An analysis of Miss Havisham’s character and her tragic destiny in Great Expectations《远大前程》英文读後感.docxVIP

An analysis of Miss Havisham’s character and her tragic destiny in Great Expectations PAGE1 / NUMPAGES4 An analysis of Miss Havisham’s character and her tragic destiny in Great Expectations Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens is regarded as a masterpiece of English novels. It narrates the story of Pip, an orphan boy who has good luck and great expectations, and then loses both his luck and expectations. The main characters invented by Charles Dickens in the book have displayed their own charms completely because of the extraordinary wealth of Charles Dickens’ invention as exhibited in the number and variety of the characters introduced into his novels, his amazing keenness of observation and his descriptive power, and also his creative ability of humor. Sometimes in Dickens’ novel, the protagonist is described comparatively feeble, while some secondary characters, particularly those with strange spirit are portrayed vividly. The female character Miss Havisham belongs to such figures. She is one of the figures portrayed quite successfully in the book. So in this essay, the focus is Miss Havisham’s character and her tragic destiny instead of the hero Pip. In Great Expectations, Miss Havisham and her strange dress, life style and behavior attract the readers greatly. Most people regard her as a hateful person. However, she is a tragic person worthy of sympathy. And the causes of this tragic character will be analyzed through studying the society, family and Miss Havisham herself. In this way, we can have an objective and all-round understanding of this image. Born in an aristocratic family, Young Havisham is very proud and not truly compassionate and charitable who hates her poor relatives .On one hand she retorts those relatives who are fawning, insincere and just in an attempt to cheat her money sarcastically and exposes their lies ironically. On the other hand, she considers her cousin Matthew a man of integrity and honesty and kindness. Therefore M