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Matilda relishes the escape Dickens’s work provides her, often thinking about Pip and feeling as if she knows him personally. This fascination troubles her mother, who is suspicious of Mr. Watts and the useless outsider’s knowledge he introduces to the village’s children.
- June Watts
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- Matilda's Father
Dolores ’s husband, unnamed throughout the novel, who leaves...
- Dolores Laimo
Matilda ’s mother. Dolores is a strict and pious woman who...
- Pip
After listening to Mr. Watts read the book aloud, Matilda...
- Daniel
One of Matilda ’s classmates. Matilda describes Daniel as...
- Magwitch
A character in Great Expectations.At the beginning of...
- The Queen of Sheba
The two speak at length before parting on good terms. This...
- Estella Havisham
A character in Great Expectations who has been raised to...
- June Watts
Matilda survives the war through the guidance of her devoted but strict Christian mother and her white teacher Mr Watts, and also, more importantly, through her connection with the fictional Pip, the protagonist of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Pip helps Matilda maintain a desire to live, especially after her mother, Mr Watts, and her ...
May 20, 2008 · How is Dolores’s treatment of Matilda similar to Estella’s treatment of Pip in Great Expectations? How does this relationship help Matilda understand Pip’s attachment to Estella? Is it necessary that this attachment be severed before Pip/Matilda can grow individually? 18.
Nov 1, 2017 · Matilda’s strong identification with Dickensian Pip (their similarities and differences) and imagination make her escape to another world, become a self-conscious person and reunite with her...
After listening to Mr. Watts read the book aloud, Matilda feels connected to Pip, who is an orphan in early nineteenth-century England. Part of Pip’s appeal has to do with the fact that he never knew his own parents, which resonates with Matilda because she feels as if she doesn’t know her father, who left Bougainville when she was only ...
Matilda’s depression in London comes from her own inability to enter the story of Great Expectations. No matter how much she researches Dickens and the origins of his novel, she exists outside the narrative.
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