On the Mental Development of Pip in Great Expectations 英语专业毕业论文.doc

On the Mental Development of Pip in Great Expectations Thesis statement:This essay illustrates Pip’s mental development during his whole life, focusing on the four stages of Pip’s “great expectations”. I.Introduction: This part briefly introduces the main idea and basic theme of Great Expectations A.???? Charles Dickens B. The main idea and basic theme of Great Expectations II.The mental development of Pip A.The first stage: Pip’s childhood influenced by two kinds of person. 1.Joe’s influences. 2. Pip’s gradual change after meeting Miss Havisham and Miss Estella. B.The second stage: A donation from an anonymous benefactor 1.On the road of his “great expectations” 2. No spiritual satisfaction from the wealth C.The third stage: Pip’s knowledge of the secret benefactor 1. The disappearance of Pip’s illusion 2. Pip’s self examination D. The fourth stage: Pip’s moral regeneration. III.Conclusion: Pip’s self-maturity. Abstract: Great Expectations is an outstanding novel of Dickens’ later period. It focuses on Pip’s mental development, which can be divided into four stages. During these stages, Pip caters for different “great expectations”, which reflect his change: from innocence to vanity, then his illusion about the capitalist “great expectations” disillusion, finally Pip becomes a mature one without vanity and rash, but with purity and kindness. Key words: mental development, great expectations, illusion On the Mental Development of Pip in Great expectations 1．Introduction Charles Dickens is the greatest English novelist during the 19th century, and he is the outstanding representative of realistic novel. His novels not only reflect the life experience of whole generation, but also reveal, in a more intensive and extensive way than any other novels of the same period, the social realization of England during the 19th century.  Great Expectations which is an extraordinary novel during Dickens later period describes the whole life exper