“Child abuse and neglect affects over 1 million children every year” (Washington, DC: Prevent Child Abuse America, 2012). How appalling is this? These children have little hope of escaping their home and its members, just like character Estella in the book Great Expectations. Little adopted Estella is verbally beaten by Miss Havisham and has no way of escaping her clutch. The consequences of Miss Havisham’s actions will affect Estella forever. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens uses Estella’s lack of feelings to exhibit the way Estella has been raised by Miss Havisham.Miss Havisham once had soft skin and delicate eyes full of compassion and spirit that was before the fall. The wicked witch had a warm heart and opened up to a man named Compeyson. The two made a lovely couple and soon silver bells were in the air, It was the night of her marriage to this gentleman, there she should waiting at the altar. However, Compeyson never strolled down the aisle to marry her. The reality of him using her for money struck hard like bat to a stained glass window. Rage filled within her soul, her heart shattered leaving pieces scattered across the room. He scammed Miss Havisham and took much of her wealthy, since then she swore revenge on Compeyson. Miss Havisham’s heart turned cool and dark, she planned to raise a beautiful daughter who would crush the hearts of men.
Miss Havisham adopted a young, stunning girl named Estella. Daily, Miss Havisham forced the girl to steal the heart of young men and lovingly torture them. However Estella had no choice, Miss Havisham did not care if she wanted to go outside and run away. Estella’s nefarious mother eliminated any of her opinions or freedoms of being an innocent young girl. In chapter 33, Es…
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…had no way of preventing the abuse from her mother like the statistic; over one million children are greatly affected by abuse every year. Miss Havisham held such a grudge that she ruined the life of her only child. While Estella was in the process of choosing a worthy suitor, her mind instructed that she pick oafish Drummle. However, deep down inside her heart she knows that he is not the one, but the innocent and unique Estella deserves a gentleman. Around chapters 49 or 52 in the novel Miss Havisham died of her wounds originating from the fireplace. Their seemed to be a mood change in the book, as Estella was forever released from that rusty old cage (know as her mother). Time passed and she began to feel her own emotions. The book ended with Estella and Pip walking off through the gardens holding hands. Do you think she will ever be able to completely love him?
