Suffering is a very difficult thing that must be overcome and it can have good and negative results. The suffering can play a key role in developing theme and the plot in a literary work. This is the case in the novel Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens in the year 1860. The suffering that Miss Havisham faced early on in her life may have caused her to cause suffering in the life of Pip and Estella. In the novel, Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Dickens shows how suffering in one’s life may lead them to cause suffering in the life of another.
Estella’s the girl adopted by Miss Havisham so Miss Havisham could inflict suffering on her and boys that entered Estella's life. Miss Havisham on her wedding day was left by her fiance at the altar at 8:40 in the morning. This makes her want to inflict that same suffering onto others, namely Pip and Estella. Miss …show more content…
She was not shown love and she was treated as an object, not as a young girl. She was raised by Miss Havisham to wreak revenge on men. Miss Havisham wants Estella to leave a man heartbroken by how she treats them so the man can feel the same way that Miss Havisham felt all those years ago. Estella is left being unable to show or give any love to anyone because of how she was raised. She doesn't know any better than to act this way. This leads to Pip being left heartbroken by Estella.
Pip was the other character that experienced the suffering by the hand of Miss Havisham. Pip sees Estella for the first time and is immediately attracted to her beauty and her social class. Miss Havisham urges Pip to love Estella through everything, even if she doesn't show that same love back. Miss Havisham causes Pip to think that she is his benefactor and because she is his benefactor. This misconception leads Pip to believe that he will end up marrying Estella no matter what, so he is more passive towards Estella, and Drummle ends up marrying
Estella’s the girl adopted by Miss Havisham so Miss Havisham could inflict suffering on her and boys that entered Estella's life. Miss Havisham on her wedding day was left by her fiance at the altar at 8:40 in the morning. This makes her want to inflict that same suffering onto others, namely Pip and Estella. Miss …show more content…
She was not shown love and she was treated as an object, not as a young girl. She was raised by Miss Havisham to wreak revenge on men. Miss Havisham wants Estella to leave a man heartbroken by how she treats them so the man can feel the same way that Miss Havisham felt all those years ago. Estella is left being unable to show or give any love to anyone because of how she was raised. She doesn't know any better than to act this way. This leads to Pip being left heartbroken by Estella.
Pip was the other character that experienced the suffering by the hand of Miss Havisham. Pip sees Estella for the first time and is immediately attracted to her beauty and her social class. Miss Havisham urges Pip to love Estella through everything, even if she doesn't show that same love back. Miss Havisham causes Pip to think that she is his benefactor and because she is his benefactor. This misconception leads Pip to believe that he will end up marrying Estella no matter what, so he is more passive towards Estella, and Drummle ends up marrying