Great Expectations (SparkNotes) - ESL EXTRA

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Charles Dickens

Contributors: Brian Phillips, Wendy Cheng, Ben Florman, Jennifer Burns Note: This SparkNote uses the Bantam Books edition of Great Expectations. Other editions may vary slightly. Copyright ? 2002 by SparkNotes LLC All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of the Publisher. SPARKNOTES is a registered trademark of SparkNotes LLC. This edition published by Spark Publishing Spark Publishing A Division of SparkNotes LLC 76 9th Avenue, 11th Floor New York, NY 10011 ISBN 1-4014-0405-7 Text design by Rhea Braunstein Text composition by Jackson Typesetting Printed and bound in the United States of America 01 02 03 04 05 SN 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 RRD-C



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CONTENTS

CONTEXT

1

PLOT OVERVIEW

3

CHARACTER LIST

6

ANALYSIS OF MAJOR CHARACTERS

10

Pip

10

Estella

11

Miss Havisham

12

THEMES, MOTIFS, AND SYMBOLS

14

Ambition and Self-Improvement

14

Social Class

15

Crime, Guilt, and Innocence

16

Doubles

16

Comparison of Characters to Inanimate Objects

17

Satis House

18

The Mists on the Marshes

18

Bentley Drummle

18

SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

20

Chapters 1?3

20

Chapters 4?7

23

Chapters 8?10

25

Chapters 11?13

28

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