A league is a distance measurement of three nautical miles. The nautical mile is the standard distance measure at sea. A mile is 5,280 feet but a nautical mile is 6,076 feet (1,852m). The difference is a result of the curvature of the earth.
Philip Pirrip, or Pip, the main character of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, is a multi-dimensional character. Pip is: an orphan - his parents died, his sister â¦and her husband (Joe) raise him a dreamer, ambitious - he always has a dream or goal in mind (an expectation...
The setting almost always symbolizes a theme in Great Expectations and always sets a tone that is perfectly matched to the novelâs dramatic action. The misty marshes near Pipâs childhood home in Kent, one of the most evocative of the bookâs settings, are used several times to symbolize danger and uncertainty.