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Works of Charles Dickens: Character Analyses and Critical Commentary

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Dickens, Charles

Dickens, Charles
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Jenkin, Leonard
Affiliation: Department Of English, Columbia University

Character Analyses and Critical Commentary

Character Analyses

Pip:

An understanding of Pip is essential to an understanding of Great
Expectations. He is, at the same time, the central character (the changes in
whom are the central subject of the book) and the narrator, through whose eyes
we view the actions and events of the tale. His position as both central
character and narrator is a curious one. It brings us into close contact with
him immediately and, from more than ...

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