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    Miss Havisham is first introduced to the reader when Mr Pumblechook (Pips Uncle) announces that Miss Havisham Requests Pips presence to play at her house. Miss Havisham fits into the main plot because she trains Estella to “ break their hearts.” When Pip sees Estella for the fist time‚ he instantly falls in love with her. Miss Havisham sees this and she encourages Pip to do so. Miss Havisham was also‚ in Pips eyes‚ the cause of his ‘Great expectations’ Miss Havisham may also have been

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    Miss Havisham Miss Havisham appearance is very ghostly and skeleton like but in another way very elegant with the rich materials and fine fabrics she wears but she also has certain scruffiness to her with the messy bridal flowers in her hair and one shoe on a one shoe off kind of thing. The old woman looked pretty much skin and bone and that’s why in the extract pip describes her as a ‘skeleton in the ashes of a rich dress’. At first in the extract pip describes her in a very elegant and wealthy

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    Development of Miss Havisham In the novel‚ Great Expectations‚ many characters heavily influenced the plot. The author‚ Charles Dickens‚ cleverly used indirect characterization to help the reader infer how a character was going to be. By far‚ the most unusual character in the character in the story was Miss Havisham. She was also the most memorable character. It was her part in the story that led Pip into making most of the decisions that he did. Miss Havisham was indeed one of the most important

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    Expectations. Miss Havisham wants revenge on the entire male race. Compeyson wants revenge on Abel Magwitch because he has property and money in New South Wales. Arthur Havisham‚ Miss Havisham half brother‚ wants his revenge on Miss Havisham because their father left her most of the money and estate. Pip does not realize that Miss Havisham and Abel are both using him for their revenge. Miss Havisham wants revenge on the male race because of what happened to her on her wedding day. Miss Havisham uses Estella

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    aspects to others. Characters Magwitch‚ Pip‚ Miss Havisham‚ and Estella are examples of people who self-sacrifice themselves throughout the book. Magwitch‚ a convict who is wanted by the law‚ desires to financially aid Pip by converting him into a gentleman; Pip‚ an innocent boy who has yet to learn about the ways of life‚ had to sacrifice his time with his family members Joe and Mrs. Joe to move to London to become educated and wealthy; Miss Havisham has sacrificed and devoted her time to getting

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    early-to-mid 1800s. This is the story about Pip‚ an orphan boy who lives with his sister who is married the blacksmith‚ the story follows the life of this boy‚ from his awakening to life. The main characters are Pip‚ Mrs. Joe‚ Joe Gargery‚ Miss HavishamEstella‚ Abel Magwitch.‚ Mr. Jaggers‚ Herbert Pocket‚ Biddy and Bentley Drummle. Pip‚ is the main character and is the narrator of the story‚ Pip is a young orphan boy who is being raised by his sister and her husband. Pip is very passionate and a dreaming

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    Estella Havisham: Most readers are appalled at the cold-hearted and cruel ways of Estella‚ but any criticism directed at her is largely undeserved. She was simply raised in a controlled environment where she was‚ in essence‚ brainwashed by Miss Havisham. Nonetheless‚ her demeanor might lead one to suspect that she was a girl with a heart of ice. Estella is scornful from the moment she is introduced‚ when she remarks on Pip’s coarse hands and thick boots. However‚ her beauty soon captivates Pip

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    Miss Havisham Essay

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    In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ one of Dickens’ most famous characters is Miss Havisham. She has a few unusual character traits. Miss Havisham is a wealthy woman. Her adopted daughter‚ Estella‚ is love and adored by the narrator of the book‚ Pip‚ along with many other young men. An event that took place in Miss Havisham’s days as a young woman altered her personality completely. Miss Havisham was left at the altar when she was just a young woman. This event changed her for the worse

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    Writing the Modern City  February 28‚ 2014  Pip and Estella: a Comparison   Though superficially Pip and Estella appear to be complete opposites‚ in reality they are  not. Viewed by their benefactors as objects‚ tools developed by Magwitch and Miss Havisham to  be used in exacting their revenge upon society‚ they are understood better as two sides of the  same coin. ​ Both Miss Havisham and Magwitch equate their charges with possessions​ ­ Estella is  associated with Miss Havisham’s jewels and Pip is associated with land and stocks

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    Estella Havisham was raised as a lady‚ but she is still treated as a possession by the men in her life and by her own adopted mother. Though Pip’s intentions are largely innocent‚ he has always seen her as the ideal‚ an unattainable object that is the epitome

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