Question

In this excerpt, which sentence introduces the conflict that develops the theme? excerpt adapted from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens I followed the candle down, as I had followed the candle up, and she stood it in the place where we had found it. Until she opened the side entrance, I had fancied, without thinking about it, that it must necessarily be night-time. The rush of the daylight quite confounded me, and made me feel as if I had been in the candlelight of the strange room many hours. “You are to wait here, you boy,” said Estella; and disappeared and closed the door. I took the opportunity of being alone in the courtyard to look at my coarse hands and my common boots. My opinion of those accessories was not favorable. They had never troubled me before, but they troubled me now, as vulgar appendages. I determined to ask Joe why he had ever taught me to call those playing cards Jacks, which ought to be called knaves. I wished Joe had been rather more genteelly (respectably) brought up, and then I should have been so too.

Answer 1

Answer:

"I took the opportunity of being alone in the courtyard to look at my coarse hands and my common boots."

Explanation:

In Great Expectations Charles Dickens explores many universal ideas. Although there are many concepts addressed in the novel, the author focuses on three major themes: social class and ambition, guilt and redemption, and uncertainty and deceit.

Answer 2

The sentence which shows a conflict that develops in the theme of the novel is '  I took the opportunity of being alone in the courtyard to look at my coarse hands and my common boots.'

Who was Charles Dickens?

Charles Dickens was a renowned author who was popularly admired for his novels and fiction.

The novel named Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens which was his thirteenth novel in the year 1861. This novel focused on three concepts namely, the class of society and its ambitions, uncertainty, and deception; and guilt and reclamation.

Therefore, the sentence quoted in the answer represents the conflict that is indicated in the theme of the novel.

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