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Line 209: Similar brevity is key to the "decantation", stated Ricks, particularly in the second sentence, showing Pip's chilling, pitiless indifference but "without making a terrific demonstration of mercilessness."<ref>''Dickens and the Twentieth Century'', Ed. John Gross and Gabriel Pearson, London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1962, p.209.</ref> Further, as explained by [[Henri Suhamy]] in his course on ''Great Expectations'', beyond the chronological sequences and the weaving of several storylines into a tight plot, the sentimental setting and morality of the characters form a consistent "pattern".<ref>{{harvsp|Henri Suhamy|1971|p=15}}</ref> He describes this pattern with two central poles, that of "foster parents" (Miss Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe) and that of "young people" (Estella, Pip, and Biddy) between two other poles called "Dangerous Lovers" (one of Compeyson, the other of Bentley Drummle and Orlick). Pip is the [[File:Structure de G. E. (Schéma).png|thumb|center|upright=3.2|Diagram (in French) of the structure of ''Great Expectations'']] | |||