Discuss how Dickens creates tension and fear in the early chapters of
Great Expectations.
There is a lot of tension and fear created by Charles Dickens
throughout the early Chapters of Great Expectations.
In Chapter 1 tension is started off when Philip known as Pip hadn’t
seen his parents of any kind, Charles Dickens stated that in 1960 -
1961 they never had photographs of any kind, therefore Pip didn’t even
know what his parents looked like.
Pip was able to see his parent’s tombstones; the shape of the letters
on his father’s grave gave him an odd feeling that his father was a
square, stout, dark man with curly black hair. He saw his mother in
his imagination as a freckled and sickly lady, remember the only site
of his parents he had was his imagination. Pip had an older sister who
acted very much like a mother, her name was Mrs Joe Gargery and she
was married too a blacksmith Mr Joe Gargery. There was a churchyard
which was overgrown with nettles. That’s the place where his family
were buried as so other people too. The wind was rushing, so was the
sea, small bundles of shivers growing afraid of it and Pip the young
boy was beginning to cry. Pip was a young boy, he must have been
scared, fear was building inside him and tension was creeping in. Pip
the young boy heard a voice “keep still, you little devil, or ill cut
your throat!” The voice Pip heard scared the living daylights out of
him. The voice certainly created tension as Pip was scared for his
life, he had a great amount of fear at that point in time and his
blood was rushing through his body. Pip pleaded for his life, what
else could he do, he’s only about 10 years old and his life is at
threat at such a young age, anyone at that age would...
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stealing from his own family; tension is getting higher and higher.
The man Pip had to go to in the early morning was an unpleasant guy,
the man ate like a dog, and it showed that he must have been very
hungry. Pip a young lad, very unfortunate he was, as he had to live
his life in dreadfulness as his whole life was screwed up. His own
sister beats him, his family insults him. When it was Pips birthday,
Pip had the worst food, he should have had the best food but he
didn’t. He had something called left overs. People look at him
weirdly, like he was someone that was doing something wrong all day.
Pip certainly lived with fear throughout his life and tension was sent
as high as it can go. Charles Dickens created a lot of tension and
fear in the early chapters of Great Expectations as he had sent fear
and tension to the highest level.
life. His mother was a whore and he only ever met his father once in
make the sets look in such a way that the audience were on edge from
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the sentence where it says “ a man with no hat, and with broken shoes,
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it related to his own life and the events going on around him at the
his fathers death, and would stop at nothing to take the life of his uncle. His
ancestory. His father led anything but a happy life. He had failed in his quest
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