| Description of character | Character |
| Protagonist/Narrator | |
| Pip's love interest throughout the novel | |
| Wealthy, eccentric old woman. Jilted by husband | |
| Secret benefactor to Pip; The Convict | |
| Pip's sympathetic Father figure; blacksmith | |
| Powerful lawyer in charge of Pip's 'great expectations' | |
| Challenged Pip to a fight; Later becomes Pip's best friend and companion | |
| Jagger's clerk who has split personalities at work and home | |
| | Description of character | Character |
| Kindhearted girl who cares for Mrs. Joe after she is attacked | |
| Attacks Mrs. Joe and almost kills Pip | |
| Pip's sister and strict mother figure | |
| Pip's arrogant uncle who takes credit for Pip's rise in social classes | |
| Former partner of Magwitch; Jilted Ms. Havisham | |
| Unpleasant young man; eventually marries Estella | |
| Delicate young man; Helps Magwitch escape | |
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