Great Expectations Symbols/Motifs/Themes with Quotes
Settings:
KENT:
Pip’s hometown of Kent is where the book opens up, it “was a marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, tweny miles of the sea” (pg 1). Within the town, around the churchyards criminals are always presently lurking about and because the town is so near the ocean, the mists hung around and not only gave a visual of the murkiness of the area, but also represented the ominous atmosphere.
LONDON:
London is broken, every single place described in London, including the areas which are said to be “glorious”, were described as run down in some way. The atmosphere was not much better as we see Pip dig deeper and deeper into debt, dragging his best friend Herbert with him. Although the story seems to have changed, it decides to suddenly take a large u-turn while in London as the complexity of Pips acquaintances seem to intertwine and somehow ALL be linked. Making London over all a quiet complex place. We get a feel of London being crowded with “distorted adjoining houses” and yet it seemed as if everybody was at the courthouse, like watching a sport, they were watching the Convicts get their sentences, from Jaggers, whom they were all scared of.
SATIS HOUSE: The “Satis House”, also known as the “Manor House” or the “Enough House”, was a madhouse full of despair, sarcasm, and morbid decay reflecting not just the literal teardown of the house, but also reflecting the inner AND outer breakdown of the owner Miss. Havisham. Within the house, the layout still reflects that of the wedding ceremony which never happened, from the fact that Miss. Havisham is still wearing the wedding gown which has worn into a yellow cloth that drapes around her body in remembrance of her lovers betrayal to the visual we get of the wedding dinner set up in the same array including the wedding cake laying upon the table. One thing that is noted throughout the entire house would be the time, which is simultaneously set to mark the time which she learned of
KENT:
Pip’s hometown of Kent is where the book opens up, it “was a marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, tweny miles of the sea” (pg 1). Within the town, around the churchyards criminals are always presently lurking about and because the town is so near the ocean, the mists hung around and not only gave a visual of the murkiness of the area, but also represented the ominous atmosphere.
LONDON:
London is broken, every single place described in London, including the areas which are said to be “glorious”, were described as run down in some way. The atmosphere was not much better as we see Pip dig deeper and deeper into debt, dragging his best friend Herbert with him. Although the story seems to have changed, it decides to suddenly take a large u-turn while in London as the complexity of Pips acquaintances seem to intertwine and somehow ALL be linked. Making London over all a quiet complex place. We get a feel of London being crowded with “distorted adjoining houses” and yet it seemed as if everybody was at the courthouse, like watching a sport, they were watching the Convicts get their sentences, from Jaggers, whom they were all scared of.
SATIS HOUSE: The “Satis House”, also known as the “Manor House” or the “Enough House”, was a madhouse full of despair, sarcasm, and morbid decay reflecting not just the literal teardown of the house, but also reflecting the inner AND outer breakdown of the owner Miss. Havisham. Within the house, the layout still reflects that of the wedding ceremony which never happened, from the fact that Miss. Havisham is still wearing the wedding gown which has worn into a yellow cloth that drapes around her body in remembrance of her lovers betrayal to the visual we get of the wedding dinner set up in the same array including the wedding cake laying upon the table. One thing that is noted throughout the entire house would be the time, which is simultaneously set to mark the time which she learned of