Explain The Similarities And Differences In Narrat

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Explain the similarities and differences in narrative technique when comparing and contrasting Dickens’ Great Expectations and poetry by Thomas Hardy. In both the book and the poems the recurring theme is evidently love. In Great Expectations Pip’s painful heartache from his yearning for Estella is all down to his unconditional love for her. Dickens portrays Pips love for Estella in a negative way because he shows us the consequences of Pips love that lead him to change into a character we are no longer fond of. In a lot of Hardy’s poetry he is describing the sadness and sorrow love brings and often connecting love to death or loss in an adverse manner. In Great expectations Dickens does not allow readers to make their own minds up about the characters or situations, with his precisely detailed descriptions readers are often told what their opinions should be on characters or situations. Dickens also uses pathetic fallacies to abet our opinions so we perceive the situation like he wishes us to. In comparison Thomas Hardy leaves his poetry open for us to interpret, allowing us each to have our own individual conceptions of them. Dickens uses the first person, past and present, spoken method of narration in "Great Expectations." The story is told by the narrator Pip.; he uses deep description and picture imagery to ensure readers have vivid images of the essential parts of the book. Hardy’s poetry is often looking back across a certain period of time or even looking into the future, like in afterwards where Hardy writes how he wants to be remembered after death for appreciating the finer things. Another technique which Dickens uses is the technique of story within story. The entire novel deals with the story of Pip, but at the same time different characters tell their stories to Pip. In Ch.7 Joe tells Pip his story, similarly Magwitch tells his story to
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