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SparkNotes: Great Expectations: Themes, Motifs & Symbols

iambarr | December 1, 2008

Doubles One of the most remarkable aspects of Dickens’s work is its structural intricacy and remarkable balance. Dickens’ plots involve complicated coincidences, extraordinarily tangled webs of human relationships, and highly dramatic developments in which setting, atmosphere, event, and character are all seamlessly fused. In Great Expectations, perhaps the most visible sign of Dickens’ commitment to [...]