great expectations quiz review

Pip

The novel’s narrator and protagonist; an orphan who rises from a poor childhood to become a gentleman, learns that wealth and status do not equal moral worth.

Abel Magwitch (Provis)

A transported convict Pip helps as a child; later revealed to be Pip’s secret benefactor, representing redemption and the corrupting source of wealth.

Joe Gargery

Pip’s kind, loyal brother-in-law and blacksmith; represents unconditional love, humility, and moral goodness.

Mrs. Joe Gargery

Pip’s harsh, abusive sister who raised him “by hand”; symbolizes cruelty and bitterness; later incapacitated after an attack.

Miss Havisham

A wealthy, eccentric woman who lives in decay after being jilted on her wedding day; raises Estella to break men’s hearts.

Estella

Miss Havisham’s adopted daughter; beautiful but emotionally cold; taught to manipulate men and later trapped in an unhappy marriage.

Biddy

Intelligent, kind friend of Pip; represents genuine goodness and practicality; later marries Joe.

Orlick

Joe’s malicious apprentice; violent and resentful; attacks Mrs. Joe and later attempts to murder Pip.

Pumblechook

Joe’s self-important uncle; claims credit for Pip’s success and flatters wealth; represents hypocrisy.

Wopsle

The church clerk who dreams of being an actor; later performs melodramatic roles, providing comic relief.

Jaggers

A powerful London lawyer; Magwitch’s lawyer and Pip’s guardian; cold, intimidating, and morally detached.

Wemmick

Jaggers’s clerk; practical and hardened at work but kind and sentimental at home; shows the duality of human nature.

Herbert Pocket

Pip’s loyal friend; helps Pip mature morally; optimistic and supportive.

Bentley Drummle

A wealthy, arrogant brute; marries Estella and treats her cruelly; represents the emptiness of inherited status.

Compeyson

Magwitch’s former partner in crime; a manipulative gentleman criminal who betrays Magwitch and represents superficial respectability.

Clara

Herbert Pocket’s gentle, patient love interest; cares for her difficult father.

Startop

Pip’s friend and fellow gentleman-in-training; athletic, kind, and loyal.

Molly

Jaggers’s housekeeper; later revealed to be Estella’s biological mother and Magwitch’s former lover.

The Aged Parent

Wemmick’s elderly father; kind and childlike; represents warmth and domestic happiness.

Bill Barley (Clara’s father)

Clara’s abusive, alcoholic father; represents the burden of loyalty and endurance