The Victorian Queen Age in England was the time when industrialization accelerated rapidly and social and individual conflicts deepened under the process of rooting of the capitalistic ordering system throughout society. Charles Dickens is one of the most conspicuous writers in the Victorian Age in ...
The Victorian Queen Age in England was the time when industrialization accelerated rapidly and social and individual conflicts deepened under the process of rooting of the capitalistic ordering system throughout society. Charles Dickens is one of the most conspicuous writers in the Victorian Age in England, an era defined as one of expansion and prosperity, as well as spiritual loss at the same time. Regarding the times when English society went through severe political and economical hardship as used in his novels, Dickens criticizes social problems such as the irrationality he personally experienced growing up in his family, money-oriented human relationships, and institutional social evil.
The purpose of this study is to examine Pip's self-realization through criticizing the ridiculous Victorian society in Great Expectations.
Charles Dickens depicts the story of Pip's development from the moment of his first self-awareness. As Pip comes across Magwitch, a terrible looking man in a marsh, he begins to understand his real life and the moment he is invited to Miss Havisham, he feels there is class consciousness in a society and wishes to be a gentleman. Pip's desire to be a gentleman is Victorian people's self-portrait because many low-class people in the Victorian era dream to become gentlemen. In other words, Pip's mental crisis concerning the process of being a gentleman is true of the whole social crisis. Pip's trial and growth is not only faced by Pip, but by the whole society in England at that time.
Pip receives an unexpected inheritance from a mysterious benefactor, who wishes him to be educated as a gentleman. He goes to London for his education and arrogantly neglects Joe, his generous brother-in-law and Biddy, his childhood friend. He gradually changes into a worldly person in London as he meet a lot of young idle snobbish gentlemen such as Bentley Drummle and Compeyson. When he is twenty-three, Magwitch appears before him suddenly. After so long a time, Pip discovers that his true benefactor is Magwitch, an ignorant and low-class criminal. In spite of Magwitch being Pip's benefactor, Pip despises him. But Pip's knowledge about Magwitch's past makes him overcome his snobbish aversion to the convict. In the end, Pip's purity is restored with the help of his everlasting fellows: Herbert, Biddy, Joe. His new awareness of reality returns Pip to his hometown where he has always felt comfortable.
Dickens' critique of Victorian society doesn't stop at this point. He goes one step further. For example, he begins to critique the structural problems of the whole society by studying the world of Jaggers and Wemmick, who are common faithful people doing their daily tasks with no particular vicious motives. But even these people come to comprise an integral part in the whole social mechanism, which goes on running without any human considerations. Dickens' achievements excel that of any writer in his time. He is not overwhelmed by the weight of the problems he deals with on a regular basis and doesn't become pessimistic. To be honest, the world of dehumanization has lasted and been reinforced up until this point in time. In this situation, it is really difficult for anyone to have a clear solution to these problems. What's more he even tries to seek the possibility of reconciliation between society and its individual through the protagonist's growth.
The Victorian Queen Age in England was the time when industrialization accelerated rapidly and social and individual conflicts deepened under the process of rooting of the capitalistic ordering system throughout society. Charles Dickens is one of the most conspicuous writers in the Victorian Age in England, an era defined as one of expansion and prosperity, as well as spiritual loss at the same time. Regarding the times when English society went through severe political and economical hardship as used in his novels, Dickens criticizes social problems such as the irrationality he personally experienced growing up in his family, money-oriented human relationships, and institutional social evil.
The purpose of this study is to examine Pip's self-realization through criticizing the ridiculous Victorian society in Great Expectations.
Charles Dickens depicts the story of Pip's development from the moment of his first self-awareness. As Pip comes across Magwitch, a terrible looking man in a marsh, he begins to understand his real life and the moment he is invited to Miss Havisham, he feels there is class consciousness in a society and wishes to be a gentleman. Pip's desire to be a gentleman is Victorian people's self-portrait because many low-class people in the Victorian era dream to become gentlemen. In other words, Pip's mental crisis concerning the process of being a gentleman is true of the whole social crisis. Pip's trial and growth is not only faced by Pip, but by the whole society in England at that time.
Pip receives an unexpected inheritance from a mysterious benefactor, who wishes him to be educated as a gentleman. He goes to London for his education and arrogantly neglects Joe, his generous brother-in-law and Biddy, his childhood friend. He gradually changes into a worldly person in London as he meet a lot of young idle snobbish gentlemen such as Bentley Drummle and Compeyson. When he is twenty-three, Magwitch appears before him suddenly. After so long a time, Pip discovers that his true benefactor is Magwitch, an ignorant and low-class criminal. In spite of Magwitch being Pip's benefactor, Pip despises him. But Pip's knowledge about Magwitch's past makes him overcome his snobbish aversion to the convict. In the end, Pip's purity is restored with the help of his everlasting fellows: Herbert, Biddy, Joe. His new awareness of reality returns Pip to his hometown where he has always felt comfortable.
Dickens' critique of Victorian society doesn't stop at this point. He goes one step further. For example, he begins to critique the structural problems of the whole society by studying the world of Jaggers and Wemmick, who are common faithful people doing their daily tasks with no particular vicious motives. But even these people come to comprise an integral part in the whole social mechanism, which goes on running without any human considerations. Dickens' achievements excel that of any writer in his time. He is not overwhelmed by the weight of the problems he deals with on a regular basis and doesn't become pessimistic. To be honest, the world of dehumanization has lasted and been reinforced up until this point in time. In this situation, it is really difficult for anyone to have a clear solution to these problems. What's more he even tries to seek the possibility of reconciliation between society and its individual through the protagonist's growth.
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