- Define the literary device symbol.
- Describe a symbol from the text- be certain to state it's literal and figurative meaning.
- State how the symbol is important to novel and/or our understanding of events.
- If possible, provide textual evidence to support your opinion.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Great Expectations
Symbols
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A symbol is something that stands for or represents a non-living object or person. A symbol from the text would be a top hat. A top hat is something that a gentleman would wear, and that is what Pip is striving to be. The top hat would be tall, slim and black. This is important because it represents Pip's Great Expectations and desire to be a gentleman. As he goes to Miss Havisham's, he keeps thinking oh, this is going to help me become a gentleman. He keeps his hopes up until he has the experience of being part of the upper class. He then realizes that what he's striving for is not actually what he wants. He misses his family; realizing that wearing the top hat, or having wealth is less important than friends and relationships. This seems to really fit Pip and the novel Great Expectations.
-Natalia
A symbol is a picture, or any object in the world that represents something more than itself. A symbol has added meaning and value other than being its own object too. Money in the novel symbolizes many things. It symbolizes being a gentleman as well as being wealthy and upper-class. Money’s literal meaning is just a unit used for buying and selling items. However, it symbolizes Pip’s wishes and ambitions as well as his downfall. The symbol is important to the novel because it’s what Pip wants and desires. It’s what causes Pip to change so dramatically and forget his friends and family. Money symbolizes Pip’s dreams as well as Pip’s evils. Money eventually shows Pip his life lessons and teaches Pip lessons on life about treasuring love and family.
Symbols are everywhere even in my
book. A symbol is a object that represents a figurative meaning. A more specific symbol is Miss. Havisham's house. This house in Rip's village in the past was grand and magnificent, but now in the future it has lost its luster. In reality you would see only that, but in the mystical land of figurative language the house represents more. The Mansion represents Miss. Havisham herself. Expanding on that statement, Miss. Havisham used to be beautiful and pampered and bought up in a fashionable way. Later, she gets hurt and becomes old, and mysterious just like an old mansion. I have philosophy and this philosophy is that people are not made by the environment, but the environment is made by the people.
A symbol is something that has meaning in itself but also represents something larger than itself. A good example of a symbol from the story is The Castle, Wemmick’s house. It has a drawbridge and looks like a castle, but it functions as a house. Like so many other things, including Pip’s identity, it says one thing, but means another. Pip’s identity may look like he is either a poor boy or gentleman. But he is neither a poor boy nor a gentleman. He is in between the two. Wemmick is neither a business man nor a friend. He is in between. Therefore, Wemmick’s house, The Castle, is a symbol of Pip and Wemmick.
A symbol is something, an object of sorts, that stands for, or represents something else. A symbol from the story is the marsh. It symbolizes innocence, Pip's innocence and his childhood. It was where he grew up, and when he lived there he was happy with his life. That was before he went off and inherited the money, and became an immoral man. It is also where he met the convict for the first time, which eventually led to his inheritance, and to his spiral downward.
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Symbol-Something that represents something larger than itself.
A symbol that is used in Great Expectations is money. Money is used to purchase items and necessities but in the story, Pip changes what money is for. He used money as an attempt to obtain the love of Estella and to leave his past behind him where nobody would ever find it. The importance of money in the novel is that it teaches Pip what his priorities should be and how to live a fulfilled life and how to reach true happiness.
A symbol is an object that represents something greater or more important than itself. A symbol from Great Expectations is the forge. It's the place where Joe does his blacksmithing and because blacksmithing is an occupation associated with common or "lower" class people, it represents them. The forge is also where hard, messy work is done, something a person of high status would never attempt. For example, later on in the novel when Pip begins to long for a higher class, he becomes ashamed of Joe's work, where as before he was proud of hat he did, and to be an apprentice.
A symbol is something that stands for something that is put in place to represent something greater than itself. A good symbol from the text is the shackles worn by the convict in the beginning of the story. These represent the past of pip, for with the help of others it can be forgot just like the shackles after the file had severed them. Also like Pip the convict must always run from his past and no matter what he had always worn the shackles no matter how he tries to hide and on the other side Pip will have come from the poor side of society.
A symbol is something that represents itself and something more than itself. one symbol from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations is Miss Havisham's house. Miss Havisham's house is literally, the house of one of the most major people in Pip's life (the house of the person who changed Pip the most), and figuratively, Havisham's house symbolizes time and change- where time has "stopped". Havisham's house is important because that was where Pip met the person who helps shape Pip's shining future. "In an armchair, with an elbow resting on the table and her head leaning on that hand, sat the strangest lady i have ever seen, or shall ever see." (689). By having Miss Havisham appear "strange" from the very beginning, one can understand how the result of Pip meeting Miss Havisham is how it is.
