Great Expectations By Charles Dickens Use Of Setting Analysis

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Everyone is thought to be born as equals, yet not everyone is born into equal opportunity. Authors often place characters in specific settings that help influence the emotions they want to create within the reader. In Great Expectations, the main character, Pip, is born into rather desperate circumstances. Charles Dickens uses oppressive settings to create a solemn mood within his readers that help them understand Pip's situation. Dickens' description of the graveyard presents a setting that is depressing and despairing, similar to Pip's life. The graveyard is "bleak and overgrown with nettles" (Dickens 1) and sets a somber mood that is continually experienced throughout the book. This mood is fitting because the reader is overcome with feelings
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