-Adam Weisel

-Ari Miller

Jaggers

• Lawyer for the lowest of society- the criminals

• Wallows in the filth of his business everywhere, no separation

• Frightening- even the judge is afraid of his “thunderous speeches”

Coldness of Jaggers

• Handling of people in the street.

• Such a feared man is not for no reason

• “I don't want to get into trouble. I know him!" He darkly closed an eye at Mr Jaggers's name, and shook his head.” (p. 171)

• "Don't.” "I'll show you a wrist, Molly let them see your wrist“ (p. 225)

His Home

• Jaggers’ house is depressing and dim, shares it with a downhearted Molly.

• Work follows him home• There was a bookcase in the room; I saw, from

the backs of the books, that they were about evidence, criminal law…(p. 222)

• In a corner, was a little table of papers with a shaded lamp: so that he seemed to bring the office home with him in that respect too, and to wheel it out of an evening and fall to work.

(p. 222)

And So Is His Work

• “was a most dismal place” • “pitched like a broken head” • “distorted adjoining houses looking as if they

had twisted themselves to peep down at me through it.”

• “several strange-looking boxes and packages”, and two dreadful casts on a shelf, of faces peculiarly swollen, and twitchy about the nose.

• “like a coffin”

Jaggers’ “other” Side

• Helps Miss Havisham to adopt the orphaned Estella.

• Shows emotion towards Estella and saving her• "Put the case, Pip, that here was one pretty little

child out of the heap, who could be saved” (Ch 51)

• “If you are saved, your child is saved too; if you are lost, your child is still saved.” (Ch 51)

Object-SOAP

• First meeting-soap: all Pip realizes about the man he passes in Mrs. Havisham’s house is how much his hands smelled of soap. – Later becomes a very important point about Jaggers character.

• Compulsively washes his hands (Ch 26, 27, 36, 48) of the taint of his work- deals with criminals, but is troubled by it.

Wemmick

• Jaggers’ clerk

• Friend of Pip (outside of work)

• Seemingly has multiple personalities

Wemmick At Work• Only business• Cold, sarcastic, rough• “The client looked scared….unconscious of what

he had done. ‘Spooney!’ said the clerk, in a low voice, giving him a stir with his elbow. ‘Soft-head! Need you say it face to face?” (176, chapter 20).– Spooney means silly

• Wemmick is making fun of a man who is cowering in Jaggers wake. He seems to enjoy the fear of clients…

Out in the Open• Right when they leave, Wemmick becomes a

different person. • Invites Pip to dinner

• “Wemmick made a way among them by saying coolly yet decisively, ‘I tell you it’s no use; he won’t have a word to say to one of you;’ and we soon got clear of them, and went on side by side.” (178)

– This is very important. With the clients, Wemmick is cold and compassionless, but once they got clear of them, he walked side by side with Pip in what is clearly meant to be determined as a friendly manner.

Home• His house is a crazy castle, Walworth,. shared

with his “aged parent”.-hard of hearing father• Cracks jokes and pokes fun• Upon entering, Wemmick is a new person• No more sarcasm or being cynical, Wemmick

becomes merry, entertaining, and fun to be around.

• “Since it don’t interfere with business”. (p. 438) - openly stating that he is different than Jaggers in this respect

Object-letter box

• A way for Pip to show his expectations.

• This case, it showed how the type of life and job Wemmick had (justice system) almost dehumanized him by pressuring him to try and be and do more.

Two Different People

• The differences are clear between Wemmick at home and at work

• Great example= when Pip asks his advice about whether or not he should invest with his friend Herbert. At work-in his rough cynical state- Wemmick says no, but at his house, in front of his girlfriend and future wife, he says the exact opposite!

• Wemmick even acknowledges the split, saying in Chapter 36 that “my Walworth sentiments must be taken at Walworth; none but my official sentiments can be taken at this office.”

• Wemmick specifically is also used to relate to Pip and his love life.

• Wemmick has Mrs. Skiffins, and even Herbert has Clara, Pip is stuck wallowing in self pity over Estella and Drummle.

Two Types of People

• There are those that love and live their work. Their job is just a natural extension of their personality.

• Others’ personalities are incompatible with a boring office job. The job is kept for pay but I don’t think there is enjoyment expressed.

• Jaggers Vs. Wemmick is this: That is why Jaggers brings his work home, and Wemmick specifically doesn’t.

Effect On Pip• Pip sees both types of people- and how

people CAN act in reference to their profession

• He could try and be dedicated to his work and nothing else, or distance himself from it when he can

• The lesson comes in the end when he is trying to save Magwitch: Both Herbert and Wemmick are instrumental to the plot to rescue Magwitch. Wemmick even breaks the division between his office self and his Walworth self- truly showing what friendship and loyalty can mean

Effect Continued

• While Jaggers may have a “lighter” side for Pip, he receives help from Wemmick.

• Pip seemingly learns that it is more important to have loyalty and respect, than evoking fear and having power