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Great Expectations - Characters (Miss Havisham (Initally a bitter woman…
Great Expectations - Characters
Miss Havisham
Initally a bitter woman who was left at the wedding altar by a con-man. She let her body, house and mind go to ruin as a result. outraged, she seeks to wreak havoc on the male sex and trained Estella, who she adopted, to do so
Later on in the story we see that she feels guilt for what she has done to Pip. By damaging his heart with the instrument that is Estella, also corrupting him from the good man he was. She lead him to believe that she was his benefactor, not Magwitch. She died from setting herself ablaze to get pity from Pip.
Biddy
A kind and loving girl who is skilled at
many jobs. Like Joe she is very good
hearted, which is why they are the perfect
couple when they marry. She was also
Pip's childhood friend.
Wemmick
He has a split personality as
it is the only way he can
cope with life. He never
brings work into home,
vice versa. He does help Pip
and his aged father. He
works for Jaggers.
Pip
He is the retrospective narrative of
this book. It is his Bildungsroman.
His moral journey has ups and
downs. He becomes a gentleman
because of his infatuation with Estella.
His personality constantly changes,
Magwitch
He was once a convict and
becomes Pip's benefactor and
like a second father. Heloves
Pip and never knew his daughter
Estella. He dies killing his enemy
Compeyson in the water but
is arrested just before he dies.
Another truegentleman.
Jaggers
He isolates himself because his
job to send and save people to/from
the gallows is a horrendous
one. He has witnessed
nightmarish things. We never
learn of his backstory.
He lets Pip believe that Miss
Havisham is his benefactor. He
is both good and bad
Mr Jaggers, a lawyer who works in London who
also happens to be Miss Havisham's lawyer. He knows the whole story of every character and does
help in some ways. He gave Estella to Miss Havisham to save her being an orphan if he
couldn't get his client (Molly) out of
being hung for the crime of murder.
Estella
Meaning far star. She is proud
and selfish. She can not really care
for anyone because that was
how she was made. Never finds
out her own backstory though the
readers do.
Joe
Pip's moral compass, Joe may not be
educated but he is all things good
and can understanda situation
better than most. This blacksmith
has had a heart-breaking past but is
still a true gentleman.