Miss Havisham Quotes From Great Expectations

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Pip dreams of being upper class, what the society calls a “gentleman”. He wishes he doesn't have to work. Instead he wants to collect money without doing the work. In addition, it appears in many parts of the novel that he does not care that he has a benefactor who contributes him with corresponding allowance. He's ashamed of Joe and worries what Estella thinks if she were to see him. Pip wants to marry her.
On the opposite life style, Estella has no expectations, dreams,or plans for her future. She just lets herself to be shaped into a cruel heartless women by Miss Havisham; which expectations are continued of a negative focus. To use Estella as her puppet to punish men for her heart break on her wedding day. At the end of the novel, Estella
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Pip appearing at her run down not taken care of mansion gives her a sense of control and power over other peoples fortunes. This makes miss Havisham feel alive. Miss Havisham has a lot of rejection issues that are known through out Pip's visits such as the creepy wedding room. Making these quotes perfect for the scene I created in your minds. “”Look at me,” said Miss Havisham. “you are not afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since you were born?” I regret to state that I was not afraid of telling this enormous lie comprehended in the answer “No.” “Do you know what I touch here?” she said lying her hand, one upon the other, on her left side. “Yes ma'am.” (it made me think of the young man.) “what do I touch?” “your heart.” “Broken!” she uttered the word with an eager look, and with strong emphasis, and with a weird smile that had a kind of boast in it. Afterward, she kept her hands there for a little while, slowly took them away as if they were heavy.” (75). Also this quote also describe her controlling of other people. “On this day of the year, long before you were born, this heap of decay,” stabbing with her crunched stick at the pile of cobwebs on the table but not touching it, “it was brought here. It and I have worn away together. The mice have gnawed at it,and have sharper teeth than the mice that have gnawed at me.” she held the head of her stick against her heart as she stood looking at the table; she in her once white dress, …show more content…
Emotionally he suffered the ridiculed comments by his family (except Joe) and their guests for absolutely no reason at all. His sister never buys him clothes or anything new because she thinks “hes already fortunate enough.” “Later in the novel Pip informs us that his sister had wished him in a grave more than once” (26). When he goes to Miss Havisham's its another stab in his heart; he takes liking to Estella ,but because of Estella being modeled by Miss Havisham Estella is heartless and cruel. Miss Havisham tries to break pip even more than before she build him up only for Estella to break him once again. “"Why don't you cry?" "Because I don't want to" "You do" she said " You have been crying till you are half blind, and you are near crying now." She laughed contemptuously, pushed me out and locked the gate upon me.”

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