Lens
Symbols
Irony
Style
Class Questions
100
Focuses on close reading of the work itself
What is the new criticism lens
100
The symbol of attempting to freeze time and refuse chage
What is Miss Havisham's stopped clocks
100
Estella treats Pip poorly for being "common"
What is because she is the daughter of Magwitch therefore she is from a lower class than Pip
100
From nothing to something
What is Pip's transition to the upperclass
100
This allows Pip to tell his story with a deep adult insight
What is first person point of view
200
When one confuses the meaning of a work with the author's intention
What is intentional fallacy
200
The symbol for the lives of the upper class
What is the decaying Satis House
200
Miss Havisham's initial goal was to make Pip miserable
What is because in the end she grows to like Pip and begs for his forgiveness
200
This allows Pip to share his memories with a deeper adult insight
What is first person point of view
200
Estella treats Pip for being "common" when she is Magwitch's daughter
What is irony
300
The practice of interpreting texts according to the psychological or emotional response of readers
What is affective fallacy
300
The sympbol of a star as in Pip's guiding star
Who is Estella
300
Pip thinks his benefactor is Miss Havisham and that he is betrothed to Estella
What is because Magwitch, the convict, is his benefactor
300
The misty and foggy nothingness of the marshes where Pip grew up
What is the setting
300
Miss Havisham's stopped clocks
What is representing her refusal to change
400
Asking "How does this piece work?"
What is a way to read with the lens
400
The symbol for a small seed breaking out of it's shell
Who is Pip
400
Dickens convinces the readers that Miss Havisham intentions are to make Pip a gentleman
What is because Miss Havisham has no interest in Pip except to turn Estella into a weapon against men
400
"How lookee here" (the type of writing)
What is the early English dialect
400
Magwitch (criminal), Joe (innocent), Miss Havisham in the beginning (villain)
What are stereotypical characters
500
The first people to study and use the new criticism lens
Who is I.A. Richards, T.S Eliot, William Empson
500
The symbol for danger and uncertainty.
What is the mist of the marshes
500
*DAILY DOUBLE* Pip equates a higher social standing to happiness but the most miserable people are the wealthy
What is the greatest irony of all
500
Magwitch (criminal), Joe (innocent), Miss Havisham in the beginning (villain)
What are stereotypical characters
500
*DAILY DOUBLE* Focuses on close reading and the work itself
What is the New Criticism lens
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