Great expectations 狄更斯 维多利亚时期文学.ppt

Great Expectations Themes Quiz Contents The ending 1 2 3 1. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life? (A)?9 (B)?23 (C)?18 (D)?7 2. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch? (A) The river (B) Mrs. Joe’s house (C) The smithy (D) The churchyard 3. What accident befalls Miss Havisham before her death? (A) She is thrown from a horse. (B) She falls from a window. (C) A table crushes her legs. (D) She is burned in a fire. 4. For most of the novel, whom does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor? (A) Jaggers (B) Magwitch (C) Joe (D) Miss Havisham 5. What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London? (A) Embarrassment (B) Joy (C) Anger (D) Resignation 6(T/F) Magwitch “the convict” takes the risk of being hanged when he comes back to London to see pip. 7 what can you learn about the character of Pip from the novel? 8 Describe the ending of the story. Themes Social Class Ambition and self-improvement Crime, Guilt, and Innocence Ambition and Self-Improvement The moral theme of?Great Expectations?is quite simple: affection, loyalty, and conscience are more important than social advancement, wealth, and class. Social Class Throughout?Great Expectations,?Dickens explores the class system of Victorian England, ranging from the most wretched criminals (Magwitch) to the poor peasants of the marsh country (Joe and Biddy) to the middle class (Pumblechook) to the very rich (Miss Havisham). The theme of social class is central to the novel’s plot and to the ultimate moral theme of the book—Pip’s realization that wealth and class are less important than affection, loyalty, and inner worth. Pip achieves this realization when he is finally able to understand that, despite the esteem in which he holds Estella, one’s social status is in no way connected to one’s real character. Drummle, for instance, is an upper-class lout, while Magwitch, a persecuted convict, has a deep inner worth. Crime, Guilt, and Innocence In general, j