A character in Great Expectations
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles
A dreaded criminal and Magwitch's mortal enemy, a second escaped convict on the marshes whom Magwitch fears will inform on him.
Also known as: the other convict, the second man
Inside the story
Compeyson is a dreaded criminal and the second escaped convict encountered on the marshes. He is Magwitch's mortal enemy, and Magwitch fears that Compeyson will inform on him, making his presence a serious threat from the story's outset.
A smooth, gentlemanly-looking man turned swindler; when a convict, clad in the same coarse grey with a leg-iron, his face bruised and battered.
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