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  • Society As Miss Havisham
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    The portrayal of society in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations is that of a symbol of contemporary British civilization, with Miss Havisham representing the epitome of such. By utilizing this particular character as the conduit between social body and physical body, the author successfully blends together the kinship inherent to these aspects of British life. Miss Havisham is instrumental in establishing the link between the traditional Victorian society and the manner in which women finally ga...
  • Pip And Estella
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    In Charles Dickens' novel, Great Expectations, Dickens conveys the idea that wealth leads to isolation. The novel begins when Pip, a young orphan, encounters an escaped convict in a cemetery. Despite Pip's efforts to help this terrifying personage, the convict is still captured and transported to Australia. Pip is then introduced into the wealthy yet decaying home of Miss Havisham where he meets Estella, a little girl who takes pleasure in tormenting Pip about his rough hands and future as a bla...
  • Truth Unravels Right In Pip And Miss
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    A great many readers would characterize Miss Havisham as a puppet master. It is plain to see that she is manipulating and brainwashing her adopted daughter Estella in order to live vicariously through her, since her physically and evidently emotionally withered body and mind will not allow her to take action herself. Estella becomes an extension of her pervading bitterness towards men, and the vulnerable social neophyte Pip serves as the perfect target, even from his boyhood days. Pip is subject...
  • Pip And Joe
    995 words
    As characters transpire through a course of struggles, the traditional author carries them to a point of understanding and awareness. In the novel, Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, characters are forced to face this struggle and eventually go on to reach their epiphany. However, this realization doesnt occur until after much devastation and damage has been caused. The eccentric Miss Havisham is one of these characters that is in constant battle with her emotional past. She uses her bitter...
  • Twenty Minutes To Nine And Miss Havisham
    534 words
    CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF MISS HAVISHAM In the book Great Expectations, Charles Dickens created a very eccentric but interesting main character named Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham was introduced in the book by Pip. Pip was taken to her in her bedroom and described her as an old, yellowed woman with white hair, dressed in white satins, laces and silks, wearing a long white veil with bridal flowers in her hair. He described her room by saying, "But I saw that everything within my view, which ought to b...
  • Weird Birthday Party Miss Havisham
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    Miss Havisham is an extremely eccentric character. She is a rich and grim lady who lived in a large and dismal house. One way she was eccentric was the Satis House. Another is the weird birthday party Miss Havisham had with her relatives. She also acts in a weird way that tells her apart from the rest. Miss Havisham's house is a dark and spooky house. Inside the house all the furniture were antiques as well as the clocks. One of the strange things were that all the clocks in the room had stopped...

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