Monday, September 30, 2013

Great Expectations thesis statements

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Please post your thesis statement here.
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  2. Charles Dickens uses satire, diction, and juxtaposition within Elder Pip's narrative voice to display the differences in social classes in Great Expectations as a commentary on the fact that social movement is, in reality, impossible.

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  3. In his novel, "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens emphasizes woman's lack of power and inability to break the stereotype of passive caretaker in 1860s Europe by creating female characters who seek power in the only plausible place; their own lives and homes.
    --Maggie Rodriguez

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  4. Dickens believes that single-minded pursuit of selfish goals leads to moral degradation, as evidenced by Pip's treatment of Joe while he tries to be a gentleman

    -Harry Taylor

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  5. Dickens portray's law in "Great Expectations" as being inequitable and immoral to create social commentary and criticism on the Victorian eras corrupted justice system"
    --Neve Flynn

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  6. Dickens uses the irony of great expectations to show the disapproval of social mobility in the Victorian Era.
    -Bpat

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  7. in "Great Expectations", Dicken's comments on man's strive for social betterment due to social pressures, as shown by Pip's struggles and ultimate failure to become a gentleman.
    -Garrett

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  8. DIcken's creatively juxtaposes the characters of Biddy and Estella to prove that social class has a direct connection to moral behavior; bitterness and manipulation lie in the upper class while the lower class wallows in gratitude and self-worth.

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  9. Throughout the novel Pip goes on this quest of becoming a true gentlemen, however in the end the readers realize that the true underlying gentlemen is really Joe.

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  10. Throughout the story of "Great Expectations", Dickens portray's Pip's guilt after the crime through many symbols which act on the release of innocence that Pip faces.
    (Given on paper in class previously)
    ~Lily Anderson

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  11. Throughout his novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens establishes a difference between morality and crime through his characterization of Magwitch, Mr. Jaggers and Compeyson.

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