1. Great Expectations
Chapters20-25

2. Vocabulary Chapter 20: Chapter 21:
Confectioner: a person who makes or deals in candy
Equipage: a horse-drawn carriage with is servants
Guileless: candid; innocent; naïve
Infernal: relating to the world of the dead; fiendish; diabolical
Oppressed: burdened or demoralized
Perusal: careful examination
Relinquish: to let go
Scabbard: a sheath for a sword or dagger
Supplicant: a person who pleads or prays
Chapter 21:
Brooch: an ornamental pin
Dilapidated: fallen into a state of disrepair or decay, usually as a result of neglect
Dints: dents
Disembodied: with out body; removed from the body
Disgorged: discharged or spit out
Doleful: full of grief
Interment: burial of the dead

3. Vocabulary
Chapter 22
Acquiesce: to comply passively with another’s will
Asseverate: to declare or affirm positively
Avaricious: greedy, specially for money or other material possessions
Broach: to mention or bring up
Circumjacent: in the surrounding area
Congelation: the process of making solid; coagulation
Degradation: a decline to a lower quality of station; extreme humiliation
Haughty: arrogant or proud
Imbue: to influence fully, pervade; to saturate or stain
Incipient: just beginning or becoming apparent
Inveterate: deep-rooted; habitual; persistent
Lamentation: an expression of grief
Languor: laziness; weariness
Magnanimous: noble or generous
Mortification: embarrassment or shame
Perplexity: utter bewilderment or confusion
Prepossessions: attitudes or impressions formed ahead of time
Prophesy: to predict or see the future
Propitiate: to attempt to pacify or regain the favor of another, especially one with power or authority
Requisite: essential, necessary
Shod: wearing a shoe

4. Chapter 20
There is very little plot advancement in this chapter. What, then, is its purpose, and which new character are we introduced to?
Describe Mr. Jaggers.
What does the description of Jaggers’ office tell the reader about its occupant?

5. Chapter 21 How are Pip’s and Wemmick’s idea of crime different?
There is a coincidence in this chapter that reveals the name of the boy Pip boxed with many years ago at Miss Havisham’s house. What is this person’s name?

6. Chapter 22 Who do the Pockets feel is Pip’s benefactor?
How does Herbert feel about Pip’s great expectations?
What is the reason for Miss Havisham’s life in seclusion?

7. Chapter 23
What kind of tone has been set up in the last chapter and continues in Chapter 23?
What is the source of satire in Mrs. Pocket’s pretentious (conceited) nature?
What might Dickens be implying about early marriage?

8. Chapter 24
What does Pip’s benefactor intend for Pip, if it says that Pip is “not designed for any profession”?
2. How does the characterization of Mr. Jaggers’ housekeeper illustrate Mr. Jaggers’ powers?
3. Why does Dickens have Wemmick create the topic of Jaggers’ housekeeper?

9. Chapter 25 How does Wemmick feel about his home?
Dickens uses dichotomy as a concrete reminder that there is usually more to people than initially appears on the surface. Discuss the following dichotomies found within characters:
a. Describe Wemmick’s dual life.
b. Miss Havisham is wealthy, but _________.
c. Estella is beautiful, but __________.
d. Joe is illiterate, but ______________.
e. Biddy is a poor orphan, but __________.
Use the following words to help fill in the blanks above.
haughty
miserable
wise
respectable/respected