The Concept of Gentleman in Great Expectations

Having read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, several questions proposed themselves to me, one of them being: What can be considered the concept of a gentleman according to Dickens? What first came to mind was to compare it to the gentleman concept in Pride and Prejudice where we clearly have a true gentleman, without doubt - Mr. Darcy. In Great Expectations, however, it was not that clear at all. What I was aware of, at that time, was that, throughout the novel, the word gentleman was mentioned frequently and that several characters, including Pip of course, were anxious to be recogn…