Great Expectations

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Read the following extract from Chapter 49 of Great Expectations and then answer the question that follows.

In this extract, Pip returns to visit Miss Havisham after many years.

Starting with this extract, explore how far Dickens presents Miss Havisham as a victim.

Write about:

• how Dickens presents Miss Havisham in this extract

• how far Dickens presents Miss Havisham as a victim in the novel as a whole.

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Read the following extract from Chapter 17 of Great Expectations and then answer the question that follows.

In this extract, Pip talks to Biddy about his growing frustration at his position in society.

‘In Great Expectations, Pip learns to value people more than social class.’

Starting with this extract, explore how far you agree with this view.

Write about:

• how Dickens presents Pip in this extract

• how far Dickens presents Pip learning to value people more than social class in the novel as a whole.

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Read the following extract from Chapter 58 of Great Expectations and then answer the question that follows.

In this extract, Pip returns home to discover that Joe and Biddy have just got married.

Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents the lessons Pip learns about what is really important in life.

Write about:

• how Dickens presents Pip in this extract

• how Dickens presents the lessons Pip learns about what is really important in life in the novel as a whole.

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Read the following extract from Chapter 3 of Great Expectations and then answer the question that follows.

In this extract, Pip sets out across the marshes to look for Magwitch.

Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens uses settings to create an atmosphere of tension.

Write about:

• how Dickens uses the setting in this extract

• how Dickens uses settings to create an atmosphere of tension in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Pip and Joe’s relationship and how it changes.

Write about:

• how Dickens presents Pip and Joe’s relationship in this extract

• how Dickens presents Pip and Joe’s relationship and how it changes in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how far Dickens presents Miss Havisham as a cruel and bitter woman.

Write about:

• how Dickens presents Miss Havisham in this extract

• how far Dickens presents Miss Havisham as a cruel and bitter woman in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Pip’s attitudes to the convict Magwitch.

Write about:

how Dickens presents Pip’s attitude to Magwitch in this extract

how Dickens presents Pip’s attitudes to Magwitch in the novel as a whole.