Miss Havisham Quotes

The Presentation of Miss Havisham in Chapter 8 and in Chapter 49 of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

What do you think your life would have been like if you were in the Holocaust?It may seem like a terrible situation, but one girl ,Anne Frank, seemed to always find the good in people. The last words in her diary were “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” These last famous words of Anne Frank let the world know that know matter what happens ,there is always good in people. Anne’s family faced many problems and fears in the annex. From, the diary, Anne left ,I agree with Anne’ quote. I am siding with Anne because Mr.Frank was selfless, trusting, generous, and willing. Mr.Frank cared and thought for other people. He is described by Anne’s quote even if he did go through some

In the story Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Dickens uses fire as a motif. Throughout the story, he uses fire as a representation of the start and the end to things. He also uses it to represent understanding, but when it comes to Miss Havisham he uses it to describe destruction. The fire is used to describe Miss Havisham's personality, and also is symbolic to what it does to Pip. There are many different ways that the fire in Miss Havisham's home is symbolic to the character of Miss Havisham.

‘Miss Havisham’ is a bitter and twisted character from the novel ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens. Carol Ann Duffy takes this character and explores her tragic life in the poem ‘Havisham’. Duffy uses Dark themes, structure, symbolism and other poetic techniques to express Havisham’s hatred for men after her tragic wedding when she was rejected by her fiancé. Duffy’s use of these poetic techniques create a sinister character and makes Havisham feel real to the reader.

Miss Havisham plays a major role in Great Expectations. She portrayed a depressed, mad woman full of anger and misery. Miss Havisham is one of the, if not the most selfish character throughout the novel. After she was jilted on her wedding day, she has remained “stuck” in that day. As an outcome of this, she has grown with hatred for all men and uses her adopted daughter, Estella to get revenge. Miss Havisham’s self-serving character shows when she takes control of Estella’s life and she becomes a victim of Miss Havisham’s teachings. She raises Estella with no knowledge of what love is or how to love. Instead, Miss Havisham teaches her to torture, hate and break the hearts of men, especially to Pip. "That girl is hard and haughty and capricious

From pages 100 to 199 many different things happened to our young protagonist Pip. He became closer to Miss Havisham, and continued his complex relationship with Estella, until he was asked to leave the Satis House and become Joe’s blacksmith apprentice. Pip also begins to disregard his common lifestyle, and those within it, to continue his search for wealth and knowledge. Until he is prompted by the attack on his sister, who becomes brain damaged and incapacitated, to remember where he came from.

As if a ghost flew by, the woman was no longer her former self. She shielded herself with the snow, almost vanishing out of existence with no trace left behind. The woman was strange according to Charles Dickens. Yet only a few years later the white woman would inspire the character Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham is from a book called Great Expectations, the book was written by Charles Dickens during the Victorian era. In addition the book has many intriguing characters with their own intricate backstories. Character like Miss Havisham, Pip, and Magwitch. Each one of them are imprisoned by previous actions accompaned with mistakes.

The character Miss Havisham serves as the prime example of self-swindling and explores the negative effects of it. Desperate for love, Miss Havisham swindles herself into believing that Compeyson’s romantic interest in her is genuine despite his “systematic” affection that obviously depends on her wealth (Dickens 161). Similarly, Miss Havisham’s devastating heartbreak leads her to trick herself into believing that genuine love does not exist. Because of this self-swindling, Miss Havisham ironically secludes herself from friendship and companionship, the only “natural and healing influences” that could have saved her from the eventual decay of her character (Dickens 356). Likewise, Satis House, from which “daylight was completely excluded,” reflects the lack of growth and enlightenment caused by

Timidity plays a big part in the first portion of the novel. Clara Lemlich seems to be nothing more than a timid young girl working in her family's shop, but she proves to be more than what meets the eye. Clara is full of aspiration and yearns for an education, but she learns to keep these hopes and dreams to herself due to her severely stern parents. On page 14, Clara expresses herself by saying “How can I tell Mama who toils sunup to sundown to be a good mother a good wife that this life (her life) is not enough for me, that I dream instead of words ideas a life that stretches far beyond the bounds of this shtetl?” Clara seems to be torn between disappointing her beloved parents, and showing them who she really is, but most importantly

The quote that Anne states in her diary on July 1944 was, “In spite of everything, I still believe people are good at heart”, was a way for Anne to show what she was really made up of on the inside. Anne is a really kind person in her heart. Anne is also a very caring person because of some of the things she does such as give presents. Anne tries to stay positive in every situation that she can, even when things get bad. And that is why I think Anne thought of that quote while writing in her diary about daily events that happened before and while in the secret annex.

