As this was our first session after the break, Marcel requested that we initially review the prior chapters which we did using the study guides and homework answers. We then discussed Dickens' criticism of the social class system by examining Pip's arrogant reaction to Joe's visit. I pointed out two quotes from the novel addressing this theme of social class which Marcel parsed and analyzed in his notebook. I emphasized in one of the quotes the symbolic and metaphorical relationship between clothes and one's identity as evidenced by Joe's admission that "city clothes' could not change who he was , a blacksmith. As the next chapters contain a detailed satire of the Victorian theatre based on a ludicrous performance of "Hamlet" we spent the rest of the session discussing the plot of "Hamlet" so that Marcel could appreciate the satire. I walked Marcel through parts of the next chapter explaining the plot of "Hamlet " and how Dickens' description of a Victorian production of the play evidences Dickens' belief that the so called upper class are boors who in reality have destroyed the great British institution of theatre. For homework, read chapter 31.