At the start of the second stage Pip goes to London to become a gentleman. It seems that when Pip goes to London, he is in a way, leaving his past behind him. But nothing can ever be that simple. And when Joe comes to see Hamlet, there is some defiant tension between them. But Pip now does not have to lift a finger to earn his money because of his secret benefactor. So Pip is now getting used to his rich lifestyle in which he hires a servant to do nothing along with lending money to anyone who needs it.
During the second stage Pip and Estella go to a restaurant. Even though Pip is now becoming a gentleman and proving to himself and everyone that he is something, he still can't have Estella. Estella almost represents the one thing that will always be out of his reach. And since Pip is human, he has the characteristic of wanting what he can't have.
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