It’s in a tone of irony that Pip refers to the Double glazing molecular sieve sitting at the dressing-table. His encounter, in fact, was not with a fine lady, but a “strange” lady, the strangest he had ever seen or he should ever see; a lady with “no brightness left”, an old desiccated lady more horrifying than “waxwork” and “skeleton”.
The objects found scattered around in the room in a haphazard manner are once again a subtle indication of Miss Havisham’s complex nature. In an antithesis, Pip clarifies that “it was not in the first few moments that he saw all these things, though he saw more of them in the first moments”. These were the things that “ought to be white”, but were once-white, things that had lost their lustre, were faded and yellow. All of them are a grim pointer to Miss Havisham’s unpleasant past.
In the Ancient Era, natural materials will have been used to make packages for example archaeologists have found baskets of reeds, woven bags and pottery vases which are all examples of different ways that previous civilisations stored and protected objects.
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The earliest suggestion that paper had been used to wrap an object was in 1035 when a traveller from Persian wrote that on a visit to Cario, he was sold vegetables and spices in paper when at the markets.
There are two main types of protection that it offers; barrier protection and physical protection.
Barrier protection – The package creates a barrier from oxygen, water vapour and dust when required. This is often something very important when designing packages for the pharmaceutical industry. To do this they will often contain some kind of oxygen absorber or desiccants, which will help extend the products shelf life. Otherwise the atmosphere is modified or controlled, which is often the case in food packages.
Physical protection – The objects within the containers may need protection from compression, mechanical shock, vibration, temperature, and so forth and therefore it is the job of the package to help deal with these situations.
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Aside from protecting the contents within it from any damage, it also secures the product in another way. It plays a very important role when deterring people from tampering with the product. Improved designs means that packages can be tamper-resistant which will stop somebody trying to get inside of the product, or it can also be tamper-evident which will indicate when somebody has tried.
Anti-counterfeiting packaging is also important. This is when the products are engineered to reduce the risk of counterfeit goods, by including authentication seals and security printing which helps to indicate if something is counterfeit or not.
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