Castiesm And The Struggle Of The Poor In The Industrialized British Society In Charles Dickens GREAT EXPECTATIONS
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2022-06
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UNIVERSITY OF MOHAMED BOUDIAF
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The formation of class structure is often dependent upon a set of criteria that reveals divisions
between individuals. The old model of class ranking within England during the nineteenth
century favored a rigid structure reliant on occupational differences. A new model began to
take shape during the end of the century that relied on the morality and character of
individuals. The new model provided the opportunity for mobility and achievement of new
rolesthrough self-determination. Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations portrays both models
of class structure within the nineteenth century through the story of Pip Philip. Pip struggles
to categorize others and himself due to the societal shifts that occurred in England during
the nineteenth century. He instead discovers his own way of determining his identity and
placement within society through dictating his own fate. The novel demonstrates the
problems of inequality and exactitude that exist with enforcing a rigid hierarchical
classification system, and embraces a new model of social classification that is reliant upon
self-determination and the ability to achieve status by actions rather than birth.
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Keywords: Expectations, Victorian Society, Social Changes, Working Class, Social Outcasts, Growth and Personal Development