Miss Havisham Flashcards
“The ____ godmother who had _____ me” Ch 19
who is being referred to as this, and what does it show?
“The fairy godmother who had changed me” Ch 19
Pip is referring to Miss Havisham, and she has tricked him into thinking that she has made his life so much better through Estella
“That girl’s ____ and _____ and _______ to the ____ degree, and has been brought up by ____ ______ to wreak _____ on all the ____ sex” Ch 22
Who is speaking, and what are they speaking about? What themes does it link to?
“That girl’s hard and haughty and capricious to the last degree, and has been brought up by Miss Havisham to wreak vengeance on all the male sex” Ch 22
Herbert is speaking to Pip about Estella and her upbringing to break hearts of all men- this links to themes of Miss Havisham being manipulative and obsessed by her past
“She _____ it for me to do all the _____ deeds of the young _____ of romance, and _____ the _____.” Ch 29
What does Pip think in this situation, and what themes does it link to?
“She reserved it for me to do all the shining deeds of the young knight of romance, and marry the princess” Ch 29
Pip thinks that Miss Havisham is his benefactor because she wants Estella to marry him. Pip compares his story to a fairy tale, where everything is perfectly in place. In reality, the real world isn’t like that. This links to themes of Miss Havisham being manipulative and hard to read
“What ____ I _____! What ____ I _____!”
Ch 49
What themes does this connect to and what is the character doing?
“What have I done! What have I done!” Ch 49
Miss Havisham is begging for
forgiveness from Pip in her final moments, and this connects to themes of her changing in her ways in her last moments of life
“When ____ first ____ to me, I _____ to ____ her from _____ like my ____” Ch 49
Why is this significant, and who is this character talking to?
“When she first came to me, I meant to save her misery like my own” Ch 49
Miss Havisham explains to Pip why she brought up Estella, and this is significant because in her final moments, she finally explains the truth
“____work and ____” Ch 8
what is this a description of, and what does it signify?
“Waxwork and skeleton” Ch 8
Pip is describing what Miss Havisham looks like when he first meets her. It signifies Miss Havisham’s condition and poor health. She is characterised using gothic references here
