The Gothic, The Grotesque and The uncanny in Great Expectations

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• How is the Gothic depicted in Great Expectations:
   The Great Expectations is a novel fromb the Victorian times written in the Gothic genre. The Gothinc in this novel is depicted through the mistery, through the darkness... through Pip's broken heart and the Miss Havisham's goal to break his heart....also I think it is depicted through the coldness of Estella's heart.
      If to analyze the film, the gothic is depicted through the misery of the london of that time, through the darkness, through the way the houses were made and also through all the misteries we descover in the film.
  
• How is the grotesque depicet in Great Expectations:
  The Grotesque is what goes contrary to the real, and in Great expexctations it is depicted throughthe shock and surprise which are central qualities of the grotesque in fiction. Magwitch's sudden appearance is indicated by his immediately addressing Pip with the phrase "Hold your noise!" , alarming the young boy and the reader. There is a sharp contrast between the leisurely nature of the preceding passages which recount Pip's contemplation of his parent's graves, and the extremely aggressive content of the convict's dialogue, where he threatens to cut the young boy's throat.
  One feature of the grotesque is its blending of human and animal forms in its descriptions of characters. Magwitch is frequently likened to an animal, both by himself and by Pip. When the protagonist wishes the convict goodnight, the man glances at the cold and dreary marshlands. When Pip returns the next morning with food for the convict, the boy is reminded of a pet dog of his while he observes the ravenous manner with which the man eats. The way Magwitch snaps up the pork pie Pip had brought, with his strong sharp sudden bites, lends the protagonist to reflect that Magwitch "was very like the dog".The blurring of distinctions between life and death is another aspect of the grotesque. Here we can refer to the way Pip was still maintaining the ralations with his parents. He alway went to their graves.
• What are the specific elements of the uncanny:An encounter with the uncanny often occurs in the home itself. This is the place where we should feel safe, and yet it is the very place where our repressed fears are most easily projected. Consider this statement in terms of how Pip, Miss Haversham and Estella interact as characters within the setting of Satis House. The uncanny manifests itself in the form of the supernatural: ghosts, apparitions, mysterious figures and warning dreams. uncanny encounters in crowded streets, empty graveyards, alleyways, and drawing rooms. Revenant figures appear with unsettling regularity.