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Despite its admitted importance as a central theme in Great Expectations, the theme of ‘gentleman' has not received enough critical attention based on a detailed analysis of the novel. This paper offers a concrete re-examination on how Dickens deals with the theme of ‘gentleman' in Great Expectations.
Most critics start their discussion on the theme of ‘gentleman' from Pip's declaration that he wants to be a gentleman, but the theme of gentleman is established in Pip's narrative as early as in chapter 5. Magwitch's words about Compeyson, “He's a gentleman, if you please, this villain.” succinctly but impressively registers the whole spectrum of the ‘gentleman' theme, by its epistemological paradox equating the two seemingly contrary appellations, ‘gentleman' and ‘villain.'
Three definitions of the word ‘gentleman' are explored in Pip's life-story: gentleman as a social status, gentleman as a moral ideal, and gentleman as a villain. From the first moment of his great expectations, Pip starts to show a snob's progress, moving down toward the worst form of a gentleman: a gentleman-villain. Thanks to his moral sensibility being still alive, however, he stops his fall and starts a painful process of regeneration, triggered by the unexpected visit of his secret benefactor. After losing all his expectations and going through severe ordeals, Pip finally recovers his lost human nature to achieve a moral growth as a respectable human being.
Pip's final social status as a prosperous businessman is that of a gentleman, but this does not mean the novel's ultimate goal is posing Pip as an ideal gentleman. On the contrary, Pip completely gives up the dream of being a gentleman at the end of the novel. His calling Joe Gargery a “gentle Christian man,” by dissecting the word ‘gentleman' into its elemental words, dramatically demonstrates that Dickens's intention in this novel is not to give his own definition of ‘a true gentleman,' but to deconstruct and destroy the ideal of a gentleman itself.
Most critics start their discussion on the theme of ‘gentleman' from Pip's declaration that he wants to be a gentleman, but the theme of gentleman is established in Pip's narrative as early as in chapter 5. Magwitch's words about Compeyson, “He's a gentleman, if you please, this villain.” succinctly but impressively registers the whole spectrum of the ‘gentleman' theme, by its epistemological paradox equating the two seemingly contrary appellations, ‘gentleman' and ‘villain.'
Three definitions of the word ‘gentleman' are explored in Pip's life-story: gentleman as a social status, gentleman as a moral ideal, and gentleman as a villain. From the first moment of his great expectations, Pip starts to show a snob's progress, moving down toward the worst form of a gentleman: a gentleman-villain. Thanks to his moral sensibility being still alive, however, he stops his fall and starts a painful process of regeneration, triggered by the unexpected visit of his secret benefactor. After losing all his expectations and going through severe ordeals, Pip finally recovers his lost human nature to achieve a moral growth as a respectable human being.
Pip's final social status as a prosperous businessman is that of a gentleman, but this does not mean the novel's ultimate goal is posing Pip as an ideal gentleman. On the contrary, Pip completely gives up the dream of being a gentleman at the end of the novel. His calling Joe Gargery a “gentle Christian man,” by dissecting the word ‘gentleman' into its elemental words, dramatically demonstrates that Dickens's intention in this novel is not to give his own definition of ‘a true gentleman,' but to deconstruct and destroy the ideal of a gentleman itself.
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5. [단행본] - Brown, James M / 1982 / Dickens: Novelist in the Market-Place / Macmillan
2. [학술지(정기간행물)] - 백낙청 / 1981 / 디킨즈 소설속의 빅토리아조 신사 / 세계의 문학 19 (봄) : 32 ~ 55
3. [단행본] - 찰스 디킨즈 / 2001 / 영미문학의 길잡이 1 / 창작과비평사 : 333 ~ 349
4. [학술지(정기간행물)] - 장남수 / 2004 / 디킨즈의 『막대한 유산』: 개인과 사회의 변증법 / 안과밖:영미문학연구 16 (16) : 232 ~ 252
5. [단행본] - Brown, James M / 1982 / Dickens: Novelist in the Market-Place / Macmillan
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