Death Of Mrs. Joe - 759 Words

Death in Great Expectations was a huge topic and had a major impact on all the characters especially Pip, Mr. Joe, Biddy, Orlick, and Mr. Pumblechook. The death I will be focusing on in this paper is the tragic death of Mrs. Joe Gargary. Mrs. Joe goes by that name because she, in a way, takes on the manlier role causing a gender reversal. Each of these characters had their own unique relationship with Mrs. Joe, good or bad. Pip had one of the closest relationships with Mrs. Joe because she raised Pip, even though she was his sister. Mrs. Joe took on the mother role, raising him by hand because Pip had no one else there for him. Mr. Joe, on the other hand, was Mrs. Joe s Husband. Mrs. Joe would always be short tempered with not just him but everyone that tried to approach her, or help her. Biddy had an interesting relationship with Mrs. Joe. She was Mrs. Joe’s caretaker for a while after the attack and developed a relationship with her. Mr. Pumblechook is the uncle of Mr. Joe s uncle and Pip s uncle in law who is considered to be a little arrogant by most people. Mrs. Joe, on the other hand, thinks of him as one of her best friends. The characters mentioned all had good relationships with Mrs. Joe, but that is not the case for Orlick. First of all, Orlick and Mr. Joe always would argue and fight, which was not good for Orlick’s and Mrs. Joe’s relationship. Orlick ended up hating her temper and her attitude, so eventually he confessed to the killing of Mrs.Show MoreRelatedComparison of Passages from Great Expectations and Madame Bovary1110 Words   |  5 Pages The two passages, taken from early sections of Great Expectations and Madame Bovary, deal predominantly with the subject of death and the spectrum of approaches applied by their characters to deal with such circumstances. 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