Prose: Great Expectation
BY Charles Dickens
Subject: Literature-in-English
Theme: Prose
Topic: Great Expectation BY Charles Dickens
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Date: dd/mm/yyyy
Class: S.S 2
Average Age: 12 years and above
Duration: 35 Minutes
No of Learners: 40
Background of the Poetry
Author: Born of humble family (1812- 1870) therefore sensitive to problems of the working class England.Class/social stratification and values prevalent in dickens time.
The warmth and fellowship feelings among the working class compare with the inhuman feelings and selfishness of the middle class.
Plot:
Pip's origin as a poor boy and his association with people who lead him to have Great Expectations and his discovery of the true meaning of gentilityTheme:
1. Immaturity to maturity- pip.2. Pip’s ambition for rise in social status, Jaqqers ambition for excellence Magwitch’s ambition to make a gentleman out of pip.
3. scheme of miss Havisham the desire of Magwitch
Characterization:
Major character - pipMinor characters - Magwitch, Havisham, Biddy, Joe, Jagger Compeyson etc.
Language, Style, Narrative Techniques and Symbolism:
1. Corresponding Changes in Pip's language with maturity.2. Language reflecting individuals for social class
3. 1st person narrating syle.
4. Symbolic figure like sea-serene, happy life, freedom ;
rotten cake- mental pervasion;
Jagger’s office, piles of paper - mental disorder