Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Evaluation of Estella from Great Expectations Essay -- Great Expectatio
Evaluation of Estella from Great Expectations.    Evaluation of Estella    "The lady whom I had never seen before, lifted up her eyes and looked  archly at me, and then I saw that the eyes were Estella's eyes." From  this passage, I believe it is safe to infer that Pip notices a great  change in Estella's appearance and the way she carries herself, once  she comes back from finishing school, but is there really that much of  a change in the rest of her? Although she may change her methods,  she's still unemotional, she still takes orders from Miss Havisham,  and she still leads Pip on.    Speaking of leading Pip on, Estella leads Pip on. When Pip is at Miss  Havisham's for the second time, Estella acts as if she likes Pip and  does something very unlike herself.    "There was a bright flush upon her face... she stepped back into the  passage and beckoned me.    'Come here! You may kiss me if you like! I kissed her cheek as she  turned it to me. I think I would have gone through a great deal to  kiss her cheek. But, I felt that the kiss was given to the coarse  common boy as a piece of money might have been, and that was worth  nothing." (Page 93, paragraphs 2-4) As you can see Estella is  definitely leading Pip on.    Estella also leads Pip on in the second half of the book. She goes  with Pip to balls and other parties. She also goes down to Miss  Havisham's with him, but these things have no meaning.]    As I just mentioned Pip and Estella go down to Miss Havisham's  together. This is because; although she is grown-up Estella is still  controlled by Miss H. What I'm saying is that Miss H makes them go  (well not so much Pip; he just comes along for the ride). She also  controls Estella in other ways. She makes her write notes ho...              ...the book, but I've got more  proof from the second half. At this part Pip tries to compliment  Estella and she laughs right in his face.    "'I live quite pleasantly there; at least-'It appeared to me that I  was losing a chance.    'At least?' repeated Estella.    'As pleasantly as I could anywhere away from you.'    'You silly boy,' said Estella, quite composedly, 'how can you talk  such nonsense?'" (Page 226, paragraphs 8-11) Hey, I don't know about  anyone else, but I think that was pretty mean (although it wasn't the  same kind of meanness that was in the first part).    That's exactly what my paper's on. I think I've just proved that  Estella is the same person throughout the whole book, but the kind of  person she is changes (whether she's leading Pip on, being controlled  by Miss Havisham, or being her mean ol' self). If I have then my  mission was successful.                    Evaluation of Estella from Great Expectations Essay -- Great Expectatio  Evaluation of Estella from Great Expectations.    Evaluation of Estella    "The lady whom I had never seen before, lifted up her eyes and looked  archly at me, and then I saw that the eyes were Estella's eyes." From  this passage, I believe it is safe to infer that Pip notices a great  change in Estella's appearance and the way she carries herself, once  she comes back from finishing school, but is there really that much of  a change in the rest of her? Although she may change her methods,  she's still unemotional, she still takes orders from Miss Havisham,  and she still leads Pip on.    Speaking of leading Pip on, Estella leads Pip on. When Pip is at Miss  Havisham's for the second time, Estella acts as if she likes Pip and  does something very unlike herself.    "There was a bright flush upon her face... she stepped back into the  passage and beckoned me.    'Come here! You may kiss me if you like! I kissed her cheek as she  turned it to me. I think I would have gone through a great deal to  kiss her cheek. But, I felt that the kiss was given to the coarse  common boy as a piece of money might have been, and that was worth  nothing." (Page 93, paragraphs 2-4) As you can see Estella is  definitely leading Pip on.    Estella also leads Pip on in the second half of the book. She goes  with Pip to balls and other parties. She also goes down to Miss  Havisham's with him, but these things have no meaning.]    As I just mentioned Pip and Estella go down to Miss Havisham's  together. This is because; although she is grown-up Estella is still  controlled by Miss H. What I'm saying is that Miss H makes them go  (well not so much Pip; he just comes along for the ride). She also  controls Estella in other ways. She makes her write notes ho...              ...the book, but I've got more  proof from the second half. At this part Pip tries to compliment  Estella and she laughs right in his face.    "'I live quite pleasantly there; at least-'It appeared to me that I  was losing a chance.    'At least?' repeated Estella.    'As pleasantly as I could anywhere away from you.'    'You silly boy,' said Estella, quite composedly, 'how can you talk  such nonsense?'" (Page 226, paragraphs 8-11) Hey, I don't know about  anyone else, but I think that was pretty mean (although it wasn't the  same kind of meanness that was in the first part).    That's exactly what my paper's on. I think I've just proved that  Estella is the same person throughout the whole book, but the kind of  person she is changes (whether she's leading Pip on, being controlled  by Miss Havisham, or being her mean ol' self). If I have then my  mission was successful.                      
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