Happy conclusions to books do not necessarily mean that they are the best endings for novels. Characters may lose their traits and development, the mood can become disconnected at the end, or it just does not fit the plot of the story. This may be true about Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens. At first, the original ending had Estella with a doctor while Pip remained single. A revised ending was written after the author’s friend conversed to him about it. It ended with the foreshadowing of a marriage between Estella and Pip, the happy conclusion. The original ending is better because it follows the depressed mood that was constantly shown throughout the novel compared to the revised ending that has an uplifting mood. During
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It continues the somber tone and depressed mood by addressing that Pip never fulfilled his expectation and married Estella. She was in an abusive relationship and was currently married to a doctor. Pip announced that he would stay single for the rest of his life. The text states, “…she gave me the assurance that suffering had been stronger than Miss. Havisham’s teaching, and given her a heart to understand what my heart used to be” (Dickens, 490). At the end, Estella finally got a heart and understood Pip, but it was too late. She even assumed that Joe and Biddy’s child was Pip’s and they both had sad looks on their faces. This all makes sense because it can follow along with the novel’s overall depressing …show more content…
After all the suffering Pip and Estella faced, they both end up as friends and the ending foreshadowed a marriage between them. This happy ending stated, “I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place…I saw no shadow of another parting from her” (Dickens, 489). This is much more cheerful compared to the rest of the book, so it does not
Tom 4 make sense logically that a novel would be depressing most of the book and abruptly become uplifting at the ending. Charles Dickens in Great Expectations had left two endings for the novel, one that is considered a happy ending and the other one not. Mood is important in the novel since it was consistently portrayed as depressing. It would be logical to assume that the ending would fit with the rest of the novel. Therefore, the original conclusion is better than the revised ending because it continues with the same mood. Ultimately, the depressing mood was important to the
It continues the somber tone and depressed mood by addressing that Pip never fulfilled his expectation and married Estella. She was in an abusive relationship and was currently married to a doctor. Pip announced that he would stay single for the rest of his life. The text states, “…she gave me the assurance that suffering had been stronger than Miss. Havisham’s teaching, and given her a heart to understand what my heart used to be” (Dickens, 490). At the end, Estella finally got a heart and understood Pip, but it was too late. She even assumed that Joe and Biddy’s child was Pip’s and they both had sad looks on their faces. This all makes sense because it can follow along with the novel’s overall depressing …show more content…
After all the suffering Pip and Estella faced, they both end up as friends and the ending foreshadowed a marriage between them. This happy ending stated, “I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place…I saw no shadow of another parting from her” (Dickens, 489). This is much more cheerful compared to the rest of the book, so it does not
Tom 4 make sense logically that a novel would be depressing most of the book and abruptly become uplifting at the ending. Charles Dickens in Great Expectations had left two endings for the novel, one that is considered a happy ending and the other one not. Mood is important in the novel since it was consistently portrayed as depressing. It would be logical to assume that the ending would fit with the rest of the novel. Therefore, the original conclusion is better than the revised ending because it continues with the same mood. Ultimately, the depressing mood was important to the