Sažetak djela Great Expectations (Chapter 31)

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1. Pip and Herbert watch a performance whose costumes, scenery, and acting provoke constant audience mockery.
2. Mr. Wopsle receives laughter and heckling throughout his performance as Hamlet, despite his solemn manner.
3. A dresser intercepts Pip and Herbert and brings them backstage to meet Mr. Wopsle, now called Mr. Waldengarver.
4. They praise his performance, while the dresser criticizes his leg positions and Mr. Wopsle blames theatrical rivalry.
5. Pip and Herbert invite him to supper, where he stays until two, describing his success and ambitions.
6. Pip goes to bed unhappy, thinks of Estella, and dreams of losing his expectations and facing public embarrassment.

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Mr. Wopsle explains rejection as the audience’s failure rather than his own. His confidence contrasts with the mockery Pip describes.

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