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֍Guilt-“the state of one who has committed an offense especially consciously ”; “the fact of

having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penalty ”
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Definition of guilt, Entry 1, point 2 a and 1)
֍Shame- “a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety  ”;
“a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute”(Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Definition of
shame, Entry 1, point 1 a and 2).

“A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. A man with no hat, and with
broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. A man who had been soaked in
water, and smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles,
and torn by briars; who limped, and shivered, and glared and growled; and whose teeth
chattered in his head as he seized me by the chin.”

“My thoughts strayed from that question as I looked disconsolately at the fire. For, the
fugitive out on the marshes with the ironed leg, the mysterious young man, the file, the
food, and the dreadful pledge I was under to commit a larceny on those sheltering
premises, rose before me in the avenging coals.”; “The guilty knowledge that I was going to
rob Mrs. Joe - I never thought I was going to rob Joe”.

“You are envious, Biddy, and grudging. You are dissatisfied on account of my rise in
fortune, and you can’t help showing it”; “[…] said I, in a virtuous and superior tone“.

“I was ashamed of the dear good fellow-I know I was ashamed of him- when I saw that
Estella stood at the back of Miss Havisham’s chair, and that her eyes laughed
mischievously”

“I am heavily in debt - very heavily for me, who have now no expectations - and I have
been bred to no calling, and I am fit for nothing”

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