My Question is: Why would Mr. Jaggers refer to strength as his house keeper, Molly's deeply scarred wrist's, and what is the significance in the story?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Great Expectations: questions about a passage
One thing that I am not to certain about in this weeks reading is when Pip is having dinner at Mr. Jaggers house and Mr. Jaggers brings his house keeper, Molly over to show everyone her wrists. "'I'll show you a wrist. Molly, let them see your wrist.' . . . The last wrist was much disfigured - deeply scarred and scarred across and across." (chpt. 26 pg. 228) I don't really understand what the point in showing everyone her wrist's was, or why Mr. Jaggers is referring her scarred wrists to something of strength.
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I think what this may mean is that she has a meaningful past. There is obviously an interesting story behind those scars. My interpretation is that it relates to Pip. Pip has a past he may not be proud of now that he's a gentleman, but the fact that he rose from being a blacksmith's apprentice shows he has stregnth. Mr. Jaggers likes that about Pip.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, that's just my interpretation. Hope it helps.