Second stage event analysis

As the first stage finished and the second stage began, the novel got excessively more boring, but many new characters were introduced. An event that has motifs hidden in its explanations is when Pip gets to London and is sent to stay with his old companion the Pale Young Gentleman, and it taught manners while eating dinner that he had never learned or thought of before. While these pointers are given to him, the Pale Young Gentleman, Herbert, is telling the story of Miss Havisham and why all of her clocks are stopped at a quarter to nine and why she always wears a faded wedding dress and has a rotting bridal cake on her table. Apparently her husband left her on their wedding day for her money, and her step brother that was kicked out of the family was involved, just to get her excessive amounts of money that her father left her when he passed away, but it is unclear the way he tells it. Some of the tips that Herbert gives Pip while he is telling Miss Havisham's story include not putting his fork all the way into his mouth and not tipping his wine glass upside down.

The scenes in stage one when Pip is playing at Miss Havisham is full of mystery because he doesn't know what was wrong with her, and as Herbert is telling the story more mysteries come up like why did her fiance do that and where is he now and what happened to her step brother. This motif, along with being a gentleman, comes up a lot in the book. The manners that Herbert teach Pip have to do with the motif of being a gentleman which is why Pip left his family in the first place. As Pip becomes more like a gentleman, his attitudes towards other people become critical and condescending. He only started becoming like this when he was criticized about what he looked like, then by wanting to be a gentleman. London has also encouraged him to treat others with less respect then they deserve.