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Great Expectations: God's Law vs. Human Law
In his book Great Expectations, the problematic nature of moral judgement
and justice that stems from a conflict between God's law and human law is one of
several topical themes that Charles Dickens addresses. This paradox regularly
surfaces in his treatment of plot and setting, and is more subtlety illustrated
in his use of character. To facilitate the reade ....
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.... if he were the pirate come to life, and come down,
and going back up again" (27). This imagery conveys a complicated perception of
guilt as something conscious of its own moral accountability, frightening and
self-destructive. When Magwitch is caught, he gives a false confession to
stealing the food from the Gargery's to protect Pip. Joe replies that he
wouldn't want him to starve and that he was welcome to it. Pip highlights the
conflict between divine and human law by c ....
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