In the book, Great Expectations, we find that Estella has many issues. If she wasn't a fictional character, she would be diagnosed with depression, being a psychopath, and having antisocial personality disorder. Estella is suffering from depression. Estella is often lonely. “Depression is a disease of loneliness. Many untreated depressives lack friends because it saps the vitality that friendship requires and immures its victims in an impenetrable sheath, making it hard for them to speak or…
few actually follow this mantra. In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Pip and Miss Havisham are two perfect examples of people who completely ignore this mantra. Pip focuses his entire life on the future, while Miss Havisham constantly dwells on one moment in her past. Because Pip and Miss Havisham place emphasis on the past and future instead of focusing on their present relationships,…
tamed by Mr. Jaggers, and Estella is…
revenge the most deeply is Miss Havisham. Her life revolves around one event, the jilting of her at the altar on her wedding day. This event causes her to be desperate for revenge which changes her…
can discover Pip’s frustration with the fact that he is not on the same social position as Estella or Miss Havisham. And by being rejected constantly by Estella, he is drawn more powerfully into this play that leaves significant scars on his heart and personality. Estella is one of the most complex characters in the novel and she is used to criticize the class system in which she was raised. Miss Havisham teaches her how to be manipulative, cold and cynical with the men around her, transforming…
injustices of growing up without love from parents. The entitlement of money gave the Pocket family the false reliance that wealth and a high social class takes care of everything. Estella is another casualty who falls at the expense of love and happiness given from lack of parenting. Mrs. Havisham never raised Estella with any true feelings of motherly love and happiness, she often just let…
In the novel Great Expectations the author presents many different forms of love and different approaches to love through various characters such as Estella who communicates distant love to Pip, Miss Havisham who displays selfish love and as well as Pip who learns what love is and how to love throughout the novel. Great Expectations reveals a sort of coincidental relationship. Characters relations and behaviour link from one character to another for example, Estella’s withheld love is a result…
relationship problem, especially in abusive relationships, is for one participant to feel used. This is a problem Pip experiences in his life and through which he learns to defend and advocate for himself. For example, in Pip’s relationship with Estella…
request of Mr. Pumblechook to keep Miss Havisham company. While there he learns about the rich and extravagant lifestyle of the wealthy. He begins to examine is common life, and compares it to the lives of Miss Havisham and Estella. This opens Pip’s eyes and creates a change in him. Miss Havisham’s house changes Pip, causing him to feel discontent with his common life, and lays the seeds that sprout into Pip’s dream of becoming a gentleman. Miss Havisham is a withered old lady who grew up…
right and wrong, but his expectations are too high to always do the right thing. He wants to achieve the highest goal, and that can be shown through his thoughts of Estella. He meets her through Miss Havisham, who wants them to meet because of her ideals that men deserve to be punish, which results in Miss Havisham teaching Estella to break Pip’s heart. Pip’s realization that…