e is destined to be what he has been. He is forced to stay with an original natural value in his own identity, giving him a base to which he can always return. The meaning is that the illusions can come to nothing, Pip has to go back to what he was in his moral being.
In conclusion let s once again look through this novel, searching for the theme of wealth and money. Great Expectations depicts the differences between the classes, and how money can corrupt. The novel makes clear that money cannot buy love, nor does it guarantee happiness. One of the happiest - and most morally correct - people in the novel is Joe, Pip «s sister» s husband. And, Miss Haversham is one of the richest.
Pip believes that if he can be a gentleman, he will have everything he wants from the world. His world collapses and he realizes that all his money has been based on Magwitch «s dishonest earnings. And, Pip finally understands the true value of life.Expectations features some of Dickens »s greatest characters and one of his trademark convoluted plots. The novel is a fantastic read, and a wonderful morality tale. Full of romance, courageousness and hope - Great Expectations is a brilliant evocation of a time and place. Here's a view of the English class system that is both critical and realistic.
Wealth, or the lack of it, plays an important part in the novel:
· the capacity to pay Jaggers as a defence lawyer may mean the difference between freedom and imprisonment, life and death for those accused of crime;
· Pip and Herbert are quite unable to handle their finances and find themselves in severe difficulties;
· Miss Havisham also uses her money to create in Estella someone who will enable her to take revenge on men;
· Magwitch intends to do good with his money, but, in fact, causes Pip many difficulties;
· on the other hand, Pip s money (and later Miss Havisham s) is able to do good for Herbert;
· Individuals and groups of people are shown to be predatory about money: when Pip is invited to visit Miss Havisham, his sister and others immediately begin to think about what she might do for Pip in monetary terms;
· Miss Havisham s relatives visit her on her birthday, not out of love, but because they hope that she will leave them money in her will;
· when Pip finds out about his expectations, people in the town, including Mr. Pumblechook, change their behaviour towards him, in the hope that they too will benefit.these senses, money is linked to the novel s moral themes. Ultimately, the novel seems to say:
· wealth is no guarantee of happiness;
· inherited wealth carries great dangers;
· it is in hard work to earn a modest living that contentment may be found.
1.5 Analysis of Great Expectations through the prism of good and evil
Dickens set out to compose what Bernard Shaw called his «most compactly perfect book» during a tumultuous time of upheaval and change in his native England.the second half of the nineteenth century, when Dickens s career had flowered, the world s center of influence shifted from France to London, whos...