When the love potion was put on Lysander he had no feelings for Hermia but she still stayed true to him. Oberon wants to get involved in everybody's love life and Puck his sidekick puts the love potion on the wrong Athenian man and the love quadrilateral get confusing. Lysander said “ She doesn’t see Hermia- Hermia keep sleeping and do not come near me ever again! Eating too many sweets make people sick to their stomachs and people always hates mistakes they made in the past worse than anyone else hates those mistakes. Hermia, you're the sweet I’ve had too much of and the mistake I used to make so I hate you more than anyone else does.-I’ll use all my talents and efforts to serve Helena and bring her honor.” (Shakespeare.2.2.59-61.) Hermia

Miss Havisham plays a big part in Pip's life. Dickens portrays her as a women who has been jilted on her wedding day. This event has ruined her life. Miss Havisham has stopped all clocks and sits in her yellowing wedding dress. Miss havisham has stopped all clocks on the moment she has found out that her lover has jilted her. Dickens describes her in a way whick makes me imagine the castle of the white witch in Narnia, with its frozen statues in the courtyard.

Her shoes were white...she had a long white veil...' here Dickens uses repetition to further strengthen his point, and effectively portray the theme of isolation. As already noted, Miss Havisham's character is very melodramatic, and highly unrealistic, but her theatrical character is used as a weapon by Dickens to strongly emphasise his belief that the rich of the time were arrogant and selfish. The very fact that she took the decision to separate herself from the rest of society brings up two different points, the first is that she only had that option open because of her wealth, and it is because of her stubbornness and arrogance that she chooses this path. Here Dickens is trying to emphasise the point that the rich have an open door of choice, which the poor don't have, but their sheer arrogance and stubbornness makes them choose to ignore going through the hard way, and trying to piece back together their lives, rather they opt to take the easier way out and completely separate themselves from the rest of society. The second point that Dickens is trying to put across is that the women of the time were over-reliant on men, when Miss Havisham was jilted on her wedding day, she chose there and then, that she would no longer be able to go on, because of the need of a manly figure in her life.

Hopefully this makes sense. What I think symbolizes Miss. Havisham would be a sword, smashed plates, a broken charm, money, and last but not least a wilting flower. A sword represents revenge in which Miss. Havisham uses Estella to make Pip fall for her and later to reject him. Smashed plates represents Miss. Havisham’s anger towards men. A broken charm represents Miss. Havisham’s heartbreak at the alter the day of her wedding day. A German Shepherd represents control as in when Miss. Havisham controls Estella to do harm to Pip. Last but not least a wilting flower. A wilting flower represents Miss. Havisham’s loneliness that kept her in her wedding dress since the day she was jilted. Everything around her were getting older and older as the

Throughout her professional acting career, Angelina Jolie has played the “evil character” in various movies, making her the ideal casting choice for Miss. Havisham in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. After being jilted at the altar minutes before her wedding, Miss. Havisham isolates herself from the outside world, locking herself in the Satis House. Using her adopted daughter, Estella, she hopes to seek revenge on all male sex. Jolie plays Maleficent, a vengeful, evil queen, in the movie Maleficent, and Lisa Rowe, an impulsive sociopath who resides in a mental institution, in the film Girl, Interrupted . In both roles, her character takes a sudden twist, turning from a sweet, loving girl to a cold hearted and aggressive freak. Similar to Miss. Havisham, who has not changed out of her wedding dress since the incident, Maleficent’s physical appearance reflects her creepy personality. Her cruel actions are driven by a petty excuse - not being invited to a princess’ christening. As Lisa Rowe, Jolie plays an unfiltered, manipulative and self-centered sociopath. Rowe’s brutal honesty, self-interest, and controlling personality are similar to Miss. Havisham’s, which makes Angelina Jolie the perfect actress for Miss. Havisham.