Great Expectations
This blacksmith is a father-figure to Pip.
Who is Joe Gargery?
This letter is embroidered on Hester's breast.
What is the letter A?
Jack's fictional brother who he pretends to be while visiting London.
Who is Mr. Ernest Worthing?
This character, whose name means "light" in French, has been passing as white since she was a teenager.
Who is Clare Kendry?
When an object, person, or event represents a deeper meaning beyond its literal one, this device is being used.
What is symbolism?
Who is Abel Matwitch?
What is Boston?
Algy's fictional invalid friend whom he uses to escape social obligations.
Who is Bunbury?
Even though most of the novel takes place in New York, Part 1 includes an extended flashback that takes place in this city.
What is Chicago?
This verse form, which is often used by Shakespeare in his plays, is unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse?
Miss Havisham suffers from this injury during her final visit with Pip when she confesses her plotting and asks for his forgiveness.
What is burning?
This character becomes Rev. Dimmesdale's personal physician, but under his care Dimmesdale seems to get worse.
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
Not only is she Cecily's governess, she is also the nanny who accidentally left young Ernest Moncrieff in a railway station.
Clare Kendry's racist husband.
Who is Jack Bellew?
This term refers to a pause in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation.
What is a caesura?
This character, who brutally maims Mrs. Joe, is sometimes considered a foil for Pip because Pip feels guilty about Mrs. Joe's injuries.
Who is Orlick?
This central spot in the town is where the novel both begins and ends.
What is the scaffold?
This form of irony, in which the audience knows something a character does not, is used extensively in The Importance of Being Earnest.
What is dramatic irony?
What is a letter from Clare?
This is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event, often classical or biblical.
What is an allusion?
Estella marries this man even though Pip recognizes that he is a bully.
Who is Bentley Drummle?
Hester is able to support herself through this skill.
What is needlework or embroidery?
The title of the play is based on this comedic device, which is a joke based on the interplay of homophones.
What is a pun?
Nella Larsen uses this style of narration to share Irene's thoughts with the reader.
What is free indirect discourse?
This is an extended metaphor, often between something unexpected or obscure.
What is a conceit?