Estella's Fate

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In the novel, “Great Expectations” the main, young character Pip is easily swayed by others and unaware of the darkness underneath.Especially by Estella, he’s naive to think that he can change her heart so the love would become mutual. His actions encircle around what Estella thinks of him and ignore everyone’s else’s thoughts. This leads him to damage the good 1relationships he has in order to please Estella, who has made clear will never be fond of him.
At the beginning of the book, pip is visiting the churchyard to see his mother’s and father’s tombstones. In the process, he gets yanked by an intimidating convict. The convict forcefully grabs Pip by the collar and says, “ ‘You get me a file.’ He tilted me again. 'And you get me tittles.’ …show more content…

Pumblechok to go visit Miss Havisham’s place where Pip would play. When he arrives he’s greeted by a girl his age, named Estella. She brings him to see Miss Havisham who has changed for the worse because she was jilted by her fiancee. Miss Havisham feels the need to spread heartbreak through Estella but fails to realize the fate she has chosen for Estella to live will be a regrettable one. When Estella is asked by Miss Havisham to play with Pip she replies with, “‘With this boy!Why he is a common-labouring-boy!’ I thought I overheard Miss Havisham answer - only it seemed so unlikely-‘ well?you can break his heart’” (Dickens 60) By giving Estella permission to break Pip’s heart with such easiness demonstrates how cold hearted she has become in order to think some’s young’s boy heart is her toy to play with. During the game Estella repeatedly insults Pip, she says after the first game, “And what coarse hands he has. And what thick boots” (Dickens 8). What she says here doesn’t offend Pip, it saddens him that such a pretty girl is disgusted with him because he’s a laboring boy. He no longer wants to play and he tells Miss Havisham so he can leave. Before letting Pip go Estella puts,” the mug down on the stones of the yard, and gave me the bread and meat without looking at me, as insolently as if I were a dog in disgrace.I was humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry…tears started

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