ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is commonly known as ‘Pip’ in Great Expectations?
A
Philip Pirrip
B
Filip Pirip
C
Philip Pip
D
Philips Pirip
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pip, byname of Philip Pirrip, fictional character, the young orphan whose growth and development are the subject of Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations (1860–61).

Detailed explanation-2: -In the first sentence of Great Expectations, Pip explains the origin of his name: “My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.

Detailed explanation-3: -The narrator explains in the first paragraph that “Pip” is his nickname because he was unable to say his full name as an infant. His “family name, ” or last name, is “Pirrip, ” and his “Christian name, ” or first name, is Phillip.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pip’s character is kind, naive, curious, ambitious, and boyishly optimistic. Fully named Philip Pirrip, Pip’s story is a classic coming-of-age novel, as it is a novel about maturity from childhood to adulthood. It watches Pip transform from a young, immature boy, to a man.

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