Great Expectations
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samanthasiu on January 24, 2012
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Filowitz Flashcards.
Happy Birthday Jason. -_-
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-Sam
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Pre-IB Language Arts Filowitz 2012-2013
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pip | Main Character. In love with Estella and a bit in Biddy. Orphaned. Started poor and humble with expectations to be an apprentice. Changed to wanting to become a gentleman. Sent to London. Gets rich and snobbish. Helps Magwitch. Imprisoned for debt. Works for clarriker and co in the end. |
| Joe | Pip's Brother in Law, blacksmith, husband of Mrs. Joe. Nice, kind, caring. |
| Estella | Molly and Magwitch's Daughter. Under the care of Miss Havisham. Widowed by Drummle. Pip's crush, known to be very pretty. Changes from rude and insulting --> nice and caring |
| Mrs. Joe | Pip's sister. Raisied Pip "by hand". Mean, abusive, killed by Orlick. |
| Mr. Pumblechook | Brought Pip to Satis House, took credit for Pip's fortunes. Robbed by Orlick. Very comical and nosy character. |
| Mr. Wopsle | Aka Mr. Waldengarver. Great-aunt runs a schoolhouse, which Biddy runs. |
| Mr. Jaggers | Lawyer, Pip's guardian when he first arrives in London. Serious, cold, respected among clients but no respectful in return. |
| Mr. Wemmick | Works for Jaggers. Two-sided personality. Nice at home. Serious at work. Marries Miss Skiffins. |
| Miss Havisham | Distressed and depressed bride. Deceiving and vengeful. Left on her wedding day. Old fashioned, vintage. Apologizes to Pip, suicide attempt by catching on fire, dies in the end. |
| Drummle | Disliked by Pip, aka Spider, Jaggers very interested in Drummle. One of the other roommates at the Pocket Household. Marries and abuses Estella. Dies in the end. Mean, cruel, careless. |
| Startop | The other roommate at the Pockets. Nicer, orphaned, tough childhood. |
| Orlick | Apprentice to Joe. Attracted to Biddy. Killed Mrs. Joe. Tried to kill Pip. Robbed Pumblechook. Jailed in the end. |
| Abel Magwitch | Convict #1. Estella's father. Sentenced to be hanged. Murders Compeyson. |
| Compeyson | Convict #2. Richer, enemy of Magwitch. Drowned in the end. |
| Biddy | Runs the schoolhouse. Has a crush on Pip. Marries Joe, has a kid named Little Pip. Nice and sweet. |
| Sarah, Camilla, and Georgiana Pocket | Greedy for Havisham's money. Sarah- Absorbed in wondering if she is a reign for royalty. |
| Herbert Pocket | Young gentleman Pip fought at the Satis House. Works for Clarriker and Co. |
| Matthew Pocket | Hated by the rest of the Pockets. Warned Miss Havisham that her lover would turn on her. Excommunicated by Havisham and the Pockets. |
| Clara | Herbert's Lover. |
| Molly | Estella's mother. Jagger's Housekeeper. Had two marriages: Magwitch and Wemmick. Killed a woman suspected to have an affair with her exhusband. |
| Marshes | Where Pip first encounters the convict. |
| Satis House | Where Pip meets Estella and Miss Havisham. Fights Herbert. Saves Miss Havisham's life. |
| Joe's Forge | Blacksmith workshop. Orlick and Pip were apprenticed by Joe here. |
| Three Jolly Bargemen | Where Joe goes to socialize on Saturday Nights. Pip sees a stranger stirring his drink with the convict's file. |
| Walworth | Wemmick's Home, the castle. Where Wemmick shows his fantasy, nice side of his personality. |
| Jagger's House | Dark and gloomy like his office. Where Pip meets Molly, the housekeeper. |
| Jagger's Office | Dismal and unhappy. Many oddities: sword, pistol, client's heads, coffin-like |
| Barnard's Inn | Pip and Herbert lodged here years after arriving in London. |
| Richmond | Pip visits Estella here in Richmond at Mrs Brandley's. |
| Cemetery | where Pip's parents and dead siblings are buried Where the Magwitch first sees Pip |
| Hulks | ships that were falling apart that sat in the ports and were often used as prisons if the actual prisons were overcrowded |
| Blue Boar | When Pip is rich, he stays at the Blue Boar Inn rather than Joe's house. |
| Newgate | Prison, where Jaggers' clients are imprisoned. |
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