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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the main character‚ Pip‚ encountering a runaway convict. Pip procures supplies for the man from his house. The convict then gets into a fight with another runaway convict and is take back to jail. Pip is soon after invited to the house of Miss Havisham‚ a rich‚ eccentric old lady who lives in isolation. Pip gets to know her adopted daughter Estella during his visit and begins to have feelings of love for her. However‚ it is not easy for him to deal with these feelings because he becomes self-conscious
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indicative through Compeyson and Drummle‚ but neither character is noble. Money is not an indication of character‚ as wrongly perceived by Pip. Pip and Estella‚ parts of what make the lower class‚ are given status when given money. Given by Miss Havisham
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death that he doesn’t want to suffer so much pain of loving someone again. Themes & Compare Love/Hate Relationships: The Laboratory‚ My Last Duchess‚ Sonnet 130 Anne Hathaway‚ Before you were mine‚ Havisham Mother any distance‚ Kid Death The Laboratory‚ My Last Duchess‚ Havisham Hitcher Family/Parent/Child Relationships Affliction of Margaret Before you were mine Mother any distance‚ Kid Sonnet 130 What happens in the poem? ‘Sonnet 130’ is about true love and showing
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had very little freedom. Miss Havisham controlled every aspect of her life. She was forced to carry out Miss Havisham’s revenge on men‚ and she tortured Pip only because she had been raised and told to do so. The first time they met‚ Miss Havisham told her to break Pip’s heart and Estella relentlessly picked on him. She made Pip cry because he felt so bad about being common‚ and he devoted his life to becoming a gentleman because of her influence. Miss Havisham made Estella go to a distant boarding
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How does Dickens use setting in ’Great Expectations’ to show characters feelings &+ situations? Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ Hampshire‚ during the Victorian era. In 1822‚ when Dickens was ten‚ the family relocated from Kent [where they had moved when Dickens was 5] to Camden Town‚ London. These places of residence are symbolic of certain occurances in Dickens life; throughout the novel‚ these areas play an avid role in the creation and development of the characters situations and feelings
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Pip is Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham is a bitter old woman‚ who half a centuary ago was left at the alter by her husband to be. She still wears the yellowing wedding gown that she wore on that day. She is a cruel harted woman‚ that wants to reek havock on the entire male population. When Pip is told by his sister and Uncle Pumblechook‚ that he has been asked to go to Satis House to "play" he is confused as he wonders why an old creepy woman would want him at her house. Miss Havisham was very dramatic
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stronger it will tear deeper--love her‚ love her‚ love her!” (29.95~) -Miss Havisham “I’ll tell you what real love is. It is blind devotion‚ unquestioning self-humiliation‚ utter submission‚ trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world‚ giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter--as I did!” (29.99~) -Miss Havisham 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
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The various‚ unqualified mothers of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations inflict major‚ negative consequences on their children in both mental and physical ways. Two of the female characters‚ find themselves ill-equipped for their position because of pride‚ jealousy‚ and a general inability to support their offspring. Furthermore‚ the other two abusive mothers raise their offspring with menace and ruthlessness which leads to major social complications in their childrens’ lives. To begin‚ two of the
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Miss Havisham has a snotty way of judging everybody‚ and putting her pain on someone else’s shoulders. For example‚ she wants Estella to be exactly like her and doesn’t let her own daughter live the way she wants to‚ Miss Havisham sets standards and obligations for Estella’s each and every move. Miss Havisham herself was abandoned at the alter‚ and since then has frozen time at the exact hour before her marriage
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