Essay about Magwitch from Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations."

In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the convictable Magwitch may be branded evil and harmful by Victorian standards but turns out to possess many positive qualities. Always looked down upon by proper society, his low social status condemned him to the criminal class where he never learned to speak or act in a refined manner. First depicted as a hardened convict, readers soon see the kind man hidden behind his rough exterior. Magwitch took great pride …

…in action if he were given a proper chance. Dealt with unjustly because he dressed and spoke poorly, Magwitch never had luck. If Magwitch had received a fair chance, he would have been given a chance to succeed. Once exiled, Magwitch worked hard to give Pip the chance he never had. A lonely and frail man in the end, the novel presents Magwitch in such way that the reader reacts with overwhelming compassion and consideration.