Abstract
Great Expectations was set in England in the early 1800s. Dickens used Pip, the main character, to tell the story. Pip was not only a character, he also told the story of great expectations. Dickens usually concocted his plots based on experiences of himself and others from reality. So it is said that Great Expectations was a half-autobiography, a darken counterpart of Dickens' another eminent work, David Copperfield.
Romanticism promotes country life, connecting the countryside with physical and moral purity, as well as a means of escapism. Therefore, The Romantics believe that a natural or rural childhood is of paramount importance. Dickens is best at child character portrayal. Great Expectations, on one hand is as an outlet for Dickens' childhood frustration and disappointments. On the other hand, Dickens gives the hero Pip a Romantic childhood and conveys his envy of innocent childhood. This paper will analyze the Romantic child in the novel.
Keywords Great Expectations; Romanticism; child
Contents
Abstract I
Contents I
Introduction 2
1.A Brief Introduction to Charles Dickens and Great Expectations 3
1.1 Charles Dickens 3
1.2 The Great Expectations 3
2. Analysis on the Romanticism 5
3. Romanticism reflected in Great Expectations 7
3.1 Pip's romantic childhood 7
3.2 Figures of speech in the novel 7
4. Conclusion 10
References 11
