Oliver Twist
Key Facts
Full title · * Author ·* Type of work · * Genre · Language · * Time and place written · * Date of first publication · * Narrator ·
• • • • • • • • Questions for group 1 to have a discussion. 1. What is the genre of the novel? 2. Who is the narrator ? 3. Do you like Nancy? What do you think of her? Questions for group 2 to have a discussion. 1. Who is the protagonist and antagonist of the novel? 2. What is the rising action in the novel? 3. Have a discussion about the criminal justice system presented in the novel.
Key Facts
Protagonist · • Antagonist · • Setting (time) · * • Setting (place) * • Point of view · • Falling action · • Tense · * • Tone · • Themes ·
Study Questions
Study Questions
• What role does social class play in Great Expectations? How is the theme of social class central to the novel? • Think about the novel’s two endings—the “official” version, in which Pip and Estella are reunited in the garden, and the earlier version, in which they merely speak briefly on the street and go their separate ways. Which version do you prefer? Which version seems more true to the thematic development of the novel? Why?
Charles Dickens
Key Facts
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • full title · author · type of work · genres · language · time and place written · date of first publication · publisher · narrator · climax · protagonist · antagonist · setting (time) · setting (place) ·
Quiz
9. Whom does Estella marry? (A) Startop (B) Pip (C) Drummle (D) Herbert 10. Who buys Herbert’s way into business? (A) Pip (B) Miss Havisham (C) Drummle (D) Estella 11. What happens to Compeyson at the end of the novel? (A) He escapes with the Havisham fortune. (B) He is shot by the police. (C) He is killed by Orlick. (D) He disappears and is presumed drowned.
Key facts
• • • • • • point of view · falling action · tense · tone · themes · symbols ·
• Can you list all the major characters in the novel and make a brief introduction to him/her?
Quiz
• 4. To what genre of fiction, defined by its depiction of a character’s growth from childhood to adulthood, does Great Expectations belong? • (A) Bildungsroman • (B) Kunstlerspiegel • (C) Mannerism • (D) Victorian paternalism • 5. Who is Estella’s father? • (A) Compeyson • (B) Magwitch • (C) Joe • (D) Jaggers
Quiz
• 12. What accident befalls Miss Havisham before her death? • (A) She is thrown from a horse. • (B) She falls from a window. • (C) A table crushes her legs. • (D) She is burned in a fire. • 13. What is the source of the Havisham fortune? • (A) Lumberyards • (B) A cotton mill • (C) A brewery • (D) A noble estate
• leaves you the deepest impression?
Quiz
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1. What is the name of Miss Havisham’s manor? (A) Satis House (B) Lockmont (C) Larchmont (D) Satyr House 2. In what region of England are the marshes of the novel found? (A) Sussex (B) Wessex (C) Kent (D) Gloucestershire 3. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life? (A) 9 (B) 23 (C) 18 (D) 7
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• 8. Who tells Pip that Compeyson was Miss Havisham’s fiancé? • (A) Wemmick • (B) Estella • (C) Herbert • (D) Magwitch
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• • • • • 6. What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London? (A) Embarrassment (B) Joy (C) Anger (D) Resignation
• 7. For most of the novel, whom does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor? • (A) Jaggers • (B) Magwitch • (C) Joe • (D) Miss Havisham
Study Questions
• Questions for group 3 to have a discussion. • 1. What is the point of view of the novel? Why the author chose this point of view to tell the story? • 2. What is the climax of the novel? • 3. Discuss the character of Fagin. • • • • Questions for group 4 to have a discussion. 1. What is the falling action of the novel? 2. What is the tone of the novel? 3. Discuss the theme(s) of the novel.