Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Quote Analysis of Mrs Joe
- 'Mrs Joe Gargery'
- Shows emotional gap between her + Pip
- Class + station set by husband
- 'Joe Gargery and I were both brought up by hand.'
- Mothered without love
- Physical abuse
- 'washed herself with a nutmeg-grater instead of soap.'
- Rough, like how she treats Pip + Joe
- Shows her coarseness
- 'impregnable bib in front, that was
stuck full of pins and needles.'
- Shows her sharp nature
- She causes pain, painful to be close to her
- To prevent any advances from Joe
- Spiteful, unloving
- 'she jammed the loaf hard and fast
against her bib - where it sometimes
got a pin into it'
- Painful relationship
- She causes pain, no motherly
love or intentions
- 'using both sides of the knife
with a slapping dexterity'
- Violent
- Has practised by always beating Pip + Joe
- 'What's the matter now?'
- Has to know everything
- Impatient
- 'Ask no questions and you'll be told no lies.'
- She does not want Pip to ask questions,
he should stay quiet
- 'her name was Georgiana M'ria
from her own mother'
- Discover her name from
Pumblechook in Chapter 58
- Lacks her own identity, mothers name,
Joe's name/station. Same for Pip