er decaying body is a symbol of death and degeneration. The wedding feast and the stopped clocks symbolize her attempt to stick to that day; the brewery next to the house indicates the connection between commerce and wealth, for her fortune is of a recent success in industrial capitalism; the crumbling dilapidated stones of the house and darkness and dust suggest the general decadence of the lives of its inhabitants and the upper class.РР2. The mists on the marshesРThe misty marshes are used several times to symbolize danger and uncertainty. Whenever Pip goes into the mists, something dangerous is likely to happen. Significantly, Pip must go through the mists when receiving his fortune, which alerts the reader the apparently positive development in his life may have dangerous consequences.
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