A symbol is an object that represents something larger than itself. One great example of a symbol from the story "Great Expectations" is the stopped clocks in Miss Havisham's house. Literally speaking, the clocks show that Miss Havisham is living in her past, and time has come to a stop. Figuratively speaking, the clocks represent the pain she has suffered from a broken heart and her refusal to move on with her life due to the incident. The symbol is important to both the novel and our understanding because it shows how Miss Havisham has been hurt and is fixated on her own suffering, thus having the desire to thrust it upon others.
A literal definition of a symbol is an object with a higher meaning, such as a flag or a crest. In Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations many symbols are used, such as the forge, aka Joes house. The forge was, and always will be Pip’s home. It shows the contrast between the new environments Pip is thrown into. It is a place of comfort for Pip. Joe is always there, Biddy is always there. Pip started his blacksmithing work there and pretty much grew up there. And in the end, Pip returns to the forge. Because of all this the forge symbolizes friendship, family, home, childhood, and origins.
A litery symbol is a object that is shown/told as something bigger then itself. A symbol from the book is Ms.Havishams house. The house represents Pips way out of the lower class . Pip sees it as a road to a better (richer) class and brighter future. Pip wanted a better life so bad , and when he finnaly saw a place with people in it to push him to do things that he knows he can achieve he decided to go with it .
A symbol is something that represents itself and something greater than itself. A symbol from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is Miss Havisham’s house. The house represents Pip beginning to change from an innocent simple village boy to wanting everything bigger and better. After going to Miss Havisham’s house he is unsatisfied with his life as a common laboring boy and wants more. Seeing how the upper class lives Pip decided that he wanted more, and from that he went to London and he was completely changed. The house also represents being dissatisfied; Miss Havisham was dissatisfied because of her husband leaving her and never recovered from that. Once Pip visited the house he too also became dissatisfied for much of his new life.
~ED
A symbol is anything that represents something greater than itself. Two of the symbols from Great Expectations are Pip's childhood home and the forge. Both of these things represent innocence and happiness when Pip was younger. When he acquired wealth, Pip lost these things. Pip's childhood home is important because it shows the alternative and probably better path his life could have taken had he not met the convict. Pip was drawn away from a life at the forge by the desire for money and a higher class.
A symbol is an object in literature with a higher meaning or that represents something greater than itself. One symbol from Great Expectations is Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt’s school. A school represents intelligence and education, and in the novel, Pip wanted to gain more education so that he could elevate his status in society. After his first day with Estella and Miss Havisham, Pip is ashamed at his own ignorance, and strives to learn more so that he can impress Estella. “The felicitous idea occurred to me a morning or two later when I woke, that the best step I could take toward making myself uncommon was to get out of Biddy everything she knew.” (695) Pip realizes that one of the ways that he can raise his status in society is to acquire more knowledge.
A symbol represents an event, object, or place and person in time. A symbol in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens would be Pip's house, or the forge. This symbol represents many things as Pip looks back on his former life. The forge contains memories of his sister, his past life, and Joe, who has been there with him and for him while time passes, and Pip makes life changing decisions. The forge is a place where Pip reflects on his life and sees himself as someone who doesnt matter and someone who wants a different life for himself and to move up in social class. The forge is a place where Pip is when he is insecure and dissatisfied with his life and where his life is leading too.
~ap
A symbol is an object that represents something larger than itself, in a figurative way. Pip's apprenticeship to Joe is an important symbol in Charles Dickens's novel, Great Expectations. Pip's father/guardian Joe is a simple, but loving blacksmith, and Pip was expected to become apprenticed to Joe and become a blacksmith, a plan which Pip was perfectly happy with until he was exposed to the upper class. But as Pip grew to loath his place in society and wish he was not born a common blacksmith's apprentice, his apprenticeship became a symbol of Pip's doom, low class, and discontent in life. "Never has that curtain dropped so heavy and blank, as when my way in life lay before me stretched out straight before me through the newly entered road of apprenticeship to Joe." (709). Thought the course of the novel Pip looks back on his apprenticeship at first as a horror he escaped from, but later as a happier life that he could have lived.
-Laura.
A symbol is something that represents itself and something more than itself. In the story, "Great Expectations", there are many symbols used. One symbol that was used throughout the novel was how at the beginning of the story Pip lives in a small house in the forge, a lower-class residence, which symbolizes how he was an innocent person and he didn't have a very high status in society, not to mention that Pip did not really care where he stood in society. Later on in the novel though, he moves to London into a larger house to become a bigger person, raise his status in society, and all really cared about is that others viewed him as an important person. Also, a small house is innocent because it doesn't take up much room in the world and a small house is small, like a low place in society.
