morality―improvement in great expectations

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1、Morality―improvementinGreatExpectations　　【Abstract】GreatExpectationschieflydescribesPip’shardpursuittohisfalseexpectations.Inthisprocess，Pip’smoralconceptandlifevaluegraduallygrowmature.MeanwhileDickensshowsusvariousuglyphenomenaofVictoriantimesthroughtheeyesofPip.Thispaper

2、presentsPip’snotionabout“status”.Fromnonotionaboutupperclasstogreatdesireofbeingagentlemantohisrealizationofhisgentrydreamtothecollapseofhisdream，Pipunderstandsocialclassisnottherealstandardofjudgingaperson.　　【Keywords】morality-improvement；SocialClass；Gentry　　Introduction　　

3、InVictoriantimes，greatsocialchangesweresweepingallEngland.Theindustrialrevolutionhadtransformedthesociallandscape，enablingpeopletocapitalizequicklyandlargely.Althoughsocialstatuswasnolongerentirelydependentonheredity，thegapbetweenclasseswaswiderthanbefore.Londonhadbecomequi

4、tedifferentfromthenation’sruralareas.Everyyoungmanlivedinthistime，includestheheroofthenovelPip，wasinfluencedunconsciouslybythestreamofindustrialrevolution.WhenPiplivesinruralarea，heknowsnothingaboutsocialclass，butafterhisvisittoLondon，herealizesitandtrieshisbesttoclimbthe“c

5、lassladder”.Ofcourse，inourdays，wecanseeclearlythattheriseofsocialclassisatthecostofthedeclineofone’smorality，buttheprocessofperceivingitisnodoubtveryhardandtough.InGreatExpectations，Pipexperiencesfromaragtoagentlemanandthentoaragagain，herealizessocialclassisirrelevanttoone’

6、shappinessandeventuallyhegainsthetruelifevalues.　　1.Pip’sNotionaboutSocialClass　　WhenPipisachild，hehasnonotionaboutsocialclass.Later，throughthecommunicationswithUnclePumblechookandMissEstella，hegraduallyrealizestheexistenceof“socialclass”andbeginstomakegreateffortstopushint

7、otheupperclass.　　Intheopeningpartofthenovel，readerscanseethatPipisakindheartedandpoliteboywithsinceritytoreligiousandlaw.“WhenIwasoldenough，IwastobeapprenticedtoJoe，anduntilIcouldassumethatdignityIwasnottobewhatMrs.Joecalledpompeyedorpampered（Dickens，2004：39）.”ThisisPip’sdr

8、eamandaimtoliveinthisworld.ItseemsthatPipwouldbeverydistinguishedandhappywhenherol