Excellent summary of an excellent book. For the students who are watching this to get through an exam, I highly recommend that you actually read the book when you have the time. It is very much worth the effort. Hug.
Thank you very much, I have just watched the 35 videos of this playlist and made me feel much more ready for the exam. I have read the book entirely, but since I am French, I have missed on some key elements that I now understand. Thank you very much again.
god i have the test on this tomorrow in honors english and i completely forgot about it. its literally the hardest class in school, only a select few get in... this was a lifesaver!! thank youuuu!!
I watch these videos after reading the book. It helps me ties things together and show me anything i might have missed. I'm 48 and not doing a lit course. Just catching up on some classics.
Perhaps the name Sati's House comes from the word Sati in Indian language: A woman who is burnt to death on the death of her husband. This can be seen how Miss Havisham's dress caught fire and eventually after time led to her death. Idk if Im correct it just occured to me. Because not all names have been taken from latin words. Estella is taken from latin, it means stars and shows how yearning for stars is not sensible. Joe's name and profession are also a symbol to fire.
Like Dickens, a loy of authors during Victorian and Edwardian era were also satirists who could not openly criticize yhe govt and had to write such stories as "wotk of fiction". Also comes to mind is Johnathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Thomas Hardy and others Their stories can seem somewhat disconnected among current readers because they were written for another time.
Ah amazing instructor I really love the way he explains meaningfully. But I'm having trouble to understand fast speaking that's why I need the caption as well.
why would Pip want to associate himself with a petty, snobby, vindictive girl? The moral of the story: Estella was a depreciating asset aka only had her beauty, but was ugly inside. Pip had his priorities strait... accept for the end when he STILL is infatuated with Estella. Estella, with her beauty (remember thats all she had) fading, resorts to Pip as her safety net. A truly terrible girl.
