How has Great Expectations shaped your understanding of “Responsibility”?

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, shows many different examples of
characters accepting, neglecting and showing a lack of responsibility. Through these
examples we can gain a better understanding of the word “Responsibility”. An
examples of taking on responsibility can be seen in the relationship of Pip and
Magwich. The responsibility shifts from Pip to Magwich and back to Pip in the end.
Also there are many examples of lack of responsibility and neglect through Miss
Havisham & Estella and in the family of Joe, Mrs Joe and Pip. Through these parts in
the novel, as readers we gain an understanding of the issues of responsibility, the
surrounding circumstances and the consequences as a result. Responsibility can be
looked at from different angles. It can be accepted for many different reasons, for
example, love, self gratification, and all of these are present in the novel.
Responsibility can have good or bad consequences and these consequences can help us
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