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Author / Work: Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Theme: The Gothic, The Uncanny and The Supernatural

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Great Expectations Volume III Chapter VI).

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home, and so the NXPRNSSIONidas uNHNIÓLICHNj contains the very contradiction at the heart of the concept of the uncanny. In psychoanalytic terms, we bury the thing we fear and dread the most. When Pip experiences the uncanny he is confronted with that which he most reviles, the familiar thing he tries to keep secret, and the thing of which he is most ashamed. The return of the repressed is all the more terrifying, and its appearance engages with our most primitive selves.

Content

Literary and historical sources:

Great Expectations illustrated by John McLenan (1861) The Terrific Register, or, Record of Crimes, Judgements, Providencies and Calamities (1825) A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences by Ebenezer Sibly (c. 1800)

Gothic motifs by Professor John Bowen

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Documentary films:

A selection of short documentary-style films (approx. 10 minutes each): www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/videos

Key questions

How is the Gothic depicted in Great Expectations? What are specific elements of the uncanny? How does Dickens give the uncanny a unique twist within the novel in terms of characterization? What is the purpose of the uNCANNYANM0IPjSPROGRNSSIONTOPARMSSNLŃ-realization?

Activities

1) Gothic literature is closely associated with the Gothic Revival architecture of the late

18th and early 19th century. Architectural ruins represent the decay and collapse of the

human psyche. In the Gothic genre, houses contain labyrinthine corridors, locked rooms, shadowy corners, cellars and endless staircases. How does Dickens make use of these elements in his description of Satis House to create atmosphere?

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documenting the way in which Dickens plays with variations on the theme of the

Gothic setting.

3) An encounter with the uncanny often occurs in the home itself. This is the place where

we should feel safe, and yet it is the very place where our repressed fears are most easily projected. Consider this statement in terms of how Pip, Miss Haversham and Estella interact as characters within the setting of Satis House.

4) The uncanny manifests itself in the form of the supernatural: ghosts, apparitions,

mysterious figures and warning dreams. List the episodes in which Pip encounters the spectral. Since the uncanny is a return of the repressed, what do these episodes tell the RNAMNRAŁOUT0IPjSPROGRNSSIONtowards self-knowledge? What do the spectres, real and imagined, highlight about Pip as a character? Which revenant figures terrify him the ÓOSTANMPHATMONSTHISPROVNAŁOUTFRNUMjSTHNSIS

5) Dickens was fascinated by corpses, waxworks and effigies. Find evidence in the text of

Great Expectations to support this statement.

6) The Literary Gothic encompasses both Horror and Romanticism. Its stock characters

include villains, maniacs, heroes, persecuted females and strange seductresses, magicians, monsters, witches, devils, angels and innocent protagonists. Students should consider the text to discover the liNOSŁNTPNNN$ICONNSjSCHARACTNRIRATION and these archetypal figures.

7) The theme of the double is linked closely to the uncanny. The double may be

constructed through the use of mirrors, matching pairs and twinned experience. In Great Expectations, the character oŃIRLICOŃUNCTIONSAS0IPjSdouble throughout the novel, his shadow self. Students can plot the way in which Orlick haunts Pip, both literally and metaphorically.

8) Compile a list of IRLICOjSCHARACTNRISTICSĄ7hat are the elements that Pip most despises?

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Orlick?

Extension activities

The Victorians loved ghost stories. Compile a list of Victorian texts that can be classified belonging to the Gothic genre: it need not be comprehensive. Look at a 19th-century map of London. Consider the proximity of Newgate Prison,

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century punishment, the sanctity of life and guilt and forgiveness? How might these sites be interpreted as expressions of the uncanny? It could be argued that the Victorian preoccupation with ghosts was a reaction to 19th- century empirical and domestic order, and a desire to cling to religion over science. Debate whether 19th-century literary encounters with the uncanny could be said to be an expression of the Victorian project of self-improvement and/ or the tradition of

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$ICONNSjSPRITINGis characterised by the Urban Gothic, uncanny encounters in crowded streets, empty graveyards, alleyways, and drawing rooms. Revenant figures appear with unsettling regularity. Students can investigate their own locality for sites of the Gothic as inspiration for creative writing projects. Dickens RNCALLNMSITTINGINTHNPINMOPAT7ARRNNjS Blacking Factory, and the blankness of the stare he received from the crowd outside. He must have felt like a ghost, invisible, and yet he perceived the crowd in the same way. Both mirror each other. Consider this theme in relation to any other part of Great Expectations, with reference to being spied on or watched. #ONSIMNRTHNLAPSNOŃTIÓNŁNTPNNN$ICONNSjSNOVNLANMFRNUMjSNSSAYĄ)NVITNSTUMNNTS to comment on what this reveals about Dickens as a writer. 2NAMFRNUMjSNSSAYDas Umheimliche

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Rationale

Great Expectations Volume III Chapter VI).

Content

Literary and historical sources:

Recommended reading (short articles):

Gothic motifs by Professor John Bowen

Documentary films:

Key questions

Activities

1) Gothic literature is closely associated with the Gothic Revival architecture of the late

18th and early 19th century. Architectural ruins represent the decay and collapse of the

2) Consider the following list: THNGRAVNYARM THNŃORGN 0IPjSLOMGINGSAT"ARNARMjS)NN

Gothic setting.

3) An encounter with the uncanny often occurs in the home itself. This is the place where

4) The uncanny manifests itself in the form of the supernatural: ghosts, apparitions,

5) Dickens was fascinated by corpses, waxworks and effigies. Find evidence in the text of

Great Expectations to support this statement.

6) The Literary Gothic encompasses both Horror and Romanticism. Its stock characters

7) The theme of the double is linked closely to the uncanny. The double may be

8) Compile a list of IRLICOjSCHARACTNRISTICSĄ7hat are the elements that Pip most despises?

Orlick?

Extension activities

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