Revenge in Great Expectations

“Vicious minds, abound with anger and revenge, are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.”
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1694-1773)
One of the important themes of Great Expectations was revenge.
For one thing, Pip got revenge on some of the people that treated him poorly. Firstly, Pip got Orlick fired from Miss Havisham’s. Orlick always despised Pip and treated him unfairly, so Pip told Mr. Jaggers that Orlick would not be the right person to guard Miss Havisham’s house. Likewise, Pip tried to get Trabb’s boy fired. As Pip walked like a gentleman down High Street, Trabb’s boy mocked him several times causing the townspeople to laugh at Pip. Moreover, Pip had his revenge on Bentley Drummle when he challenged him at the Finches meeting. He accused Drummle of lying about Estella and made him look silly in front of his friends. In addition, Pip got revenge on Herbert by beating him up in the garde...