joe

• “ever the best of friends“


  motif emphasises Joe’s all-forgiving nature , values family much more than Pip does
• “lies is lies - don’t you go tell no more of em Pip”


  acts as a paternal figure to Pip
• “if you think Money can make compensation to me for the loss of the little child”


  despair at losing Pip

  refuses money - Dickens’ didactic intent

  capitalisation of “Money” - shows importance placed on material wealth by Victorian society
• “what a scholar you are!”


  exclamative - impressed by Pips basic writing skills because of his working class upbringing
• “I’m wrong out the forge”

  • dialect displays his lower class status
  • declarative - accepts his role in society
• “one mans a blacksmith, and one’s a whitesmith, and one’s a goldsmith, and one’s a coppersmith”

  • anaphora and listing emphasises Joe’s acceptance of his role in society
• “a sort of Hercules in strength, but also in weakness”


  classical allusion implies how Joe is similarly imprisoned, however by his social class
• “tender simplicity“


  motif constantly affirms Joe as omnibenevolent
• “blue eyes and flaxen hair”


  use of physiognomy to present Joe as likeable