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...
In addition, one of the novelâs most appealing. characters, Wemmick, is a law clerk, and the law, justice, and the courts. are all important components of the story. Great Expectations is set in early Victorian England, a time when. great social changes were sweeping the nation. The Industrial Revolution.