plz help me with the quote, from great expectations by charles dickens?
"you stock and stone! You cold,cold heart" who said it and to whom he said it plz help!
2007-01-19 05:08:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
haha-- you should give me a star for this!! Miss Havisham said that to Estella. See below.
"You stock and stone!" exclaimed Miss Havisham. "You cold, cold heart!"
"What?" said Estella, preserving her attitude of indifference as she leaned against the great chimney-piece and only moving her eyes; "do you reproach me for being cold? You?"
"Are you not?" was the fierce retort.
"You should know," said Estella. "I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me."
Great Expectations - Chapter XXXVIII
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/charlesdickens/GreatExpectations/chap38.html
2007-01-19 08:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by supergirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great Expectations Chapter 38
2016-11-07 00:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a wonderful quote. Dickens keenly felt the injustice leveled against both children and adults of his time. In his day there were no child labor laws in England or the US. His books "David Copperfield" "Oliver Twist" and A Christmas Carol" and "A Tale of Two Cities" focused on the need for justice and consideration to be extended to people of all ages and social standings, not just to the titled few. Because of his writings, attention was paid to how very unjustly poor working children were treated, and the laws were changed. In his time as in ours, injustice in the lives of both children and adults has caused much pain and death. If one survives, the long lasting rage and bitterness may well lead to yet more destruction on the part of the victim. While these days it is fashionable in some circles to accuse Dickens of being "trite", his books lit a candle to expose some dark sides of the human condition.
2016-03-29 04:52:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read Great Expectations, you will never have to ask half of the questions here like, "Does he really like me." "Or is she cheating on me." or "Why does he or Why does she act this way. "How do I know she loves me." You can tell every single person who ever asked a question about their boyfriend or girlfriend has never read "Great Expectations." One of the reasons the divorce rate is so high is that high schools took "Great Expectations" off the reading list years ago. There is a reason it's a classic, it shows the real truths about "love."
2007-01-19 05:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is in chapter 38.
"You stock and stone!" exclaimed Miss Havisham. "You cold, cold heart!"
"What?" said Estella, preserving her attitude of indifference as she leaned against the great chimney-piece and only moving her eyes; "do you reproach me for being cold? You?"
2007-01-19 05:12:47 · answer #5 · answered by novae2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like Pip speaking to Estella.
2007-01-19 05:12:32 · answer #6 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try: www.sparknotes.com
2007-01-19 05:11:08 · answer #7 · answered by Sami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