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Journal Article
The Death of Pip
2019
Overview
The comic remedy of baking Pip recurs here as the tragedy of a baby that can be neither warmed nor fed, for, as Beth learns from Pip's death, death is final, and the loss of one living thing cannot be consoled by the substitution of another. The death of Pip also echoes in the later scenes, for from the beginning, Beth has a special relationship to birds: in \"Castles in the Air\" she wishes to \"fly away . . . as [the] swallows fly\" (117) to heaven, and during her delirium she \"don't even talk about the flocks of green doves, as she calls the vine leaves on the wall\" (147). A seemingly minor incident, one treated casually even by Marmee, who usually shows more sensitivity to her daughters' emotions, Pip's death is disturbing and unforgettable to all who have ever owned a caged or contained animal- bird, iguana, guinea pig, hamster, fish-and are haunted by knowing that the imprisoned creature owes its entire existence to their constant daily care.
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University of Nebraska Press
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