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Abel Magwitch becomes behavior bell jar Bentley Drummle bildungsroman body paragraphs Charles Dickens childhood Compeyson conscience contrast convict criminal David Copperfield death desire Dickens Dickens's father foreshadows fortune gives Pip guilt help Magwitch Herbert Pocket important inner innocence Jaggers Jane Eyre Joe and Biddy Joe's Kill a Mockingbird kind leaves LITERARY ANALYSIS literary essay London Magwitch's escape marry Estella marsh Matthew Pocket Miss Havisham Miss Skiffins moral MOTIFS mysterious night Orlick Philip Pirrip Pip and Herbert Pip and Joe Pip feels Pip finds Pip goes Pip learns Pip the narrator plot police prison protagonist reader REVIEW & RESOURCES romantic Satis House seems self-improvement sense social advancement social class SPARKNOTES Startop story SUMMARY & ANALYSIS symbol tar-water tells Pip theme of social thesis Throughout Great Expectations throughout the novel topic upper class wealth wedding dress Wemmick Wopsle Wopsle's writing