What important exposition is the reader given in this chapter?
The important exposition the reader is given in the chapter is we find out Miss. Havisham’s story. We find out how she has became the way she is.
What is the exposition of the story Great Expectations?
As part of the plot in a work of literature, the exposition gives readers information about characters, setting, and initial conflicts. In the early chapters of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens introduces readers to his protagonist, Pip (who is a young child at the time), and the people who influence his life.
What is the rising action of great expectations?
The rising action progresses as Pip becomes increasingly dissatisfied with the prospect of living a simple life as a country blacksmith. As he explains, “I never shall or can be comfortable … unless I can lead a very different sort of life from the life I lead now.”
How does Mr Pocket’s sister Camilla feel about PIP?
Pockets sister Camilla dislike Pip? She feels that she was cheated out of her inheritance by him. Pip describes it as a small castle, with such features as a drawbridge for a door.
Who dines with Pip at Jaggers house?
Pip dines with Wemmick one evening at his Walworth home, where he meets Wemmick’s father, referred to as the Aged Parent. He also meets a totally different Wemmick.
What two careers did Mr pocket supposedly consider when he was a younger man?
Pocket who is pleased to meet him. During the meeting it is established that Mr. Pocket in his youth was undecided on whether to become the Lord Chancellor/ judge or to become a bishop.
Why does Miss Havisham want revenge?
Miss Havisham uses Pip to get revenge on men, and Orlick wants revenge on Pip. Miss Havisham is a troubled woman. She was jilted at the altar by her fiancé, and ever since she has been in a deep depression accompanied by mental instability. She uses Estella as her instrument of revenge.
What does Mr Jaggers chair look like?
Mr. Jaggers’s own high-backed chair was of deadly black horsehair, with rows of brass nails round it, like a coffin; and I fancied I could see how he leaned back in it, and bit his fore-finger at the clients.
How does Herbert feel about Pip’s great expectations?
How does Herbert feel about Pip’s great expectations? He is not jealous by Pip’s fortune.
Is Herbert rich in Great Expectations?
Herbert may not strike it rich, but he gets something better: a nice wife, a good friend, and a satisfying career that succeeds because of his “cheerful industry and readiness” (58.64).
Who does Herbert marry in Great Expectations?
Clara
Is Herbert in love with Estella?
Estella respresents upward social mobility to Pip, whose driving ambition has always been to become a gentleman. He loves her as much for her affectations and snobbishness and pride as for her grace and beauty. He fell in love with her as a young boy because she despised him and let him know it.
Why did orlick attack Mrs Joe?
Orlick wanted revenge against Pip, who was now a rich gentleman in London because of a mysterious benefactor. Orlick played with his mind, saying that he was the one who attacked Mrs. Joe (who died of her injuries years after the attack). As Orlick was about to kill Pip, Herbert Pocket helped Pip and Orlick escaped.
Why did PIP hate orlick?
To Pip, Estella and Biddy are totally different. Pip does not like Orlick because he believes Biddy’s suspicions and also Orlick keeps trying to court Biddy. Pip seems immature because of what he prizes in life – Estella and Miss Havisham’s life. He does not want an ‘honest’ working class life.
Who did orlick kill?
Mrs. Joe