Imagine a wretched, aged, bizarre, and rich lady who lives in an enormous, spooky house called the Satis House. She dresses in her white wedding dress, a white veil, and one white shoe. Wilted bridal flowers embed in her white hair, candles light the house, all the clocks stop at 20 minutes to 9, and dust and cobwebs cover her wedding cake while mice are picking at it. She is caught up on her ex-fiance, Compeyson, jilting on their wedding day. Obviously, she did not move beyond her heartbreak. This woman’s name is Miss Havisham. In the novel “Great Expectations” written by Charles Dickens, we discover this unusual character. Although Miss Havisham is unusual, she did impact the novel and teach an important theme.
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Since Havisham was left on her wedding day, she hates love. Therefore, her whole life precipitously changes every since. She affects the other characters, like Pip and Estella, in a positive and negative way. She adopts Estella and raises her as a weapon to achieve her own revenge on men. This shows how she wants Estella to distaste love and the male gender because of her punitive past. She tells Estella, "You can break his heart", encouraging her to be insulting to Pip. Then, she tells Pip to "Love her, love her, love her!" so it would break his heart even more if had deeper feelings for Estella. Furthermore, Pip’s feelings are hurt. If Miss Havisham did not ruin Pip and Estella’s friendship, they could have been closer with each other. With this in hand, it is obvious that she did not create an optimistic atmosphere for her and Estella. She is blind towards her actions and hurts Pip and Estella. She redeems herself and comprehends her mistakes in the end.
Dickens develops Miss Havisham for various reasons. He shows the readers how people can get second chances and shows the effects of karma. For example, she says "Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her!' " to Pip. She is so desperate that she is begging Pip for his forgiveness. Her sincerity and love towards Pip changes from the heartless women she was before. Her growth and character development that Dickens shows up helps us realize life lessons and themes. Miss Havisham is also the driving force of the novel since she impacts many characters in positive and negative
A theme is the moral of the …show more content…
Since Havisham was left on her wedding day, she hates love. Therefore, her whole life precipitously changes every since. She affects the other characters, like Pip and Estella, in a positive and negative way. She adopts Estella and raises her as a weapon to achieve her own revenge on men. This shows how she wants Estella to distaste love and the male gender because of her punitive past. She tells Estella, "You can break his heart", encouraging her to be insulting to Pip. Then, she tells Pip to "Love her, love her, love her!" so it would break his heart even more if had deeper feelings for Estella. Furthermore, Pip’s feelings are hurt. If Miss Havisham did not ruin Pip and Estella’s friendship, they could have been closer with each other. With this in hand, it is obvious that she did not create an optimistic atmosphere for her and Estella. She is blind towards her actions and hurts Pip and Estella. She redeems herself and comprehends her mistakes in the end.
Dickens develops Miss Havisham for various reasons. He shows the readers how people can get second chances and shows the effects of karma. For example, she says "Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her!' " to Pip. She is so desperate that she is begging Pip for his forgiveness. Her sincerity and love towards Pip changes from the heartless women she was before. Her growth and character development that Dickens shows up helps us realize life lessons and themes. Miss Havisham is also the driving force of the novel since she impacts many characters in positive and negative