’s emotions as well as the storyline itself. The forge, Satis House, and London represent Pip’s jusxepiditon and the things he has learned, feared, or was ashamed of. Each location represents an event and person that changed the course of Pip’s life. The forge, was Pip’s home and was all he knew. The forge represents his foundation which was made by Joe,Biddy, and Mrs.Joe;however, it also represents the fear and the guilt that altered Pip’s life. While living in the forge Pip meets the convict and he realizes “ [he] was too cowardly to do what [he] knew to be right, as [he] had been too cowardly to avoid doing what [he] knew to be wrong” (Dickens 41). Committing a crime for someone such as a convict stained Pip’s mind causing him to always feel obligated to be cautious. Little did Pip know the instant he helped the convict his fear of the Forge would eventually morph into guilt. Becoming a gentleman off of the hands of the convict otherwise known as his benefactor cause Pip to abandon those who cared and loved him like Joe and Biddy. Pip became ashamed
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The interaction with both Estella and Miss.Havisham causes Pip’s mindset to change. The constant degrading approach towards Pip from Estella like always calling him boy causes Pip to look lesser of himself, “her contempt was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it”(Dickens 60). This relationship between Pip, Estella, and even Mrs.Havisham caused the house to greatly impact Pip as well. Being exposed to his commonness, and love caused a negative effect on Pip’s life. The house expressed this with its cobwebs, and the fact that “no glimpse of daylight was to be seen”(Dickens 57). Despite the negative effects this house has on Pip he constantly returned to it which represents Pip’s oblivion to the damage Estella and Miss.Havisham may have had on his
The interaction with both Estella and Miss.Havisham causes Pip’s mindset to change. The constant degrading approach towards Pip from Estella like always calling him boy causes Pip to look lesser of himself, “her contempt was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it”(Dickens 60). This relationship between Pip, Estella, and even Mrs.Havisham caused the house to greatly impact Pip as well. Being exposed to his commonness, and love caused a negative effect on Pip’s life. The house expressed this with its cobwebs, and the fact that “no glimpse of daylight was to be seen”(Dickens 57). Despite the negative effects this house has on Pip he constantly returned to it which represents Pip’s oblivion to the damage Estella and Miss.Havisham may have had on his