Characters+and+Important+Quotes

Kristi Dalton Olivia Fleischer Shaughn Gudall Ian Haddad

Please make a list of ALL characters with a description. The main characters should be given longer descriptions with an extensive explanation on their role in the novel. Behind each main character, list at least three important quotes with page numbers from that character. Explain the quote and why it is important to that character.

KEY- purple writings are the characters and their descriptions "black writings" are the quotes going with the character above it __//big, blue, underlined writings//__ tell what is going to be listed below them

__//Major Characters// __  __ Pip __- Pip is the protagonist and the narrator of the story. He is introduced as an orphan that is raised by his older sister and his brother-in-law in the marshes of the country of Kent. This is located in Southeast England. Pip, like many other poor people, dreams of more for himself in life. Instead of becoming a blacksmith like Joe (his brother-in-law), he wants to become a gentleman. He yearns to become part of a higher social class and be considered the highest spot in society. He is passionate, romantic, and almost unrealistic. But he has a strong conscious and pushes to reach his goals.

"My convict looked round him for the first time, and saw me . . . I looked at him eagerly when he looked at me, and slightly moved my hands and shook my head. I had been waiting for him to see me, that I might try to assure him of my innocence. It was not at all expressed to me that he even comprehended my intention, for he gave me a look that I did not understand, and it all passed in a moment. But if he had looked at me for an hour or for a day, I could not have remembered his face ever afterwards as having been more attentive." Chapter 5 -The importance of this quote is that Pip starts to feel ownership of the convict. Pip is starting to feel a greater connection with Magwitch.

It was fine summer weather again, and, as I walked ... along, the times when I was a little helpless creature, and my sister did not spare me, vividly returned. But they returned with a gentle tone upon them that softened even the edge of Tickler. For now, the very breath of the beans and clover whispered to my heart that the day must come when it would be well for my memory that others walking in the sunshine should be softened as they thought of me. Chapter 35, page 260 -In this thought, Pip remembers back to his childhood and he begins to developed a hope that one day in the future when he has passed away, his friends would look back on his life and personality and think warmly of him. Pip wants people to think good of him long after his death.  __  Estella Havisham   __   -  Estella was at first introduced as an orphan in the novel. However, she was adopted by the wealthy, eccentric Miss Havisham and lived with her in her elaborate estate. Estella was young, beautiful, and much like Miss Havisham-cold hearted. Pip falls deeply and passionately in love with her from the time they first met. She shows no affection back and is often times cruel to him. This is what Miss Havisham had raised Estella to do as a form of revenge on men. "I have not bestowed my tenderness anywhere. I have never had any such thing." Chapter 29 Estella insists that she has never been in love with anyone or anything, which could easily be true. Estella acts as if she has never had any sort of feelings for anything. She is always telling Pip to stop loving her and we never read about any real emotions from her. Estella's feelings are unusual. __ Joe Gargery __  -  Joe is Pip’s brother-in-law. He stays with his wife (Mrs. Joe Gargery), who can be abusive and mean, just out of love for Pip. Joe is the village blacksmith and he helps many of the town including the police. Pip and Joe were very close when Pip was younger, but as Pip grew older and followed his dream to become a gentleman, they grew farther apart. Joe is not very intelligent, but he always puts the ones he loves before himself. “Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, as I may say, and one man's a blacksmith, and one's a whitesmith, and one's a goldsmith, and one's a coppersmith. Diwisions among such must come, and must be met as they come.” Chapter 27 page 209 -In this quote, Joe is departing from Pip’s apartment and leaving him with a thought to ponder. Joe is explaining to Pip that he understands why the visit was awkward, that it was only natural for it to be and it was no one’s fault. Joe tells Pip that they are in different classes now and he understands that he is the blacksmith in this metaphor and Pip is the goldsmith now." __Abel Magwitch__- Magwitch is an escape convict whom Pip runs into in the graveyard where Pip's parents were buried. Magwitch scares Pip into stealing food from his sister's kitchen for him to eat. He is also forced to keep the secret about Magwitch's escape from prison. In return, the convict takes the blame for stealing the food when he gets caught. Years later, Pip receives a small fortune and he soon finds out that Abel was his secret benefactor and gave Pip the fortune for him to become a higher-class gentleman.

