1. Speech on the Gerard Baden-Clay Murder Trial
They taught me how to be kindly to people, be honest, and what I can do to be a chivalrous gentleman to women. ... In order to define masculinity and femininity as closely as possible, one needs to study the behavior of young children and that of early Homo sapiens. ... Put together, masculinity and femininity are instinctual, the first defined as logical, mechanically adept, likes to hunt, aggressive and strong, while the latter is defined as being social, imaginative, caring and beautiful. ...
Dickens enforces that Pip is the most important character in the novel as it is his story and his perceptions are what define other characters. ... " This is a very compelling argument as they all centre around important values at that time as John Sutherland pointed out that "The idea of becoming a gentleman is almost synonymous with the Victorian era....