Great Expectations

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inquiries, she threw a


candlestick at Joe, burst into a loud sobbing, got out the dustpan --


which was always a very bad sign -- put on her coarse apron, and began


cleaning up to a terrible extent. Not satisfied with a dry cleaning,


she took to a pail and scrubbing-brush, and cleaned us out of house


and home,..." Truly, a frightening creature is that that may destroy a


household by cleaning when anger besets her. Third, the comedy also


has a serious side, though, as we remember our mothers exerting their


great frustrations upon the household tasks of cleanliness. So,


Mrs. Joe serves very well as a mother to Pip. Besides the age


difference and the motherly duties of housekeeping for Pip and


Joe, the attitude of a scornful mother is also apparent. This, of


course, draws Joe even closer to Pip, by relation. Mrs. Joe serves as


link to make it so that Joe appears very much to be the father of Pip.


In addition, Joe, although terrified ...

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