Miss Havisham

Similarly to ‘Romeo and Juliet’ the poetry here explores the theme loss of love as well. ‘Havisham’ is a poem in a perverted form. Carol ann Duffy, followed other poets such as; Robert Browning in writing monologues from the view point of disturbed characters in history. The character Havisham comes from the novel ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens, it is said to believe that Dickens was inspired of the character from a wealthy recluse that he would encounter. Duffy is thought to have…

some of what Dickens is trying to express in this writing. After the circle, I was introduced to other opinions, and learn other things. One question in the seminar asks if Pip’s life would’ve been better if he had never met Havisham. I had previously thought that Havisham improved Pip’s life, saying that she made his life fuller and worth living. I was surprised to see that almost half the class thought the exact opposite. Their claim was…

When he visits there, Miss Havisham is exceedingly cold and disrespectful to him, and she even encourages Estella to be snotty towards him. Estella criticizes Pips every move and makes fun of him. This goes to show that even though Estella is being well educated, her mannerism is contradicting herself because she is being raised by Miss Havisham’s sadistic ways. Her social class changes how she sees the world in a way that Pip…

Sin: a mistake that all humans make, believed to weigh down the soul until one repents. One thing that global religions have in common is the acknowledgment of sin, whether through set laws or teachings of holy scripture. However, on a more local scale, individuals combat sin in a personal way, as greed especially comes to the selfish and expectations come to the overly prideful. In Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, the main character Pip’s ultimate sin is his expectations that lead him to…

shadows. Now that Magwitch is on scene, all doubts about Miss Havisham’s past are revealed. The convict tells Pip in Chapter 42 that Miss Havisham acts because he was left alone at the altar by his fiancé, Compeyson. Now that we discover that Compeyson had a relationship with Miss Havisham in the past, the role of Miss Havisham changes from the figure introducing the theme of social classes to the figure associated with crime: the role of Miss Havisham has nothing to do with the criminal…

With not a doubt in his mind, Pip not only subconsciously reverts his views of the people from his past, he too realizes his inferiority to Miss Havisham by means of her preconceived wealth. For in this epic, Miss Havisham would shove Pip down an enchanted rabbit hole of derision that would only draw despondency from her spell like demeanor when explaining to the ever so changing Pip to “love [Estella], love her, love her” (Dickens…

would be the beginning a long and painful journey of rejection for him. Upon arrival he meets a girl named Estella who will become his greatest joy and pain, she is groomed by Miss Havisham to break hearts of young men in attempt to get some closure for her own past heart break. He would become the perfect tool for Miss Havisham’s revenge plot but by doing so, she will unintentionally harm Estella in the process. In the novel Great Expectations there is a consistent theme of innocence removed…

Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens focuses on the struggle of an orphan to fulfill his great expectations. Pip has been influenced throughout his life by different characters in the novel. Characters with a moral ambiguity are especially influential because they use fear and love to influence an individual. Abel Magwitch influences Pip’s character by his interaction as a convict, role of benefactor, and his own death. Pip first met Abel Magwitch in the marshes near the church; he was…

named Pip, who longs to become a blacksmith like his brother in-law Joe. Suddenly, he changes his mind, and wants to become a gentleman. His change of heart is due to a girl named Estella, the adopted daughter of a querulous, old woman named Miss Havisham. An anonymous benefactor pays for Pip to live in London and have a great education. Pip doesn’t think about all the wonderful people who are helping him. Pip believes he is better than some people because he is now highly educated…

lying is considered, and always is considered wrong. There are characters who get caught lying, and then there are characters who are caught up in the lie. As well as there are characters who do not lie. Such as with Pip. When Pip comes back home from Miss Havisham’s house, he tells elaborate lies about what he did there to Joe, Mrs. Joe, and Mr. Pumblechook. Since no one had been inside of the house, Pips lies were believed, although Joe had a slight idea that the story Pip told was not the…