great expectations

pip

main character, born poor but later comes into ‘great expectations’, in which he is made to become a gentleman

joe

pip’s brother-in-law, married to his sister, acts as father figure to pip, blacksmith

mrs. joe

pip’s older sister who began to ‘take care’ of him once their parents passed, married to joe, often hits and belittles pip

estella

adopted daughter of miss havisham, raised to break hearts of men, pip falls in love with her but she denies him

miss havisham

rich lady who was abandoned at the alter, has frozen her house in the time right when she was betrayed, lives in her wedding dress still, invites pip to her house (satis house) to play with estella

satis house

from the latin for ‘enough’, name of Miss H. and Estella’s house, where Pip is summoned to play with Estella

herbert pocket

son of matthew pocket and close friend of pip, becomes his roommate for quite some time, engaged to clara secretly, helps pip navigate his new money/life

clara

secret fiance of herbert, taking care of her very sick and dying father

the convict/magwitch/provis

first meets pip in the graveyard at the church where his parents are buried, finds him again in london and reveals that he is the secret benefactor

jaggers

the lawyer in charge of taking care of magwitch’s finances/giving pip his expectations, takes pip in and helps him get on his feet in london, incessant habit of handwashing

wemmick

assisstant/worker for jaggers, friendly man who often goes to newgate prison to visit the inmates, lives at the castle with his aged parent

mr matthew pocket

pip’s tutor, father to herbert, cousin to miss havisham

mrs belinda pocket

mother of herbert, wife of matthew pocket, presented as caring a lot about social status, believes she is entitled to luxury because of her lineage

themes of great expectations

social mobility, status, class, relationships/love, loyalty, wealth inequality, ambitions leading to downfall

pip

main character, born poor but later comes into ‘great expectations’, in which he is made to become a gentleman

joe

pip’s brother-in-law, married to his sister, acts as father figure to pip, blacksmith

mrs. joe

pip’s older sister who began to ‘take care’ of him once their parents passed, married to joe, often hits and belittles pip

estella

adopted daughter of miss havisham, raised to break hearts of men, pip falls in love with her but she denies him

miss havisham

rich lady who was abandoned at the alter, has frozen her house in the time right when she was betrayed, lives in her wedding dress still, invites pip to her house (satis house) to play with estella

satis house

from the latin for ‘enough’, name of Miss H. and Estella’s house, where Pip is summoned to play with Estella

herbert pocket

son of matthew pocket and close friend of pip, becomes his roommate for quite some time, engaged to clara secretly, helps pip navigate his new money/life

clara

secret fiance of herbert, taking care of her very sick and dying father

the convict/magwitch/provis

first meets pip in the graveyard at the church where his parents are buried, finds him again in london and reveals that he is the secret benefactor

jaggers

the lawyer in charge of taking care of magwitch’s finances/giving pip his expectations, takes pip in and helps him get on his feet in london, incessant habit of handwashing

wemmick

assisstant/worker for jaggers, friendly man who often goes to newgate prison to visit the inmates, lives at the castle with his aged parent

mr matthew pocket

pip’s tutor, father to herbert, cousin to miss havisham

mrs belinda pocket

mother of herbert, wife of matthew pocket, presented as caring a lot about social status, believes she is entitled to luxury because of her lineage

themes of great expectations

social mobility, status, class, relationships/love, loyalty, wealth inequality, ambitions leading to downfall

Clocks

Time - “frozen in time”
Permanent time - 8:40 AM

Wedding Cake

Hope/celebratory
Now it’s withering - lost hope

Leg Iron

Confinement
Imprisonment

File

Freedom - Pip give to Magwitch

Forge

Joe fixed the iron

Satis House

“Enough house”
Irony - all Miss Havisham has but she isn’t happy and Estella wasn’t either (revised ending)
Not enough
Wants/has a lot but never will have enough
Big events:
Miss Havisham gets on fire
Herbert + Pip fight
First meeting with Estella
Wedding was set to be there
Table was set up - wedding cake
Represents pain and new beginnings
Everything Pip wants - every desire Pip could want
Riches
Estella
Gentlemenhood
First day Pip is told he is not enough “common”
Dramatic irony

