Mr Jaggers has a number of rituals or habits which are repeated so often that they suggest he is uneasy about the work he does. These include: hand washing, scrubbing his fingers, cleaning his nails, gargling and 'biting the side of his great forefinger. He washed his clients off, as if it were a surgeon or a dentist. He had a closet in his room, fitted up for the purpose, which smelt of scented soap like a perfumer's shop. Jaggers carries out this action repeatedly in the novel.
Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By Charles Dickens. Previous Next. Jaggers Mr. So let's take a look at Jaggers the first time Pip meets him on the stairs at Miss Havisham's: He was a burly man of an exceedingly dark complexion, with an exceedingly large head, and a corresponding large hand.
Although at first she's a messy little girl who always Orlick is a journeyman at Joe's forge the middle step between being an apprentice and a master , and he's no good: he's a "broadshouldered loose-limbed swarthy fellow" who "slouches" everywhere The Aged is Wemmick's father who lives in the castle with Wemmick.
He's a bit hard of hearing, but loves being nodded at and loves to lower the drawbridge. When he reads aloud, he reads a-LOUD. Joe is Pip's much older sister, and oh boy, she is just the worst of every older sister rolled into one: not only does she never let him forget that she "brought him up 'by hand'" 1 , she bel Bentley Drummle is Pip's lifelong nemesis.
He's mean, haughty, and abrasive. Oh, and did we mention, rich? Jaggers actually likes Drummle well, he is a shady lawyer , but tells Pip to stay away Startop is Pip's friend and fellow student of Mr. He, along with Herbert, saves Pip from being killed by Orlick, and he helps Pip and Magwitch make their great escape at the end of the Besides being a professional swindler, counterfeiter, and general law-breaker, Compeyson is the man who jilted Miss Havisham at the altar all of those many years ago.
He was in cahoots with Arthur Arthur is Miss Havisham's rebellious, ungrateful half brother who plots against her and swindles her. He's the son of Miss Havisham's father and the family cook. Havisham, Sr. Molly is Jaggers' maid and also—dun dun dun! Molly The seemingly docile and obedient servant of Mr.
Jaggers, who has powerful hands, a supposedly wild nature, and an infamous past. She is Estella's mother and only Jaggers and Wemmick know this until Pip figures it out. Miss Skiffins John Wemmick's lady friend and later, his wife. Skiffins Miss Skiffins brother, who helps Pip set Herbert up in business. They later live together in London and become best friends. Herbert is kind, unassuming, and loyal to Pip. Clara Barley The gentle girl engaged to Herbert.
She does not care about noble lineages and marries Herbert after her father dies. Bill Barley Gruffandgrim Clara's alcoholic, abusive, bedridden father who was a former ship's purser.
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