Great Expectation by Charles Dickens

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Great Expectation by Charles Dickens

40. Dickens utilized satire brilliantly in his novels. What is satire? What was he satirizing?

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Asked by john jo on 12/16/2014 5:09 AM

Last updated by Aslan on 12/16/2014 5:52 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 12/16/2014 5:52 AM

The standard definition of satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Dickens largely satirizes the English class system in Victorian England. Pip desperately wants to move up in class to be a "gentleman". Pip, however, discovers that a higher class does not make a man.

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