Charles Dickens in
cludes the ghost of Hamlet into his novel to describe Pip. As the book flows along Pip is an innocent boy who suddenly becomes wealthy and does not know who is in charge of allowing him to become a gentleman. The ghost of Hamlet was also an innocent man, and he was killed by his own brother because of selfishness and greed. Richard the Third is included within Charles Dickens' novel to once again explain the results of a conscience. Richard is haunted by ghosts of people he has killed so that he can advance himself in life. However, karma always does come back around and in the end, he also dies. These two characters show how life happens in a circle, and with Pip starting off by stealing, he too is haunted eventually by his actions. Dickens embeds Pip with the emotions of shame and guilt because he has hurt those who have stuck by his side. No one is aware of the real truths he is hiding and it starts to eat him up inside. He has also chosen money over his family and in turn, it has hurt Joe the most. Joe is the one person Pip honestly admires and respects in his life, and to choose a life that cannot include him, is now starting to eat Pip up inside. His past choices are coming back to haunt him. Charles Dickens included these two characters to foreshadow the events that occur within his novel to Pip."The Tragedy of King Richard the Third." Absolute Shakespeare. 2 January 2010. 2000-2005.
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/richard_III/richard_III.htm
Photo Credit:
"Richard III: Hero or Villian?." HubPages. 4 January 2010. 2010.
http://hubpages.com/hub/richardiii
what's the key emotion that Pip must be feeling to think of such characters?
ReplyDelete