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Great Expectations
Title
Great Expectations [electronic resource (video)] / Eagle Rock Entertainment.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c1998.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (32 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 24, 2013.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Cultural historian Dr. David Parker and Thelma Grove of the International Dickens Fellowship analyze the characters and plot of Dickens' popular and enduring novel. Using dramatized key scenes from the work, Parker and Grove discuss the behavior of the characters and speculate on Dickens' intentions when he placed them in the various predicaments depicted. Several of these situations are associated with actual people and events in Dickens' hometown of Rochester, England. Parker and Grove offer different views on Pip's unique relationship with each of the characters, including Mrs. Havisham, Estella, Abel, Joe Gargery, and Magwitch. Themes discussed include penal reform, chains of events leading to catastrophic and unforeseen circumstances, unrequited love, and the human tendency of Dickens' characters to learn things the hard way.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Eagle Rock Entertainment, 1998.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Great Expectations
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Charles Dickens' Home in Rochester England (1:18)
Pip Helps Magwitch (2:28)
An Unknown Benefactor (1:22)
The Fallible Hero (1:49)
Pip's Meeting With Mrs. Havisham (2:48)
Pip Meets Estella (1:53)
Class and Restricted Expectations (2:28)
Magwitch Reveals His Hand in Pip's Fortune (2:46)
Themes in "Great Expectations" (2:29)
Pip Returns to Mrs. Havisham and Estella (5:42)
Estella Spurns Pip's Declaration of Love (3:14)
A Study in Human Weakness and Surrender (0:38)
Credits: Great Expectations (7961) (0:27)
Videorecording number
10194s Infobase
7961 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Eagle Rock Entertainment.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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