Females Influences on Pip in Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
There are many influences on Pip’s life regarding his thoughts on women. This would therefore mean that Pip would take his views on women from those that were a played a major role in his life, for example:
* Mrs Joe Gargery is Pip’s sister and has raised Pip because their parents have died. Mrs Joe Gargery has raised both Joe Gargery and Pip by hand as she is not happy with the way her life has turned out.
* Ms Havisham is an old, frail woman who has been devastated by her fiancé who ‘stood her up’ at the reception of their wedding. She has now dedicated her life to destroy the love lives of
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Another feature in Mrs Joe Gargery’s character that may have affected Pip is Mrs Joe’s snobbish behaviour. She showed this behaviour when her uncle was to visit especially when her uncle, who has had a ‘successful’ life.
She plays a great part in the rearing of Pip as she was a very close relation of Pip although she raised him by ‘hand’. Unlike all the other female characters of ‘Great Expectations’, Mrs Gargery is the first female Pip grows up with and therefore Pip will take all he’s perceptions of all the female characters he meets from the characteristics of his sister.
She influences Pip to see women as very violent people, but at the same time may influence Pip to become a stronger person as these situations could return during life. ‘To attack or to be attacked?’ may have been the major question on the mind of Mrs Joe. But is it not better to be in control than to be controlled?
How does Ms Havisham influence |Pip?
Ms Havisham, like Mrs Joe Gargery, is a snob and shows this by the way she refers to the characters in the play such as Pip. for instance, she refers to Pip as “Boy” instead of Pip. By this we can see that Ms Havisham sees herself as a ‘higher individual’ in class than Pip (which she is) and has no respect for those in a ‘lower class’ than her.
Ms Havisham is a woman who lives with hatred (of men) in her life
With a beautiful angelic face and a cold-heart Estella serves an important role as Pip’s love interest in the story. Although she is everything that Pip should never want in a friend, that doesn’t stop him from loving her. In the novel, Estella is an important character in both the literal and figurative
A related theme that is carried through in this ending is the idea of mistaken identities. Estella mistakes little Pip for Pip's son, when he is really the son of Joe and Biddy. This is like how Pip mistakes Miss Havisham for the one who gives him his expectations when it is really Magwitch.
isn't as close to Pip as he used to be, as he now calls him Mr Pip,
Dr. Pipher remembers her cousin Polly as a young girl. She describes her as energy in
Pip is later told by the well-known lawyer Mr. Jaggers that he is to join him in London to receive the education needed to become a gentleman. Pip’s opportunity is set up by a mysterious unknown benefactor, who Pip believes to be Miss Havisham.
The first character to play a big part in shaping Pip’s personality is his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery. His sister’s vicious attitude and harsh punishments force Pip to have an unfriendly childhood. This bringing up “by hand” has caused him to be a “sensitive” boy. The constant threat of being beaten with the Tickler has also instilled the fear of speaking out against adult’s treatment of him because it would send his sister into a “terrible Rage.” However, her brutality has also made Pip able to feel when something was a “keen injustice” because he himself feels so about her actions and words towards himself.
The evidence that Pip is an insecure, impressionable young boy is that Estella opinions in his coarse hands and thick boots made him break down and cry. He blames his sister for his insecurities because of his sisters’ bringing him up had made him sensitive.
between the two friends of Pip and Leo is that they teach both boys a
However, when Pip pays his first visit to Satis House, his loyalties began to shift (Kappel 116). Like the prodigal son, Pip becomes discontent with his humble origin and longs for a life of prestige. After only one visit to Miss Havisham, Pip already begins to feel discontent and ashamed. Estella’s prideful and scornful attitude makes him feel inferior. Estella derogatorily
The class system becomes a focal point in young Pip's life. Pip first began to think about his place in society when he was sent to visit the wealthy, old lady, Miss Havisham at her mansion. Through these visits Pip becomes socially conscious and begins to dislike his commonality. Almost instantly he wants to become uncommon. The adopted daughter of Miss Havisham, Estella, becomes a focal point and goal for Pip to obtain. Any morality Pip used to have slips away with each visit. Pip walks in circles in a barely lit room with Miss Havisam holding onto his shoulder and in doing so, Pip is somehow leaving behind all the values he was raised with. Miss Havisham and Estella end up corrupting Pip with the rich life. Greed, beauty and hubris are Pips downward spiral into an immoral life. Pip finds Estella very attractive, but Estella calls him common and this does not sit well with Pip. All of Pip's expectations of becoming a rich gentleman are due to this love of Estella.
All of this Pip did for his best friend; he took money out of his own pocket and used it to make his friend's life better. The friends cared deeply for each other and loved each other sincerely. Every incident they found themselves in served to deepen their friendship.
So from the start Pip is in awe of Estella because of her beauty. It
The title character, also known as Pip, is a 20-something troubled soul trying to find her purpose
The expectations that cause Pip's character to become less likable are those that he develops after being introduced to Miss Havisham and Estella. During his first visit to the Satis House, Estella, who considers herself much too refined and well-bred to
as time went on, he realised it was for the best as Pip was to become