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    any warmth‚ just like Miss Havisham is cold and heartless. Fire can begin and end things. Fire can also stand for cleansing‚ getting rid of sin and start anew‚ but it can also destroy. Now for the question “How can fire be destructive?”. In chapter 49‚ a very important chapter in the novel‚ the answer comes forward. Pip goes to Satis House to talk to Miss Havisham‚ whom he finds sitting in front of the hearth staring into the fire‚ seemingly deep in thought. Miss Havisham asks Pip what

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    HOME | MISS EARTH 2010 | DELEGATES | NEWS | VIETNAM 2010 | GALLERY | SPONSORS | PAGEANT INFO | CONTACT | MISS INDIA | Nicole Faria * ------------------------------------------------- Age: 20Height: 176 cm.Weight: 49 kilosMeasurements: 85-58-89Occupation: ModelSuccess and failure are only the result of our efforts and our intentions. Both are temporary. We should focus on the journey and not on the destination. There are no failures. Life is a continuous learning experience. Everything is part

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    Film analysis – Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine‚ released in 2006‚ is a comic drama written by Michael Arndt and directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. It follows the adventures of the Hoover family when they embark on a road trip‚ to take Olive‚ the youngest of the family‚ to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. As the Hoovers travel from their home city Albuquerque to California‚ the directors satirise aspects of American society through irony‚ stereotypes

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    first‚ his dream has gradually changed since he goes to Miss Havisham’s house as a company. It’s quite inevitable that people change as the environment changes. Life in Miss Havisham’s family is so gentle and elegant and Estella is such a well-educated fair lady that attracts pip so much. So under the encouragement of Miss Havisham‚ Pip is determined to be a gentleman that matches perfectly with Estella. He firmly believes that Miss Havisham pins great hope on him‚ while she is just playing with him

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    evident in both writing pieces. There are a number of connections between the women of the play and novel; this can be seen in their stern‚ powerful and leader-like and always changing personalities that a number of female characters share. For instance‚ Miss Havisham’s burning hatred for men that she implemented into Estella’s mind‚ to Lady Macbeth’s level of ambition to have her husband become king. Others include similarities in levels of knowledge‚ even though they were considered “commoners” on a part

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    Carol Ann Duffy writes from the viewpoint of one of Charles’ Dickens most memorable characters‚ Miss Havisham from Great Expectations. This is a poignant poem when Duffy delves into the bitterness the character feels at being jilted. The title “Havisham” suggests a loss of status and sets the tone for the whole poem. Stanza 1 The opening line portrays the order of events. “Beloved sweetheart bastard.” The man she describes was someone special but soon became someone she hated. She has longed

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    works in favor of the child. For example‚ an immigrant moves to a country where their child can have more rights‚ freedoms‚ and opportunities than they did. In the acclaimed novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Miss Havisham takes this outlook to new heights. Miss Havisham trains her adopted daughter‚ Estella to terrorize the hearts of young men to make up for the heartbreak that she faced in her youth. Around the same time‚ another parental figure pushes a child to find opportunities that

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    Dickens uses this description of the Havisham Manor to give Pip’s impression of surrealness surrounding Miss Havisham and her house. Pip has just been apprenticed to Joe and goes to visit Miss Havisham‚ and‚ as he walks home‚ he reflects on the decrepitness and the age of the house and its contents. As the sentence progresses‚ Dickens chooses to order his descriptions in increasing intensity of spookiness and specificity‚ seemingly ‘zooming’ in to smaller and smaller objects and ending with the

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    multiple people to get hurt. Miss Havisham received a broken heart on her wedding day‚ and ever since‚ she has been scheming a way to get back at the male gender. The likes of Miss Havisham and Orlick are set on exacting their revenge on someone or something‚ no matter what the circumstances are‚ they will get their revenge. This selfish way of thinking shows that revenge is a factor that results in negative and hurtful behavior throughout Pip’s’ life. Miss Havisham is living with

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    reminded me of a witch but she had a very loud croaking voice she told me ‘’ Come in Miss Havisham will be with you in one moment’’. I went into a waiting room in front of a very old‚ dusty‚ oak staircase I was drawn to this candle lit room that I could just about see into through a crack in the ancient door as I walked a little closer the nerves went away and I found myself gliding towards the door then Miss Havisham appeared on top

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