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Great Expectations Miss Havisham Weapons

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in the novel the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens one of the many main characters played a huge role in the novel alongside Estella and Pip. She lives in a rotting mansion which seems to be as if she is rotting with it.The old house begins to catch fire, leaving readers questioning whether it is symbolic, or has any purpose to it. The breaking up of her and man and her ex husband Compeyson , left her heart broken an unforgiving. Since then she sworn to herself that'd she never move beyond the heart break thus tuning her into a bitter, vicious and mean old woman , who lived a miserable hate filled life. leading to losing her life in a tragic way. All the people in her life suffer greatly, and she becomes blind to her actions, and the life she had wasted away. …show more content…

A weapon used to her advantages, as an act of revenge. Little did she know this affected Estella's future, and her well being. She raises Estella to torment men and break their hearts. She gains the truest love from a young man Pip by the ways of Miss Havisham. She becomes cold. Towards Ms. Havishams own realization she felt as if it had to be dealt with.

The second and most important she effect out of the whole book is Pip. Pips love and longing desire to marry Estella puts the young man in the position to feel as if he wouldn't be good enough. And give himself the lack of any credit for what he's done. When he becomes a young gentleman he treats those close to them the way Ms. Havishham or Estella would treat anyone.

At the end of the novel Ms. Havisham begins to realize and fee remorse for how she raised Estella how she had taken Estella's heart and left ice in it's place. " How she changed a young man into a snob. She felt as if she's done no good but hurt those around, and wasted nothing but pettiness on herself her whole

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