Author
The author of Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
A woman's married name would consist of
Her husband's first and last name
The following quote describes this character:
“A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head…who limped and shivered, and glared and growled; and whose teeth chattered in his head…”
The convict
This character looks down on Pip, calling him "common"
Estella
The novel is told from this character's first person point of view
Pip's
True or False: It can be said that many of Dickens's works are semi-autobiographical
True
The people primarily defined by their jobs
Victorian men
The following quote describes this character:
“Her hair always wanted brushing, her hands always wanted washing, and her shoes always wanted mending and pulling up at heel.”
Biddy
Many characters tell Pip he should be grateful for this
Being brought up by hand
The scene in the marshes at the beginning of the novel uses what writing strategy in its description?
Imagery
The title of the publication where many of Dickens's works were published
The Pickwick Papers
The quality of this opportunity depended on the social class in which one was raised.
Education
The following quote describes this character:
“She seemed much older than I, of course, being a girl, and beautiful and self-possessed; and she was as scornful of me as if she had been one and twenty, and a queen.”
Estella
Miss Havisham's house is known as Satis House. Satis is Latin for
Enough
Joe's statement to the convict is an example of what writing strategy?
Joe says, "We don't know what you have done, but we wouldn't have you starved to death for it, poor miserable fellow-creature."
The title of another novel written by Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities
These prison ships were used to house criminals when the prisons were full.
The Hulks
The following quote describes this character:
“She was dressed in rich materials – satins, and lace, and silks – all of white. Her shoes were white…some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table.”
Miss Havisham
The reason many of Miss Havisham's family members visit her on her birthday
They hope to inherit her money
The significance of this quote is a shift in narration to what point of view?
"Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day."
2nd Person
It can be said that Dickens wrote about what was going on around him. The reason for this was
To prompt social change
An upper class Victorian man was commonly referred to as
a Gentleman
The following quote describes this character:
“A fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes of a very undecided blue. He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easygoing, foolish, dear fellow…”
Joe Gargery
Pip's opportunity to go to London for a better education is referred to as
his Great Expectations
The name Satis House is an example of what writing strategy?
Irony - it means "enough" but is falling apart and is not cared for