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Key setting: London. Pip has long dreamed of leaving the forge and making his way in the city. However, Dickens makes it clear that Pip’s dreams are impossibly romantic and the reality of London is often horrific. Dickens uses a multi-sensory approach to bring London to life for the reader.
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The first was the 1786 case of Phebe Harris , which pitted Garrow against Silvester. Sadly, Garrow lost and Phebe was sentenced to death. When she was executed, 20,000 people turned up to watch ...
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Share Cite. Pip's first impressions of London are visual. After having never really been in the city itself, he had no idea how dirty and ragged it could be. This is just part of the era, but it ...
30 Clarke’s reputation at the Old Bailey can be seen in the way Garrow (as well as the judges and other lawyers) dealt with him. Garrow questioned him carefully, and often with a certain respect (OBP, April 1786 (Joseph Yelland et al .) t17860426-9; Sept. 1789 (George Dawson and Deborah Dawson) t17890909-46).
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A fascinating look at certain aspects of their development can be found in the BBC series Garrow’s Law. Sir William Garrow is a real historical person, a man who in his later career was a prosecutor, Solicitor General and a member of Parliament. He is even credited by many with first introducing the phrase “innocent until proven guilty.”.
Aug 16, 2011 · One of the best I have encountered in many a moon is a BBC series called Garrow’s Law. This is a heavily fictionalized account of the trials, I know I should have resisted that, and tribulations of William Garrow, an Old Bailey, the chief criminal court of London, barrister, who on raw legal talent rose from nothing to become Solicitor ...
Sep 24, 2015 · In 1606, deaths from the plague led to the closure of theatres. The disease reached the playwright’s house in London, and was to change his professional life, and the whole of drama, for ever
