Month: June 2016

brought up by hand

What said Miss Havisham, flashing her eyes upon her, ‘are you tires pf me?’ Only a little tired of myself’, replied Replied Estella

He’d no more heart than a iron file, he was as cold as death,and the head of the devil afore mentioned.

“Estella seemed more delicately beautiful than she had ever seemed yet.

there was no fire like the forge fire and the kitchen fire at home.

and take a walk upon your bridge, and pitch your money into the Thames over the centre arch of your bridge, and you know the end of it. Serve a friend with it, and you may know the end of it too – but it’s a less pleasant and profitable end.

“And you,” said I, “are the pale young gentleman!”

“secondly, Mr. Pip, that the name of the person who is your liberal benefactor remains a profound secret, until the person chooses to reveal it. I am empowered to mention that it is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand by word of mouth to yourself”

“Yes, Pip,” said Joe; “and what’s worse, she’s got Tickler with her.”

There are several instances of irony in Great Epectations, where the character has said one thing but means the opposite or something else. One well known instance of irony in Great Expectations is when Pip refers to himself and Joe as being “brought up by hand” by his sister. This quotation is ironic because being brought up by hand usually refers to being brought up well, and taken good care of, but Dickens has made being “brought up by hand” the same as its connotation would be percieved as, this is ironic as it is means that Pip was given beatings and discplined through physical abuse.Dickens has done this to emphaside how strict and the type of person Pip’s sister is. There is also irony where Pip talks about thr great reputation Pip’s sister had gained through bringing up Pip by hand. This itself is ironic as the reputation she has gained is is usually seen as a negative one but ironically it is a positive reputation.Page7

Another well known instance of irony is when Miss Havisham and Estella are involved in a heavily heated argument between one another about how Estella has been taught how to not love anyone but Miss Havisham expects Estella  to love her back. The irony of this situation is the fact that Estella and Miss Havisham are usually extremely sarcastic when talking to other people but when the two are talking to each other no sarcasm is present at the current situation, that is what is ironic about the situation. “‘What’said Miss Havisham, flashing her eyes upon her, ‘are you tires pf me?’ Only a little tired of myself’, replied Estella” This quotation supports the fact that this situation is ironic as the two are arguing with each other in a un ironic way. Page 277

He’d no more heart than a iron file, he was as cold as death,and the head of the devil afore mentioned

the quote “He was as cold as death” shows us the hatred Magwitch has for Compeyson, the similie used in the quote shows us that Compeyson was as cold as death relating back to previous findings in the chapter we can relate him being “as cold as death” due to his profession which is forging notes. The conotation of the similie is that Compeyson is The type of person that doesnt care and is very evil, “and the head of the devil afore mentioned” this quote suggests that Compeyson is the head of the devil and even to Magwitch who is a convict sees him as more evil as himself as cold as death.