--Hannah
A symbol is something that has a larger meaning then it’s self and represents the theme of something. The forge is a symbol that is important in the novel. The forge was a home for Pip and where Pip thought was the best place anyone can be in. Then Pip grows and learns about the world better than him. He begins to see the Forge as some where he wants to stay away. He goes back and forth this cycle of how he thinks about the Forge through out the story. The forge symbolizes Pip’s insecurity towards his past. Pip desires to start a new life by forgetting his past but something always comes up which made him he is unable to erase his past easily.
A symbol is an object or figure that represents something greater than itself. A symbol from the text is Miss. Havishams attire. She dresses in the specific clothing she was dressed in on the day of her wedding. Her wardrobe consists but of only a wedding dress, white shoes, and jewelry. It symbolizes the incapability to move on in life. Miss Havisham is tremendously sorrowful, and resentful, therefore she is stuck in that exact time frame, when she was betrayed. She is living in her past, and does not behold the ability to change.
A symbol is something that represents something larger than itself. A symbol from the novel could be money or a dollar bill. Money could be a symbol because Pip strives so hard to get into the upper class and become rich so money could symbolize the corruption of Pip or even his drive and desire to become something hes not. Also money is used to represent wealth and subsequently peoples power over others with the richer being more powerful than the poor. The symbol is important to the novel because once Pip finds out that money can bring you very high in the social ladder, he strives to get his hands on some. Once Pip finds out about his great expectations he finds out that he has large sums of money at his disposal. This was Pips downfall because he left his old life behind for money and power but once he got what he wanted, realized it wasn't the key to happiness
A symbol is something that represents something larger than itself. For example, a character in a story can represent a real person. Such as the character of Mrs. Joe, in the novel Great Expectations, who represents William Shakespeare’s mother. During Shakespeare’s life he had some issues with his mother. This rift between them was created through the actions of the Mother to William and Mrs. Joe to Pip. William describes his Mother as a reach who doesn’t care about because of his experiences working in a blacking factory. “I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw a picture of them”(While he is in a graveyard)(668). In the begging of the story Pip also conveys his sister as an abusive caretaker. “Yes pip, said Joe, and what’s worse, she’s got the Tricler…she’s rampaged out” (671). The symbol of Pip is important because he serves as a parallel and it shows how Shakespeare’s felt about his parent, especially his mom, as dead. A symbol can very small but can have a much bigger meaning to it.
-HS
A simple is an image that represents itself and something greater than itself. Miss Havisham’s wedding dress literally shows how her life decayed. She never takes it off because it represents her past, which will also always be her future. Miss Havisham’s dress shows that something that was meant to be happy and rewarding can sometimes turn out to be unsuccessful and eventually depressing. The story of Miss Havisham’s wedding dress relates to Pip’s life because it decayed and withered in the same way. It was meant to be ideal and successful but the path veered downward and gradually took a turn for the worst, which is similar to Miss Havisham’s wedding. In both cases, their great expectations were ruined, and Miss Havisham continually wears her dress as a symbol of her stagnant life, that Pip sees as a reflection to the path his own life went down.
A symbol is a object that represents not only itself, but something larger than itself. Throughout the novel Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, symbols have been one of the most important literary elements in the deeper meaning of the story. One symbol in the novel was the convict's shackles that he wore in the marsh. The shackles symbolize literally that he committed a crime, but figuratively they represent that what he has done has bound him for life. Although the convict gets his shackles off, Pip says later in the book how it still looks as if his leg was dragging the iron ball, which shows that what he had done is still with him. Proving that the convict's crime was still with him, he wasn't able to be seen in public because he was still wanted by the government for his crimes. The symbol of the shackles are important to the novel because they reveal a theme to the novel; that all actions have consequences short or long term. Also, it is important because in the end of the book Pip is tied to the convict like he is to the shackles.
A symbol is an object that is suppose to represent itself and or something bigger then itself. A symbol from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is the file that Pip steals from Joe's forge. The file is literally a tool, but in the story it is used as a gateway item to the friendship between Pip and the convict. At the beginning of the story the convict tells Pip to get him food and a file. The convict used the file to break free. "You get me a file" (670).
A symol is an object that represents itself and more than itself. In the book Great Expectations, one symbol is the file. The file was there since the beginning of the book, from when Pip gave it to Provis in the marshes. The file represents the convict and also Pip and Provis' friendship. When Pip saw a man with the file in when in the bar, Pip automatically knew that it was his convict. The file is important to the novel because it was the beginning of Pip's journey, without helping Provis and giving him the file, Pip would have never had the experience he did.