"Look'ee here, Pip. I'm your second father. You're my son – more to me nor any son. I've put away money, only for you to spend." Chapter 39 page 298 -Magwitch is telling Pip that he loves, trusts, and cares for him like a son already, even when they barely know one another. The convict lets Pip know that he saved up money just so that Pip could one day spend it on becoming a gentleman __  Miss Havisham   __   - Miss Havisham helps Pip from when he is a young boy all the way to when he becomes a gentleman. She is a very rich woman who has much power in the world but after her disappointment of being stood up at the altar ruin's her life she stays in her house for the rest of her life living in an old faded wedding dress. She lives with Estella who is her adopted daughter who she is raising to dislike men. “And as to the condition on which you hold your advancement in life—namely, that you are not to inquire or discuss to whom you owe it—you may be very sure that it will never be encroached upon, or even approached by me, or by any one belonging to me.” Chapter 23 page 177 -The importance of this quote is that Pip is being taught a life lesson about his expectations and how he should never speak of who his benefactor is or of how he was a lowly peasant before he got his great expectations.

"So!" she said, without being startled or surprised; "the days have worn away, have they?" Chapter 11 page 76 This quote said by Miss Havisham is just showing the reader how mixed up she is. Miss Havisham has lost track of days and months and she doesn't know what's going on nor does she care because she is always hidden away in her house wearing her wedding dress.

Before I could answer (if I could have answered so ... difficult a question at all), she repeated, "Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces – and as it gets older and stronger, it will tear deeper – love her, love her, love her!" Chapter 29 page 223 Miss Havisham's horridness is definitely shown in this quote. She is treating Pip as her puppet and insisting that no matter how harsh Estella is to him and no matter how shattered Pip's heart gets, he should willingly love her and continue getting hurt. Miss Havisham begins getting very caught up in the revenge against her former fiancée and she starts throwing her anger onto Pip by yelling these words at him.



//__Minor Characters __// __ Jaggers  __  - A powerful criminal lawyer who was hired by the convict/Pip’s secret benefactor, Abel Magwitch, to watch over Pip as he grows into a gentleman off of Magwitch’s fortune. Although Jaggers works with vicious criminals and is always washing his hands to get the criminal stench off, it seems like he has a caring side too. Jaggers helped Miss Havisham to adopt her daughter, Estella, and he often cares after Pip. __ Mrs. Joe  __  - Joe’s wife and Pip’s sister/guardian. She is a strict and up-tight woman who keeps her house very clean and neat. Everything around her is kept under complete control. She comes down very hard on Pip and is stern with her husband. She is okay with her life, but wants to be more than just a blacksmith’s wife.

__ Biddy  __  - Biddy is a very kind girl in the same social class as Pip who goes to school with him and quickly becomes his friend. She cares for everyone, is very simple, and almost the opposite of Estella. She even helps to look after Mrs. Joe when she gets attacked and is unable to care for herself. Biddy ends up marrying Joe long after Mrs. Joe passes away. __    Mr. Pocket     __     -   Mr. Pocket (Matthew Pocket) is Pip’s kind tutor. He is also Herbert’s father and Miss Havisham’s cousin. __ Herbert Pocket __ -  Herbert and Pip meet as young boys at Miss Havisham’s, but they end up getting into a fight. Then once Pip gets older and goes to London he finds that Herbert is his tutor’s son. They become best friends and they eventually work together and set Magwitch free. __ Wemmick  __      -    Wemmick is the clerk in Jaggers' office. In the office he’s uncaring and a little mean, but once he goes back to his house he is kind, generous, and even helps Pip free Magwitch.

__ Dolge Orlick __ - Dolge Orlick is the day laborer in Joe's forge. He is malicious and just plane evil. He hurts people simply for the fact that he enjoys it. He is the one responsible for the attack on Mrs. Joe and he also almost succeeds in the murder of Pip. __ Uncle Pumblechook  __      -     Uncle Pumblechook is Pip’s arrogant, money obsessed uncle-in-law. He works as a merchant and is responsible for setting up Pip’s first meeting with Miss Havisham. He takes all of the credit for Pip’s fortune throughout the story because he set up this meeting. In actuality though, Miss Havisham did not give Pip his fortune. Because Magwitch was the real secret benefactor and not Havisham, Pumblechook did nothing and should not have taken any credit. __     Bentley Drummle      __    -    Bentley is a boy who is the same age as Pip. Unlike Pip Bentley was born wealthy and Pip despises him because he is trying to go after Estella's love. Later in the book Bentley married Estella. __ Molly  __  - Molly is Jaggers' housekeeper, a suspected murderer that Jaggers successfully defended in court and afterwards hired as his housekeeper. After a while, Pip discovers that Molly and Magwitch were once in love, and that she is Estella's mother. __ Mr. Wopsle  __  - Mr. Wopsle is a friend of Pips family adn loves the sound of his voice. While Pip is in London Mr. Wopsle comes to visit and while he is there he takes part in some terrible theater productions. __ Startop  __  - Startop is a friend Pip makes when he travels to London. He is one of Mr. Pockets tutors and later in the book with helps Pip and Magwitch in their escape.