远大前程

The sadness of tragedy is never superficial sadness. The meaning of tragedy often lies in revealing a dilemma of life. The 'gentleman' image PIP was trying to portray turned out to be just a banner magwitch used to demonstrate like an enemy; And Estella immersed in the image of "cold and glamorous lady", but also havisham revenge on men a pawn. However, they can not easily get rid of the fate of being arranged, because behind this arrangement and left and right is the reason of "love" : Havisham no blood associated to an orphan girl's love, care and magwitch was taken to give help to a former boy grateful, make the horse and YiSiDai pull puppet, although knowing themselves to others revenge plan was lost against the right, not only but also on a kind of moral responsibility thanked her support or feel appreciated. The more they value their identity as the hero, the more they devote themselves to playing the role given by others, the more they show their piety, dedication and purity, the more they seem small, contemptuous and pathetic. But whether out of kindness to his characters or out of consideration for his readers' sensibilities, Dickens gives PIP and Estella an open ending, and the novel's taunts fade into a calm narrative at the end. No matter how passive, contradictory and struggling PIP is, with the departure of Magwitch and Havisham, PIP finally moves towards introspection and independence, realizing the emptiness of "great expectations" and the true meaning of happy life. As for how to face the dilemma of life tragedy, PIP once risked his life to help Magwitch escape and put out the fire on Havisham. This kind of humanity is probably the solution given by Dickens.