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Is Great Expectations a Mystery, a Love Story, a Buldingsroman, or all of the above? Isaac Shulman Gavi Dov Hochsztein Elements of a Mystery: There is mysterious information in the beginning that seems unnecessary. There is something unknown to the “detective.” There are a lot of plot twists. There is a red herring (and the solution to the mystery is usually different then the first thought). Comparison to The Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie): Ratchet asks Poirot to be his bodyguard the first night. Ratchet dies – who killed him? Poirot’s ideas changed every time he received new evidence. The watch makes Poirot think that the murder was committed at a different time during the night. Great Expectations: The episode with the convict seems to have nothing to do with the progression of Pip’s adventure (learning, being an apprentice, going to London to become a gentleman…). Pip has no idea who his benefactor is. Magwitch turns out to be his benefactor so Miss Havisham isn’t and therefore, he isn’t destined to marry Estella (Bentley Drummle is). It appears that Miss Havisham is Pip’s benefactor and that he is destined to marry Estella while in fact it is Magwitch. Other Mini-Mysteries in Great Expectations: Pale young gentleman – Herbert (“‘And you,’ said I, ‘are the pale young gentlemen’” – page 183). Miss Havisham’s fiancée – Compeyson (“Young Havisham’s name was Arthur. Compeyson is the man who professed to be Miss Havisham’s lover” – page 373). Estella’s father – Magwitch (“this acquitted young woman and provis [Magwitch] had a child…” “did the women keep her oath [to destroy the child]?” “…he says she did.” “And the man we have in hiding [Magwitch] down the river is Estella’s father” – page 433). (And mother) – Jagggers’ maid (“but her hands were Estella’s hands and her [Jaggers’ maid] eyes were Estellas’ eyes and if she had reappeared a hundered times, I could have neither more sure nor less sure that my conviction was the truth.”) Elements of a Lov