Havisham Quotes

1.) “I had heard of Miss Havisham up town everybody for miles round, had heard of Miss Havisham up town as an immensely rich and grim lady who lived in a large and dismal house barricaded against robbers, and who led a life of seclusion.” o Pip's town is socially stratified. He lives in a "village," and Miss Havisham lives "up town." this delineation between the wealthy and working class in the town is palpable and is reinforced by the gate that guards Miss Havisham's decaying riches.

2.) “I wished Joe had been rather more genteelly brought up, and then I should have been so too.” o Pip wishes Joe was rich so that he could enjoy the life of wealth. I believe Pip wishes Joe had the money instead of just having it now because he wishes to
We were equals afterwards, as we had been before; but, afterwards at quiet times when I sat looking at Joe and thinking about him, I had a new sensation of feeling conscious that I was looking up to Joe in my heart.” o After Pip loses his equality from Joe in his path to become a gentleman he changes immensely. He believed he was greater than Joe but now afterwards pip admires Joe. This is very strange because Pip has achieved the one thing in life he wanted just for him admire joe which I believe is an outlet for his old self that he wishes he can become. Pip wished to be a gentleman and start a new life, but now he is a gentle man and wishes he could go back to his old life
13.) “I had never parted from him before, and what with my feelings and what with soap-suds, I could at first see no stars from the chaise-cart. But they twinkled out one by one, without throwing any light on the questions why on earth I was going to play at Miss Havisham's, and what on earth I was expected to play at.” o This is a big moment in Pip's little life: It's a Garden of Eden to him. He’s leaving his dream world by the marshes and heading off into a new kind of garden this causes him to have a sense of hope of a better life which is part of Miss Havisham’s