The purpose of this essay is to analyze the sense of guilt and shame in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens through Philip Pirrip, better known as “Pip”, the main character who he is gratified by his life and tries to make a better life for himself. Says no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Guilt and shame are emotions that are very close to each other. We feel guilty when we feel responsible for an action that we regret, and we feel ashamed when we feel disappointed by something within ourselves or the people around us, and these two emotions are mainly what Pip feels throughout the novel. Pip's traits include kindness and modesty, but already from the first chapter it becomes clear that he begins to feel guilty and almost until the end this guilt remains with him. Pip begins his life in a guilty environment, because his sister, Mrs. Joe, makes him feel guilty for everything he does. Even during Christmas dinner all the guests annoyed Pip with stupid questions and advice. Mr Wopsle even made a comparison between Pip and the pig. “What is detestable in a pig is even more detestable in a boy.” And everyone else tries to make him guilty, because he is such a burden to his sister and even Mrs. Joe couldn't help herself from them. As he said "I have always been treated as if I had insisted on being born in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion and morality, and against the arguments of my best friends" this sentence like no other can describe his sense of guilt in comparisons being born. But his first visible guilt appears when he steals food and drink from the pantry for Magwitch to help him escape. He knows that stealing is a crime and he also feels guilty that he cannot tell anyone about this act and especially his best friend (brother-in-law) Joe. “But I loved Joe, – perhaps for no better reason in those early days than that the dear boy allowed me to love him, – and, as for him, my inner self was not so easily composed.” Later he also feels guilty for lying to Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook about his experience at Miss Havisham's house. “I was convinced that if I described Miss Havisham as my eyes had seen her, I would not be understood.” Pip feels ashamed of his life and his family for the first time when he starts to visit Miss Havisham and sees Estella there, because he only loves Estella and wants to really impress her, but Estella, a charming lady who was adopted by Miss Havisham and who she grew up as a «Revenge on all male sex» she manipulates men's feelings and always tries to hurt them, as she does with Pip. He is ashamed of being a blacksmith and wearing his clothes and boots next to Estella, because she considers him a low-class "boy". “With this guy! Because he is a common boy! » Pip also feels ashamed and completely uncomfortable when they go to visit Miss Havisham with Joe, because Joe doesn't know how to behave and speak in front of high class people. "I fear I was ashamed of that dear good boy - I know I was ashamed of him - when I saw that Estella was standing behind Miss Havisham's chair, and that her eyes were laughing mischievously." While Pip is in London he tries to forget his past and also everyone related to the past, and whenever he returns from London to his home he always only visits Miss Havisham, because he believes that she is his benefactress, so he only comes to visit her . his. He doesn't visit his sister or Joe, later when Mrs Joe dies, Pip feels ashamed, angry and guilty at himself for what he has done or maybe it's more for.