Monday 20 January 2014

Gothic Elements - Great Expectations

I have chosen five of these adjectives to describe the text i have read so far, I feel these are general characteristics of everyone throughout the novel :

Firstly- A Gloomy tone and mood
I feel that Gloomy Tone and mood reflects allot of the atmosphere created by Dickens, The smoggy London and the foggy moors.

Secondly- Death Abounds
Death was always a massive everyday part  Victorian life, i feel Dickens was trying to captivate a specific theme and style of Victorian fatalities be that though disease which was common, poor sanitation, or simply though loneliness.

Thirdly- The Parting Of Lovers
As with most literature love and relationships form the defining plot in the story, the parting of lovers is ever present throughout great expectations, ranging from suppressed torture of gilted romance, or the agony of young lovers torn my distance and class.

Fourthly- Slightly Overbearing Males
From a 21st century perspective we are able to clearly identify the way great expectations clearly illustrates  gender inequality  of the Victorian era.

Fifthly- Hero's That Are Romantic, Wild and Fraught With Jealously.
 Great Expectations centralizes around Pip, a poverty stricken boy in the 18th century. the plot follows his love and desire for Miss Havisham adopted daughter Estella, and his journey through the story depicts his raw jealousy and hunger to ascend to the upper echelons of the British class system, with the ultimate goal of winning the heart of the girl he loves, and proving himself worthy in her eyes and the eyes of her peers.

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