Why Is Miss Havisham Important

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I found the part to be very important to the story build up, as Pip how developed slightly in each chapter, but the major points where Miss Havisham tells him that she was never his provider, and him finally releasing his feelings to Estella are vital to his future growth as a character. This is important to the story because it represents Pip's ambitions and how they were never completed. The Savis mansion was a powerful symbol for wealth, as it was to be fantastic and elegant, but upon entering it, you were given a darker tale of deceit. It represented high class society very well, and Pip was detached from it, now that he had left it behind due to the betrayal of two women. I find Pip to grow alot at this moment because he is beginning

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