2. Main characters
 Pip  Protagonist
 Joe  Sister’s Husband
 Estelle  The girl who Pip loves
 The strange man  Met again with the great expectation

3. Brief summary
Ӧ A poor young boy who lives with his sister
and his sister’s husband
Ӧ Meet a strange man in church and doesn’t
know that this strange man is going to change
his life
Ӧ Ask to go to London with great expectation
Ӧ Fall in love with Estella but not be together
Ӧ The patron later dies and Pip lost all the
money

4. Two Endings
Ending # 1:
Pip and Estella meet on the street
Estella remarried a doctor
“suffering had been stronger than Miss
Havisham’s teaching and had given her a heart to
understand what my heart used to be.”
Ending # 2:
Pip and Estella meet again in the house.
They become friends.
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5. Themes
Society and class
Dreams, hopes and plans
Wealth
Friendship
Love
Innocence
Lies and Deceit
Time

6. Themes
Society and class Love  Pip and Estella
Pip and Estella
Pip and Joe
Friends Pip and Joe

7. Quotation
“it is the desire of the
present possessor of
that property that he
be immediately
removed from his
present sphere of life
and from this place,
and be brought up as a
gentleman – in a word,
as a young fellow of
great expectations.”
(p.138-139)

8. Quotation
"Which dear old Pip, old chap," said Joe,
"you and me was ever friends. And when
you're well enough to go out for a ride –
what larks!" (3.57.19)

9. Comparisons and
Contrasts
Great Expectation vs. Great Expectation vs.
Fifth Business Hamlet
Similarities 1. Class Difference 1. Struggle of Protagonist
2. Change of social state
3. Growth of Protagonist
Difference 1. Setting 1. Setting
2. Ending 2. Class Difference
3. Ending