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Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

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Great Expectations Questions on Imagery

Great Expectations

In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens uses a range of literary devices to enhance the narrative. Imagery is prominent, vividly depicting settings and characters, particularly in the opening chapter...

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Great Expectations

In Great Expectations, the convict Magwitch is described as wretched through vivid imagery. He is "hatless" with "broken" shoes, "soaked in water," and "smothered in mud." Magwitch is "lamed by...

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Great Expectations

In the opening chapter, Dickens engages readers by creating sympathy for Pip, who is depicted as a frightened child alone in a cemetery. The vivid imagery of the cemetery and the tense encounter with...

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Great Expectations

Pip's descriptions of learning the alphabet and numbers in "Great Expectations" enhance the book's imagery by likening his educational struggles to navigating a bramblebush, suggesting a painful and...

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