Great Expectations: Skit Prep

One scene I think we should perform in a skit, would have to be the part where Mrs. Havisham catches on fire. It's definitely a memorable scene from the book, and encourages me to continue reading. I would also find it enjoyable to see one of my classmates act that out.

Another scene would be the very first time Pip meets Herbert - aka the pale young gentleman. This would be a good scene because I think it would just be hilarious to see the fight scene, where its not really a fight, because the person playing Pip would throw punch after punch at Herbert (fake of course) and the person playing Herbert could just fall defeated every single time, very dramatically.

Lastly I think we should use the scene where Drummle dances with Estella and Pip gets extremely jealous. It might be awkward to perform the dancing, but I think it would be really good to see Pip's jealousy in this skit, and to see Drummle as the enemy who ironically wins the girl.

More Questions about Great Expectations

On the last page of chapter 42, Herbert says: "Young Havisham's name was Arthur. Compeyson is the man who professed to be Miss Havisham's lover." Yet, earlier, "Compeyson's wife" was mentioned and so it leads me to believe that Compeyson cheated on either Mrs. Havisham with his wife..? Or on his wife with Mrs. Havisham - but then where does "Young Havisham" play in? And who is he; what's his connection to Havisham - is he her brother, or nephew?
These are a couple of the many questions that I've had while reading this book. But I'm not sure if they're even answerable at this point - perhaps they'll be answered at the end of the book..

Great Expectations - Question about a Passage

Chapter 29(240-241) "He always carried a pocket-handkerchief of rich silk and of imposing proportions which was of great value to him in his profession. I have seen him so terrify a client or a witness by ceremoniously unfolding this pocket-handkerchief as if he were immediately going to blow his nose, and then pausing, as if he knew he should not have time to do it before such client or witness committed himself, that the self-committal has followed directly, quite as a matter of course. When I saw him in the room, he had this expressive pocket-handkerchief in both hands, and was looking at us. On meeting my eye, he said plainly, by a momentary silent pause in that attitude, "Indeed? Singular!" and then put the handkerchief to its right use with wonderful effect."

When I first read this, I thought Charles Dickens was being a bit spontaneous and excessive with his background information, and so I passed it off without much thinking. But in the next chapter (Chapter 30), he mentions Jaggers "making his pocket-handkerchief point" again, and so I went back and reread the passage above. I still don't understand the importance of the handkerchief in the story, so my question would be: How does Dickens use insignificant symbols such as handkerchiefs, to develope certain characters like Mr. Jaggers?

Great Expectations: Photo Post

Hand-made photos don't look as good as photos you just find on the internet, but I'm pretty sure it's legitimate. But I chose to make this photo because I couldn't find it on the internet, and it's the best analogy I could think of, of Pip's new "great expectations". The reason being is that Pip had such a sudden change in his life, from being poor to having such great wealth, that it is symbolized perfectly with the transforming of the crappy car above, to the super cool transformer that can shoot lazers. Likewise, Pip is ashamed of his childhood because of how poor he is, and how like a commoner he is. However, when he received his great wealth, it transformed his life a lot.