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Pip (Philip Pirrip) : Mrs. Joe Gargery: Pip's Older Sister Who Raises Pip With Her Husband, Joe and

Mrs. Joe Gargery is Pip's harsh and overbearing adoptive sister who raises him until her death. Pip is the narrator and protagonist who recounts growing up in England and trying to better himself socially. Estella is a beautiful young girl raised by Miss Havisham to take revenge on men, and the object of Pip's love. Miss Havisham was left at the altar and raises Estella to get revenge, funding Pip's education. Abel Magwitch funds Pip but is revealed to be Estella's father. Joe Gargery is Pip's kind brother-in-law and village blacksmith.

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Pip (Philip Pirrip) : Mrs. Joe Gargery: Pip's Older Sister Who Raises Pip With Her Husband, Joe and

Mrs. Joe Gargery is Pip's harsh and overbearing adoptive sister who raises him until her death. Pip is the narrator and protagonist who recounts growing up in England and trying to better himself socially. Estella is a beautiful young girl raised by Miss Havisham to take revenge on men, and the object of Pip's love. Miss Havisham was left at the altar and raises Estella to get revenge, funding Pip's education. Abel Magwitch funds Pip but is revealed to be Estella's father. Joe Gargery is Pip's kind brother-in-law and village blacksmith.

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Mrs.

Joe Gargery: Pips older sister who raises Pip with her husband, Joe and
becomes this overbearing and strict mother figure to Pip. She later suffers a blow to
the head, which she must stay in bed for until her death. She is portrayed as harsh
and demanding, also very ambitious trying to be more than just the blacksmiths wife.

Pip (Philip Pirrip)


Pip The narrator and protagonist who recounts his life story of growing up in

England, beginning in Kent and later moving to London. Pip is a very


passionate, romantic and ambitious young man who tries to better himself
because he is ashamed of his origins. Fortune and fame eventually find him
although he now realizes that those things cannot make him happy or more
importantly, obtain Estellas love.

EstellaEstella
She is a beautiful young girl around Pips age who had been adopted and raised
by the wealthy but strange Miss Havisham. She is the object of Pips love and
desires but she treats him with only contempt and cruelty, repeatedly telling
him that she has no heart.

Miss HavishamMiss Havisham


She is a very wealthy but crazy old woman who lives at Satis House near Pips
village. She had been stood up on her wedding day and now raises the
beautiful Estella to try to get revenge on all men for her own broken heart. Pip
had believed that she was his secret benefactor to promote his social class.

Abel Magwitch (Provis/Mr.Campbell)Magwitch


A fearsome criminal who escapes from prison and terrorized the young Pip to
bring him food. Awed by Pips kindness, he returns as Pips secret benefactor

and funds his education and living expenses, allowing him to climb the social
ladder. He wants Pip to be everything he himself couldnt be and turns out to
be Estellas birth father.

Joe GargeryJoe
He is Pips brother-in-law who married his sister Mrs. Joe and stays with her
out of love for Pip. He is the village blacksmith and is uneducated which makes
him of lower class, but shows his pure goodness when Pip expresses disdain for
Joe after becoming a gentleman.

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