Comparing the Characters of Magwitch and Miss Havisham in...

Comparing the Characters of Magwitch and Miss Havisham in Great Expectations by Dickens Miss Havisham is a bitter old woman. She wants to seek revenge on all men for the wrong that was done to her by one man. She lives in her clothes that she should have worn to her wedding and is surrounded by decaying things in a darkened room. Miss Havisham adopts a young girl Estella, whom she has planed to use her to seek revenge on all men. Miss Havisham is delighted in the way Estella torments Pip. This is shown in chapter 8 when Pip has just met Miss Havisham and Estella, when Miss Havisham asks Estella to play with him. Estella calls Pip a common labouring boy, Miss Havisham says to Estella Well? You can†¦show more content†¦When he meets Pip in London when he confesses that he is his benefactor, he is so proud in the gentleman he has created. He shows this in chapter 39 when Magwitch calls Pip master when Pip asks Magwitch if he would like to come in. It was as if he was not good enough to call him Pip or as he was a slave to Pip. Later on Magwitch says to Pip You acted noble, my boy. Noble, Pip! Magwitch also shows that he is proud of the gentleman he has made again in chapter 39 when he tells Pip Yes, Pip, dear boy, Ive made a gentleman on you! Its me wot has done it! I swore that time, sure as ever I earned a guinea, that guinea should go to youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦. Wot you kep life in, got his head so hig h that he could make a gentleman - and, Pip youre him! Magwitch says this in such a proud way, that he shows that he could not be any happier on the way Pip has turned out, a great gentleman. Pip realises that Magwitchs character has changed for the best and Pip forms a strong affection for the one he knew as a convict, is more like a second father to him. Magwitch loves Pip he feels that Pip is a replacement for the child he lost. 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