『大いなる遺産』に見られるジェントルマン像

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Traditionally, a gentleman is a man from a high social class, especially one who does not need to work. A man of good social position, especially one of wealth and leisure is regarded as good-natured and respectable in Dickens's earlier novels. In the course of time, this kind of image of a gentleman gradually transforms into another image.What type of person is an ideal gentleman? This question is central in Dickens's later novel, Great Expectations (1860-61). At first, Pip, one of the main characters, tends to think that the genteel birth, money, and social position make the gentleman. The aim of this paper is to make clear the measurements of the true gentleman implied in Great Expectations, with special reference to Pip.