Estella marries Drummle in "Great Expectations" due to her belief that social status is the most important thing in life and to secure her own self-preservation after the emotional trauma she experienced in her relationship with Pip.
Edna experiences various awakenings in the novel such as a sexual awakening, a realization of her own identity, a longing for freedom, and an awakening to the restrictions placed on women by society.
Dante wrote the Inferno to express his political and theological beliefs as well as to provide a literary representation of the Christian concept of Hell.