Estella

Social ambition/social mobility - sole desire of Pip
Hatred - “no heart”
Elegance - she’s a proper lady/gone to schooling abroad
Generational trauma - manifestation of Miss Havisham’s problems
Since Miss Havisham was left on her wedding day, she had become wary/distrustful of others and hates the “male sex” which Estella was raised with - trauma passed on

Drummle

“Spider” - called by Jaggers
Abusive to Estella
Killed by horse because horse was mistreated
Internal madness drove his death

Marshes

Creates ominous mood
Home
to Pip - family buried here too
Start of convict - first meeting with Magwitch
Magwitch gets captured here (twice?)
Pip is helping the convict in both situations but convict is still caught
Nostalgia

Forge

Low-class
Childhood
Work/labor
Burden
Joe’s apprenticeship
Lost contact with his love
Does what Estella hated
Represents Pip’s story

Little Britain

Where Pip works/lives
Just a backdrop

Wemmick’s Castle

Separate from work life
Small - opposite of a castle
Haven - values deeply
His relationship with Aged P
Firing cannon
Both things juxtaposed real castles

Jagger’s home and office

Same - complete opposite of Wemmick’s home
Portable office
No photos/personal items - “nothing merely ornamental to be seen” (pg. 211)
Minimal
Wants control
Lots of book for work - workaholic
Can never really escape burden of dirty work he has done
Estella and Molly
His work
Washes his hands to escape dirtiness of work
Doors are unlocked
Doesn’t value anything

Blue Boar Inn

Pip stays here when he visits the marshes

Newgate Prison

For minor offenses
Wemmick takes Pip before he sees Estella
Warning
You have to pay your debts or you will come here
Foreshadows what Pip’s future could have been like if Joe didn’t pay his debts
Wemmick is very familiar with it so Pip should trust him - about financial affairs

Hulks

Higher offense
Where convicts are kept when there are too many convicts and not enough space

Joe

Calls Pip “Pip”, “old chap”, and Pip “sir” in the end
Hard worker
Distaste for London - visits Pip but leaves early
He stays to take care of Pip but once Pip is better he leaves immediately
Friends - equals
“co-sufferers” by Mrs. Joe
Juxtaposed in household
She was the “man of the house”

Estella

Brat
Condescending
Degrading
Called Pip “boy”

Biddy

OG teacher
Kind, thoughtful, soft
Calls Pip “Mr. Pip”
Marries Joe
Loses respect for Pip
Represents what life could have been like for Pip

Magwitch

Calls Pip “my boy”

Talks endearing/optimistic

Jaggers

Works hard
Best criminal defense lawyer in London
Pip’s guardian
“Asshole”
Made Molly his servant
In exchange for protecting Estella

Wemmick

Jaggers’s opposite
Loving to Aged

Orlick

Causes Mrs. Joe’s death
Sends letter to Pip to seek revenge on him
Loved Biddy
Worked at Joe’s forge than as a guard at Miss Havisham’s
Got caught for robbing Mr. Pumblechook - went to jail

Miss Havisham

Distressed
Fast paced
Urgent
Distraught
Victimizes herself
Burnt herself
Death caused by fire
Holds onto her past
Missed out on Estella’s life
Gives Pockets some money so Pip would forgive her

Uncle Pumblechook

Bridge between marshes, Satis house, and London
Claims he is the reason for Pip’s success
Gold digger - cares for status
Denies association after Pip loses money
Stepping stone in Mrs. Joe and Pip’s eyes
Mrs. Joe refers to him as uncle

Mr. Wopsle

Cleric for church - now a performer/actor
Pip sees in London
Has a deep voice (that he’s overly proud of) and a roman nose

Startop

Helps with Magwitch’s escape

Camila

Vulture for Miss Havisham’s money
Hangs around Miss Havisham’s house

Matthew Pocket

Cousin to Miss Havisham
Opposed her marriage - only person who did
Had no title

Compeyson

Reason for Magwitch’s hatred/revenge
Why Pip becomes a gentleman
He was a gentleman so his sentence was shorter than Magwitch’s
Miss Havisham’s ex-lover - left her on their wedding day
Conspired with her stepbrother - ripped her off