THE IMPORTANCE OF RETROSPECTIVE STORYTELLING IN GREAT EXPECTATIONS
This article analyzes the artistic and psychological significance of retrospective storytelling in Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations. The study highlights how the protagonist, Pip, reflects on his past life, and how Dickens employs this narrative technique to express human experience and moral development.
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