In the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Miss Havisham and Magwitch share similarities in the way that they both find their joy through shaping the lives of others rather than finding joy in their own lives. In the novel Miss Havisham uses Estella, her adopted daughter, to carry out her revenge on the male gender in order to feel justified due to her troubled past with men. Similarly, Magwitch uses Pip to find his own happiness but for a different reason than Miss Havisham. Magwitch becomes Pips patron and finds his satisfaction in Pips growth and how successful Pip is becoming rather than his own success. In the book Miss Havisham uses Estella to find her own joy through cruelty. Miss Havisham has been recognized as wanting
