Great Expectations characters

Miss Havisham

Wow, this old lady looks like really creepy. Also, she is wealthy and very eccentric old woman. She lives in a manor called Satis House near Pip’s village. She is manic and often seems to be insane. She likes moving around her house in a wedding dress; she likes keeping a decaying feast on...

Philip "Pip" Pirrip

Philip

Pip was a dull boy before going away to college in another bigger city. When he comes back, we see him in designer shoes and costume, in other words – showing off. He starts shaming his pure parents because of a simple reason – they don’t know the difference between vermicelloni...

Abel Magwitch

Who is this guy? He’s dirty, sloppy, rude, fearsome and creepy criminal, who runs away from prison at the beginning of the novel. For some time he likes terrorizing Pip, and you know where? In the cemetery. Pip’s kindness, however, makes a deep impression on him, and he devotes himself...

Herbert Pocket

In each book should be a story about boys who hate each other and later become best friends helping each other in different life situations. Herbert Pocket is the son of Matthew Pocket, Miss Havisham’s cousin, and hopes to become a merchant so that he can afford to marry Clara Barley. Pip...

Dolge Orlick

Well. What do we know about sick people? If you thought you knew a lot better read about Orlick. He opens new shapes of evil. This character worth our attention. He is a worker in Joe’s forge, Orlick is hunching all the time; he is foolish and mean. He is malignant and sharp. He likes making...

Joe Gargery

We can see a lot of information about this character in the book as he is there from the beginning to the end. Joe is Pip’s brother-in-law and childhood hero. He’s mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, a little foolish. He was active in his weakness. His such strong goodness...

Mr. Jaggers

The powerful, lawyer hired by Magwitch to supervise Pip’s elevation to the upper class. As one of the most critical criminal lawyers in London, Jaggers is privy to some dirty business; he is often seen with most dangerous criminals, and moreover, even they are terrified of him. But there is...

Estella Havisham

This character is dynamic and static as well. We get to know her from the childhood till adult – that’s why we can call her dynamic. But also, she is static because of her coldness. Being very beautiful, Estella is Pip’s unbelievable dream during all story. He loves her so much...

Biddy

As any story has fantastic characters, it has to have good ones too. Biddy was a typical country girl with a big and kind heart. She was one of Pep’s best friends when they start attending school. After Mrs. Joe is attacked and becomes an invalid, Biddy moves into Pip’s home to care...

Mr. Wemmick

This hero is very and very interesting. He is Jaggers’s clerk and Pip’s friend. He has two different sides of his character. Mr. Wemmick is one of the most obscure and strangest characters in the book. At work, he is hard, cynical, sarcastic, and obsessed with ‘’portable...

The Aged

This character is essential as accurately he is the Wemmick’s father. He lives in the castle with him. He's a bit hard of hearing, but adore when people listen to him and nod with everything he says. When he is reading a book he does very loudly, I mean– very loudly! He is not a...