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1、远大前程的主题GreatExpectationiswrittenbyDickens,andfitsapatternpopularinnineteenth-centuryEuropeanfiction.Thenoveldepictsgrowthandpersonaldevelopment,andatransitionfromboyhoodtomanhood.Theprotagonist,Pip,wasonceapoororphan,buthelivedahappylifewithhiskinduncleJoeandsomeordinaryfriends.Allhisw
2、ishwastobecomeablacksmithinthevillage.However,assoonashemetandfellinlovewithEstellabychance,healwayscomparedhimselfwithher,Hefeltashamedofhispropertyandfoolishness,Fortunately,hegotanopportunitytoinheritafortuneandtobewelleducatedasagentleman.HefeltabashedofJoeandevenlookeddownuponhiso
3、ldfriends.Nevertheless,afterPiphaddiscoveredtheunbelievabletruth,hegraduallywokeuptorealityandrealizedhisfault.Heforgaveandsavedhisenemy,protectedandsupportedhisfriendsandbecamegratefultoJoe.Intheend,hegainedhislove.Thethemeofcrime,guilt,andinnocenceisexploredthroughoutthenovellargelyt
4、hroughthecharactersoftheconvictsandcriminallawyerJaggers.FromthehandcuffsJoemendsatthesmithytothegallowsattheprisoninLondon,theimageryofcrimeandcriminaljusticepervadesthebook,becominganimportantsymbolofPip’sinnerstruggletoreconcilehisowninnermoralconsciencewiththeinstitutionaljusticesy
5、stem.Ingeneral,justassocialclassbecomesasuperficialstandardofvaluethatPipmustlearntolookbeyondinfindingabetterwaytolivehislife,theexternaltrappingsofthecriminaljusticesystembecomeasuperficialstandardofmoralitythatPipmustlearntolookbeyondtotrusthisinnerconscience.Magwith,forinstance,fri
6、ghtensPipatfirstbecauseheisaconvict,andPipfeelsguiltyforhelpinghimbecauseheisafraidofpolice.Bytheendofthebook,however,PiphasdiscoveredMagwitch’sinnernobility,andisabletodisregardhisexternalstatusasacriminal.Promptedbyhisconscience,hehelpsMagwitchtoevadethelawandthepolice.AsPiphaslearne
7、dtotrusthisconscienceandtovalueMagwitch’sinnercharacter,hehasreplacesanexternalstandardofvaluewithaninternalone.AlltheaboveiswhatIthinkaboutthisnovel.红字的主题Sin[edit]TheexperienceofHesterandDimmesdalerecallsthestoryofAdamandEvebecause,inbothcases,sinresultsinexpulsionandsuffering.Butit