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sunnygirl
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What is Magwitch's (Provis) physical condition?

Chapter 56

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Posted by sunnygirl on Tuesday July 15, 2008 at 6:44 AM and tagged with characters, great expectations, magwitch, physical condition, provis.

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  1. lit24
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    Magwitch, in Ch.56, is a badly injured person. He has broken a pair of ribs and one of his lungs has been punctured. He breathed with great difficulty and consequently spoke little. His physical condition steadily deteriorated: "he wasted, and became slowly weaker and worse."

    Mentally, he "was tired out" and had resigned himself to his fate: He was certain that he would be sentenced to death. Slowly he wasted away in the prison hospital lying down staring at the ceiling.

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    Posted by lit24 on Tuesday July 15, 2008 at 8:20 AM