Wemmick

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Wemmick is a clerk in Mr. Jaggers’s law office in Charles Dickens’s novel "Great Expectations," known for his split personality between his dry, businesslike demeanor at work and his warm, eccentric life at his miniature "castle" home.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Clerk
Fictional character
Supporting character
adviceStyle Practical and cautious
appearsIn Great Expectations NERFINISHED
appearsInForm Novel
associatedWithPlace London NERFINISHED
Walworth NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme Domestic happiness
Emotional compartmentalization
Individual vs. society
caresFor The Aged Parent NERFINISHED
catchphrase Portable property
createdBy Charles Dickens NERFINISHED
employedBy Mr. Jaggers NERFINISHED
familyRole Devoted son
fictionalUniverse Great Expectations universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Great Expectations NERFINISHED
genre Victorian literature
givesAdviceTo Pip NERFINISHED
hasDualLife Private life at home
Professional life at office
hasPersonalityTrait Businesslike at work
Dry manner at work
Eccentric at home
Kind-hearted
Loyal
Practical
Warm at home
homeDescribedAs Castle
homeFeature Drawbridge
Flagstaff NERFINISHED
Miniature cannon
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod 19th century
livesIn A small house in Walworth
livesWith The Aged Parent NERFINISHED
nationality English
occupation Law clerk
relationshipWith Pip NERFINISHED
roleInStory Friend and adviser to Pip
separates Work life from home life
symbolizes Division between public and private self
Effects of urban professional life
worksAt Mr. Jaggers’s law office

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Great Expectations character Wemmick