Characterisation — Magwitch, Estella, and Miss Havisham (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards

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Characterisation — Magwitch, Estella, and Miss Havisham
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Magwitch Ch.1 physical description

'Fearful man, all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his leg'

Marshes symbolism

Boundary between civilization & chaos, order & disorder

Magwitch's role revealed Ch.39

Pip's secret benefactor with fortune from Australia

Dialectic speech examples (Magwitch)

'Wittles' & 'noodlewers' show class distinctions in language

Estella's name meaning

Stars - beautiful but cold & distant

Free indirect discourse

Character's thoughts in 3rd-person narration

Estella quote on her upbringing

'I am what you have made me. Take all praise, take all blame'

Miss Havisham frozen at what time

Twenty minutes past eight on her wedding morning

Gothic realism

Supernatural atmosphere combined with social critique

Three characters' function for Pip

Interconnected foils testing his development

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