Great Expectations - Changed Endings

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This paper is an analysis of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens - focusing on his desire to change the ending of this novel to a happier one in light of "public request". It looks at the characters of the novel and explores them while viewing Dickens as a master storyteller.

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"It should not surprise any of us who has grown up in an era in which everything from presidential candidate to new flavors of toothpaste is put through rigorous focus-group testing that Charles Dickens should have done a little focus-group testing himself with the end of what is generally considered to be his greatest work, Great Expectations. In fact, there are parallels for this sort of tinkering much closer to home than toothpaste or new-car purchases: Movies are often screened to see how audiences like the ending - and if the response is not favorable than the endings are changed."

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