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Great Expectations Miss Havisham Quotes

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Miss Havisham is a character in Great Expectations that some would say is delusional, crazy, or maybe even evil for her actions in the novel.Miss Havisham’s madness plays a key role in Charles Dickens 's Novel, Great Expectations, because her own heartbreak causes her to wreak havoc on the main protagonist,Pip’s feelings. Miss Havisham’s heartbreak from when she was younger changed her own views on life and on the mystery of love. Miss Havisham uses her own traumatic experiences as an excuse to manipulate others into heartbreak. She causes the heartbreak of Pip. Pip loved Estella, but Miss Havisham cause Estella to give Pip the cold shoulder in Great Expectations. Maybe her delusions about love aren 't delusions at all, love is

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