Great Expectations Essay About Guilt

Shame, remorse, regret these are many forms of one emotion guilt. The feeling of having done something wrong. Every human feels guilt whether it be for something insignificant or life changing. Guilt can easily be seen as negative for it is has the ability to consume a person up on the inside slowly leaving an empty shell in its place. Nevertheless guilt can be positive since it can lead to the asking of forgiveness and the bettering of a person. Throughout Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Miss Havisham’s past and current actions has caused her to feel a great deal of guilt. Letting her unquenchable desire for revenge blind her while possessing Estella as a child. Once Estella was placed under Miss Havisham’s care she proceeded executing her plan to ensure that Estella would never go through the excruciating agony she endures. In order to proceed with said plan she never presented Estella with love or any other heartfelt emotions an ideal mother should display to their child. Never allowing little Estella to experience love every child should have the privilege of feeling, prevented her to ever provide love to anyone. Instead of being a loving caretaker Miss Havisham only wanted to create Estella and create a weapon and temptation to use against men. Throughout her childhood all Estella was approval from

Now with Estella by her side Miss Havisham is able to use her. In order to taunt and lure unsuspecting men Estella will use her hypnotizing beauty and charm against them. Through this she allows them to fall madly in love with her only to leave them in an anguished and heartbroken state. Since no caring emotions were shown to Estella as a child she never showed emotions at all. Although in the origination of Miss Havisham’s plan she only meant well just wanting to protect Estella from heartache and grief which only untrustworthy men can