Great Expectations was written by author Charles Dickens. It covers the life of a boy named Pip. Pip falls in love with a girl named Estella whose adopted mother is Miss. Havisham. Miss. Havisham had shaped and formed Estella to shy away from love and to take it upon herself to keep the revenge going. Pip has noticed that the reason that Estella may not want him would be because he’s not a true gentlemen. He later finds out that he gets an anonymous benefactor that gives him money. Pip takes the money and heads to London to become a gentlemen, while there he meets a young man named Herbert Pocket. When Pip comes back to express to Estella that he has become a bright young man, he shortly finds out that she has married someone else. Pip can
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Miss Havisham keeps reliving her wedding day over and over again. People who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder experience reliving the event (also called re-experiencing symptoms) (Symptoms of PTSD 1). “She still wearing her yellow wedding dress 30 years later” (Dickens 54). Miss. Havisham is still wearing her wedding dress from thirty years ago when her fiance left her at the altar. Even though he left her at the altar, a part of her will always remember that day and wearing that dress is her way of reliving that moment. She’s also set every clock in the mansion to the time her left her. Miss. Havisham loses track of time. Another symptom that people with post-traumatic stress disorder suffer from is self-destructive behavior (Piotrowski and Lillian 1). When Pip describes Miss. Havisham’s appearance he states that, “I saw that the dress had been put upon the rounded figure of a woman, and that the figure upon which it now hung loose, had shrunk to skin and bone” (Dickens 44). Miss. Havisham is letting herself go. She’s refusing to listen to her body's needs. Most people know that they need to keep up with their appearance, personal hygiene, and eating when their body tells them that they are hungry. Miss. Havisham isolates herself from anybody and everybody. People who have post-traumatic stress disorder also suffer from social isolation (Cavendish 1469). “When I never see her in my life? Never clapped eyes upon her!” (Dickens 52). Miss. Havisham keeps herself up in her room and never sees anybody but Estella. From this evidence, it is clear to see that Miss. Havisham suffers from post-traumatic stress
Miss Havisham keeps reliving her wedding day over and over again. People who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder experience reliving the event (also called re-experiencing symptoms) (Symptoms of PTSD 1). “She still wearing her yellow wedding dress 30 years later” (Dickens 54). Miss. Havisham is still wearing her wedding dress from thirty years ago when her fiance left her at the altar. Even though he left her at the altar, a part of her will always remember that day and wearing that dress is her way of reliving that moment. She’s also set every clock in the mansion to the time her left her. Miss. Havisham loses track of time. Another symptom that people with post-traumatic stress disorder suffer from is self-destructive behavior (Piotrowski and Lillian 1). When Pip describes Miss. Havisham’s appearance he states that, “I saw that the dress had been put upon the rounded figure of a woman, and that the figure upon which it now hung loose, had shrunk to skin and bone” (Dickens 44). Miss. Havisham is letting herself go. She’s refusing to listen to her body's needs. Most people know that they need to keep up with their appearance, personal hygiene, and eating when their body tells them that they are hungry. Miss. Havisham isolates herself from anybody and everybody. People who have post-traumatic stress disorder also suffer from social isolation (Cavendish 1469). “When I never see her in my life? Never clapped eyes upon her!” (Dickens 52). Miss. Havisham keeps herself up in her room and never sees anybody but Estella. From this evidence, it is clear to see that Miss. Havisham suffers from post-traumatic stress