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Nicholas Carle Mrs. Gardner English 10 HON, 1. 6 March 2014 Essay Drafty Swag Throughout Great Expectations, Dickens uses light and dark to devise the gothic elements foreshadowing the realities of Pips expectations. Secluded by Joes forgery, Pips social class separates him from his great expectations. Pip consequently alludes to the night sky defining him as a dreamer, who seeks a star of lightness in his life. Drawn in by Estellas lightness beneath the confinement of darkness within the Satis house, Dickens utterly defines Estella as being cold suggesting her inner darkness. Seamlessly disillusioned by Estellas physical appearances, Pip is unable to recognize his place in society-impeding his ability to accept the warming lightness of the forgery-forcing him to suffer the indefinite pain of truth. Separated by social class, Pip longs to be gentleman in order to claim his star: Estella. Pips eagerness to be a part of societys upper class is shown through his allusions to light and dark beneath the spit of the sand off the point of the marshes gleaming against the black night sky (Dickens 91). Confident that his fate is determined, Pip describes his natural surrounding as reflecting on his superstition of his expectations. Pips refers to a black night sky intending to reflect on him, while the gleaming sand beneath him refers to Estella. Justifiably, Pip alludes to the light as being a path of fire across the road (91). Pip suggests their social class is the only thing that separates them with the road being a barrier preventing him from getting married. Dickens contrasts the path of fire with the misleading path of candles in the Satis

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house to enhance the gothic tone of the novel, ultimately describing the repetition of disillusions pip undergoes as a result of his transformation to adulthood. Concealed by the darkness of the Satis house, Estella is glorified beneath the gloomy room with a low ceiling. (78) Dickens plays with the idea of love, by contrasting Estellas heartlessness Following Joes footsteps, Pip respected Joe as though he was his father. Respecting Joe for his kindness and loyalty, Pip defined the forge as the glowing road to manhood and independence. (106) Setting himself apart from Joe, Pip redefines his courteous options of the forage as being coarse and common (106). Dickens contrast the idea of money as taking our ability to see the path of light into out future. Covering up his apprenticeship at the forge, Pip doesnt realize the safe haven of light contained beneath the forage Tie three body paragraphs together Significance of everything, tie back to thesis