A symbol is an object or something that represents itself, and more than itself. One example of a symbol is Ms. Joe from Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations". Ms. Joe represents Pip's sister and mother figure of his youth. But, she also symbolizes Dickens' actual mother, who was the rougher, harder parent of the two, so she inspired the character most likely, and so she symbolizes all the parents who had that mind in that time period.
-Bob
A symbol is something that represents itself and something more than itself. A symbol from the novel Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens would be the clock in Miss Havisham’s house. The clock is stuck at one time. This represents when Miss Havisham’s happiness in her life stopped. When the clock stopped working she became unhappy and her life became miserable. She is stuck in time and can’t let go of her past. The broken clock clearly represents itself and Miss Havisham’s life.
A symbol is a word or object which is intended to represent something larger than itself, something beyond the literal interpretation. Within "Great Expectations", the city setting of London is actually a symbol for the upper class itself. On the surface, London is simply Pip's destination, but it represents the truth behind ascertaining wealth, said truth being that true quality of life cannot come from money. "... while I was scared by the immensity of London, I think I might have had some faint doubts whether it was not rather ugly, crooked, narrow and dirty"(730). When Dickens depicts London as something deceptively unpleasant, this is to suggest that those in the upper class may lead deceptively unpleasant lives.
A symbol is defined as any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself. Symbols are commonly used in literature, and literally may seem quite simple yet figuratively add a more in depth look at characters and their actions. In the novel "Great Expectations", there are many symbols throughout the story. One of the very first obvious symbols is the stopped watch and clock Pip notices at his first meeting with Miss Havisham. "I took note of the surrounding objects in detail, and saw that her watch had stopped at twenty minutes to nine, and that a clock in the room had stopped at twenty minutes to nine." (689) Literally this means that the clock and the watch have stopped working. Figuratively this means that time has stood still and Miss Havisham is still living in the past. This symbol explains the emotional state of Miss Havisham. She's living with bitterness and wants to control and hurt everyone around her. Pip isn't fully aware of her plans, but realizes she is living in the past. "It was then I began to understand that everything in the room had stopped, like the watch and the clock, a long time ago." (690) Symbols in literature provide insight to the deeper meaning the author wishes to convey.
A symbol is an object or person that has a larger meaning then just what it is. It can stand for an idea, a person, or another object. There are symbols everywhere in the story, "Great Expectations", but one symbol that is clear cut and obvious is money. It all comes down to money. Pip believes money will make him a better person, a gentleman. He thinks that with all this newfound money he can buy Estella's love and be happy. Money appears to be a great thing, one can buy all sorts of goodies, and do fun things, but is it really so great? In Great Expectations, money brings nothing but unhappiness to those who have large and excessive amounts of it. Miss Havisham, Estella, and Pip all lead miserable and sad lives. So because of this I believe money represents evil, greed, or corruption.
A symbol is a literary element and it is something that has a meaning towards itself but most of the time, it has a meaning greater than itself. Every novel written has symbols in every page of its story and most of the time, it represents the characters in the novel. One of many symbols in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is the house of Miss Havisham. This represents Pip and his transition toward the middle stage of his life. This represents his feelings and his emotions towards middle and low class people while he was, at the moment, very wealthy and belonged to the rich and upper class. It was here that he met the person that soon changed his life into what was not expected of Pip and it was here that his love and emotions were betrayed.
- SP
A symbol is something that means something greater than itself. Sometimes a symbol means that an event is going to happen good or bad. An event that happens at Miss Havisham mansion symbolizing that Pip is going to be a gentleman when he grows up and his dreams of having a better life will come true. The symbol at Miss Havisham's mansion is money and she has a lot of it so Pip recognizes this and he knows that this women could make him a gentleman
A symbol is something that represents itself and also something more than itself. A symbol from the text is Miss Havisham's house. Her house represents the upper class that Pip strives to be a part of. "Whoever had this house, could want nothing else" Chapter 8, no MLA format available.
-SaM
A symbol represents itself and something with deeper meaning. A symbol in Great Expectations would be the city of London. London is where Pip moves to when he tries to fill out his expectations. People there are very rich and very poor, and some seek London to fill out hopes and dreams. London is a symbol for opportunity, hope, accomplishment, and life. Whenever Pip returns to London a major event or change happens. Pip seeks London in search for a better life. He wishes to accomplish his goals and get a new life, away from the forge. London is a symbol in almost the entire novel, even the fisrt part of his expectations. The city of London is a very important symbol in the course of Great expectations.
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