In the book Great Expectations Miss. Havisham has borderline personality disorder. Mrs. Havisham shows signs of being extremely harmful, not only to herself but too her daughter. How she is harmful to her daughter is she has destroyed her daughter's perception on men. She persuaded Estella to pursue Pip, to break his heart. Mrs havisham whispered “Break their hearts!” into Estella's ear. Another reason is she is very anti-social, this is a sign of this disorder. She has no friends, no life, she stays hidden in her house in her wedding dress. Mrs. havisham is also very hostile. Hostility is another symptom of borderline personality disorder. She seeks vengeance on one man by hurting multiple me.
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Havisham was mean and snobby, but toward the end she starts to show remorse towards Pip. Mrs. Havisham asks Pip for forgiveness. "I had heard of Miss Havisham...as an immensely rich and grim lady who lived in a large and dismal house barricaded against robbers, and who led a life of seclusion (53)." At the beginning of the book she was a rich old woman who was emotionally distraught who stayed to herself in her big house. She had lived a sad lonely life with little interaction as possible.
"Saving for the one weird smile at first, I should have felt almost sure that Miss Havisham's face could not smile. It had dropped into a watchful and brooding expression - most likely when all the things about her had become transfixed - and it looked as if nothing could ever lift it up again (63)." Miss Havisham is so depressed with her life that she believes that her life can never change and she can never be happy again, which is wrong. She was so traumatized by the event of her being left behind by the one she loved that she no longer believes that she will be able to love …show more content…
Havisham borderline personality disorder Mrs. Havisham shows signs of being extremely harmful, not only to herself but too her daughter. How she is harmful to her daughter is she has destroyed her daughter's perception on men. She persuaded Estella to pursue Pip, to break his heart. Mrs havisham whispered “Break their hearts!” into Estella's ear. Another reason is she is very anti-social, this is a sign of this disorder. She has no friends, no life, she stays hidden in her house in her wedding dress. Mrs. havisham is also very hostile. Hostility is another symptom of borderline personality disorder. She seeks vengeance on one man by hurting multiple me. My Proposed treatment is to medicate yourself. Take medications that the doctor prescribes you
In the book Great Expectations Mrs. Havisham …show more content…
Havisham was mean and snobby, but toward the end she starts to show remorse towards Pip. Mrs. Havisham asks Pip for forgiveness. "I had heard of Miss Havisham...as an immensely rich and grim lady who lived in a large and dismal house barricaded against robbers, and who led a life of seclusion (53)." At the beginning of the book she was a rich old woman who was emotionally distraught who stayed to herself in her big house. She had lived a sad lonely life with little interaction as possible.
"Saving for the one weird smile at first, I should have felt almost sure that Miss Havisham's face could not smile. It had dropped into a watchful and brooding expression - most likely when all the things about her had become transfixed - and it looked as if nothing could ever lift it up again (63)." Miss Havisham is so depressed with her life that she believes that her life can never change and she can never be happy again, which is wrong. She was so traumatized by the event of her being left behind by the one she loved that she no longer believes that she will be able to love …show more content…
Havisham borderline personality disorder Mrs. Havisham shows signs of being extremely harmful, not only to herself but too her daughter. How she is harmful to her daughter is she has destroyed her daughter's perception on men. She persuaded Estella to pursue Pip, to break his heart. Mrs havisham whispered “Break their hearts!” into Estella's ear. Another reason is she is very anti-social, this is a sign of this disorder. She has no friends, no life, she stays hidden in her house in her wedding dress. Mrs. havisham is also very hostile. Hostility is another symptom of borderline personality disorder. She seeks vengeance on one man by hurting multiple me. My Proposed treatment is to medicate yourself. Take medications that the doctor prescribes you