ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Jaggers, fictional character in the novel Great Expectations (1860–61) by Charles Dickens. Mr. Jaggers is the honest and pragmatic lawyer who handles the affairs of the protagonist Pip as well as those of most of the characters in the book.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mr Jaggers is a highly successful London lawyer. Many of the characters in the novel are linked through Jaggers and his law firm. Both Miss Havisham and Magwitch use his services and he is Pip’s guardian during his stay in London.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jagger is an English surname. Someone who owned and/or managed a team of packhorses was known as a “jagger", so this surname probably originates from that occupation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jaggers from Great Expectations is an integral character to the story; when Pip was a boy, he was tasked with taking charge of Pip’s finances and his training to become gentleman. Jaggers is mainly portrayed as tough, aggressive, conceited and uncaring.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pip describes Mr. Jaggers as “a burly man of an exceedingly dark complexion.” We cannot help but notice that he is extremely pontificating, by virtue of him holding Pip’s chin and being almost sure that Pip was of “a bad set of fellows” although he had scarcely known Pip for two minutes.