How Does Miss Havisham Change Throughout The Novel

The novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is set in the Mid-nineteenth century and is narrated by the main character and protagonist, Pip, who is formally introduced at his adolescent age of six. Pip lives with his older sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery, who Pip is not particularly fond of, and his brother-in-law Joe, who Pip describes as his best friend and teacher of the art of blacksmithing, in the cities of England. As Pip lives the typical life of a mischievous juvenile child, he encounters an escaped convict, Abel Magwitch, in a churchyard, and though Abel’s initial encounter was in the intention to terrorize Pip, Abel is overcome by the kindness Pip exerts on him, and will eventually turn the table and return the act of kindness on to
Miss. Havishham is described by Pip as an old, wealthy lady who lives in the Satis House manor near Pip’s village. Miss Havishham is infamous for wearing her old wedding dress every day after being distraught to the events of her fiancé leaving her at the altar. In attempts to revenge against men, Miss Havisham adopts a young girl Estella, and raises her to become spiteful and heartbreaking towards those who have the misfortune of falling in love with her. Dickens of course uses Estella as the major conflict in Pips life, as he falls passionately in love with her due to Miss Havisham’s subliminal manipulation. Along with being a accessory to the convict Abel, Dickens sets up a anachronistic approach of conflicts for Pip to overcome as he’s on the journey to bettering himself from martial-like villages to the upscales of
Havsisham had established. This being said, the goal to attain Estella’s hand in marriage and become a gentleman of Estella’s nature becomes a tedious task for Pip. Dickens uses the theme of man vs. society to illustrate the conflict of the social class that’s preventing Pip from becoming closer to Estella. Pip works hard through the thwart of being a low paid blacksmith, in hopes that one day his life will be reciprocated into his aspiring life of a gentleman. As if it was the grace of God himself, Pip had inherited a thesaurus amount of money anonymously, to help him become the tantamount of a gentleman he had so long been wishing for. This situation of course led Pip to believe Miss. Havisham herself had given him the money to help him win over his true love Estella. Momentarily solving Pip’s conflict in becoming a gentleman, but not yet the major conflict of winning over