Great Expectations (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Dickens's view of Victorian class structures
Dickens's view of Victorian class structures
Harmful, man-made system, not natural order
Spatial symbolism: forge vs Satis House meaning
Spatial symbolism: forge vs Satis House meaning
Honest labour/simplicity vs aristocratic stagnation/decay
What Magwitch's character reveals about class
What Magwitch's character reveals about class
Class is performative, not inherent
Type of virtue Joe Gargery represents
Type of virtue Joe Gargery represents
Organic virtue that transcends class boundaries
Miss Havisham calls Estella what?
Miss Havisham calls Estella what?
A 'general gold mine'
Ambition's dual function in the novel
Ambition's dual function in the novel
Driving force for progress & destroyer of integrity
How Dickens subverts the bildungsroman
How Dickens subverts the bildungsroman
Makes ambition pathological rather than noble
Is identity fixed or fluid in Great Expectations?
Is identity fixed or fluid in Great Expectations?
Fluid & constructed, not fixed or innate
Retrospective narration shows identity as what?
Retrospective narration shows identity as what?
A palimpsest - layered with previous versions visible
Estella's quote about her engineered identity
Estella's quote about her engineered identity
'I am what you have made me'