Great Expectations (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Publication years of Great Expectations
Publication years of Great Expectations
1860-1861 in serial form
Key Victorian social feature in the novel
Key Victorian social feature in the novel
Strict social hierarchies
Theme explored through Pip's journey
Theme explored through Pip's journey
Social mobility and moral challenges
Dickens' childhood experience influencing novel
Dickens' childhood experience influencing novel
Growing up in poverty
Fate of Dickens' father
Fate of Dickens' father
Imprisoned for debt
Where young Dickens worked
Where young Dickens worked
Blacking factory
Three themes in Great Expectations
Three themes in Great Expectations
Ambition, guilt, and redemption
Dickens' use of his novels
Dickens' use of his novels
To critique social injustices
Magwitch's role in Pip's life
Magwitch's role in Pip's life
Secret benefactor (convict)
What Dickens critiques via Magwitch
What Dickens critiques via Magwitch
Rigid and unjust legal system
Literary tradition in Great Expectations
Literary tradition in Great Expectations
Gothic tradition
Gothic elements in the novel
Gothic elements in the novel
Miss Havisham and Satis House
What decaying Satis House symbolises
What decaying Satis House symbolises
Decay, corruption, living in past
Miss Havisham's obsession
Miss Havisham's obsession
Her lost love
Victorian era economic change
Victorian era economic change
Industrialisation