Charles Dickens applies a variety of techniques in the opening of his novel "Great Expectations" which allow us to gain a deeper understanding of the novel. ... "Great Expectations" was published in thirty-six weekly installments in "All Year Round." ... Dickens uses a variety of narrative features that does this very successfully which is evident from a close reading from the opening scene of "Great Expectations.... Bennett and Royle argue that "Charles Dickens novels are indisputably from the nineteenth century.... " In conclusion, from a close reading of ...

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Reflecting the guilty thoughts streaming through Pip's head, Charles Dickens creates a dreary mood through gloomy diction and figurative language. Dickens" use of gloomy diction emphasizes the dreariness of the atmosphere. ... Dickens" use of figurative language, such as the simile, " the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying there all night- reinforces the dreary mood that has been established. ... Through Dickens" use of gloomy diction and figurative language, the reader recognizes the dreary mood of the piece as the author conveys the weak a...

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Charles Dickens', "Great Expectations," is a tale of forgiveness. ... The titular great expectations are laid upon Pip by Magwitch, a former convict who was so struck by Pip's kindness towards him at a young age that he spends years attempting to scrape together enough money to finance Pip's education and gentrification. ... When considering how he sees Magwitch now, Pip thinks, "I only saw a man who had meant to be my benefactor, and who had felt affectionately, gratefully, and generously, towards me with great constancy through a series of years." ...

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"Perhaps, properly speaking, Dickens had no ideas on any subject; what he had was a vast sympathetic participation in the daily life of mankind; and what he saw of ancient institutions made him hate them, as needless sources of oppression, misery, selfishness, and rancour."" ... From the beginning of time, people have lived under the heavy thumb of expectations placed upon them by others. ... This problem faces John Wemmick in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. ... Through careful examination of Wemmick's character, Dickens prompts his reader to reflect upon the two sides of huma...

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Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...

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