Great Expectations: Context (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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When was Great Expectations published?
When was Great Expectations published?
1860-1861
Key Victorian social feature in novel
Key Victorian social feature in novel
Strict social hierarchies
Key class theme Dickens explores
Key class theme Dickens explores
Social mobility
Dickens' father's situation
Dickens' father's situation
Imprisonment for debt
Dickens' childhood work location
Dickens' childhood work location
Blacking factory
Three key themes in novel
Three key themes in novel
Ambition, guilt, and redemption
Magwitch's criminal status
Magwitch's criminal status
Convict
Magwitch's role to Pip
Magwitch's role to Pip
Secret benefactor
Legal system issue Dickens critiques
Legal system issue Dickens critiques
Harsh treatment of convicts
Literary tradition in novel
Literary tradition in novel
Gothic tradition
Miss Havisham's residence name
Miss Havisham's residence name
Satis House
Description of Satis House
Description of Satis House
Decaying mansion
Gothic themes in novel
Gothic themes in novel
Decay, corruption, living in past