Minor Charactors

Question 1

Mrs. Joe Gargery

Answer 1

• Pip’s Sister
• She is a short-tempered woman who resents Pip because he is a burden to her.
• She is attacked with a leg-iron and spends the rest of her life unable to communicate because of a brain-injury
• She learns to be patient and forgiving as
  a result of the attack.

Question 2

Biddy Wopsle

Answer 2

• Pip’s confidante and teacher
• As a child, she develops a crush on Pip
• She runs the house after Mrs. Joe’s accident and
  later marries Joe

Question 3

Mr. Wopsle

Answer 3

• A clerk who had formerly wanted to be a clergyman.
• He leaves his church to become a not-so-successful actor
  in London.
• His “great expectations” are in comic parallel to Pip’s.

Question 4

Mr. Pumblechook

Answer 4

• Joe’s uncle
• He joins Mrs. Joe in bullying and resenting Pip, then takes some credit for Pip’s good fortune.

Question 5

Mr. and Mrs. Hubble

Answer 5

• Friends of Mrs. Joe.

Question 6

Orlick

Answer 6

• Joe’s employee
• He is an evil character who attacks Mrs. Joe and also attempts to take Pip’s life
• Later he robs Mr.
  Pumblechook and ends up in jail

Question 7

Mr. Jaggers

Answer 7

• A criminal lawyer in London
• He is well respected in his own dubious social circle
• Well known for his ability
  to defend even the dregs of society.
• He is the administrator of Pip’s inheritance

Question 8

Wemmick

Answer 8

• Jaggers’ confidential clerk
• He is a good-natured man in his personal life, but is incredibly stern and officious in his
  professional life.

Question 9

Herbert Pocket

Answer 9

• Pip’s elegant and artlessly optimistic best friend
• Though living in genteel poverty, he is an example of an uncommon
  gentleman

Question 10

Mr. Matthew Pocket

Answer 10

• Pip’s teacher and Herbert’s father
• He is a thoroughly educated gentleman under whom Pip is to learn
• He is the only
  member of the family who does not flatter Mrs. Havisham

Question 11

Bentley Drummle

Answer 11

• A sulking brute who eventually marries Estella then mistreats her

Question 12

Startop

Answer 12

• A tenant of Mr. Pocket and a friend of Pip.

Question 13

Molly

Answer 13

• Jaggers’ housekeeper
• She was once accused of murder but acquitted
• She turns out to be Estella’s mother

Question 14

Miss Skiffins

Answer 14

• Wemmick’s girlfriend and later, bride.

Question 15

Clara

Answer 15

• Herbert Pocket’s girlfriend and later, bride

Question 16

Mrs. Brandley

Answer 16

• The old widow with whom Estella lives in Richmond

Question 17

Mrs. Whimple

Answer 17

• An elderly woman at whose house Pip and Herbert lodge Magwitch in order to hide him

Question 18

Compeyson

Answer 18

• Magwitch’s onetime partner in crime.
• It is his fault Magwitch is sentenced to prison.
• He becomes an informant to the police and helps recapture Magwitch.