iot, and Trollope-but in different moments also resembles a variety of Victorian subgenres, including the historical novel; a «silver-fork» fiction dealing with high society; a «Newgate» sensationalist or crime novel; and, perhaps most obviously, the Bildungsroman.the autobiographical nature of Great Expectations is easy with the knowledge that Dickens, like Pip, once lived in the marsh country, was employed in a job he despised, and experienced success in London at an early age . These similarities may be the reason why biographer Thomas Wright says that Great Expectations differs from Dickens s other novels, arguing that the hero and heroine are «really live and interesting characters with human faults and failings.» Some critics, including Wright, argue that Estella , in name and spirit, is an amalgam of Ellen Lawless Ternan, a 20-year-old actress with whom Dickens had an affair following his divorce.like Pip and Estella, Dickens and Ternan were united in the end, Great Expectations s original ending was considerably more melancholy. After finishing the last installment of the book in June 1861, the exhausted Dickens brought the proofs to his friend, novelist Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. argued that the Dickens s first and considerably shorter ending-in which Pip encounters Estella remarried and unambiguously leaves her forever-would be too disappointing for readers. In a letter to Forster, Dickens wrote, «I have put in as pretty a little piece of writing as I could, and I have no doubt that the story will be more acceptable through the alteration.» Great expectations Dickens judges his characters not only on social position or upbringing but also on their treatment of one another.his prosperous career as a writer, Charles Dickens took a literacy stance on the values ??and social status of society in London in the 19th century. Great expectations is of no exception. I agree completely with the statement, as Dickens portrays the characters we favor with sympathy (ie Joe, Magwitch and to a lesser extent Pip) to the characters which are adversely portrayed (ie Estella, Miss. Havisham, and Mrs. Joe). This use of sympathy and aversion towards these certain characters relate to their treatment on one another and their moral values.first relationship that Dickens judges harshly against is that of Estella and Mrs. Havisham. We are initially come in contact with the characters Estella and Miss. Havisham when Pip enters Satis House in chapter 8. The physical environment in which Estella and Miss. Havisham lived in gives vital first impressions of the status and condition of the characters.Havisham s house, which was old brick, and dismal, and had a great many iron bars to it. The rank garden, overgrown and tangled with weeds.element of treatment in this case is neglection and imprisonment, which can be directly related to Miss Havisham mothering Estella. Miss Havisham s main objective for raising Estella is to mold her into herself so that she can have another chance in life to love again. This sick fetish fantasy leads to Miss Havisham showing no love or companionship towards Estella. Instead she infuses materialistic and social implications into Estella and most importantly teaches and encourages her to lure men and in doing so, break to their hearts., Wealth and social position can t buy one of the most important qualities of being human - to be loved . As Miss Havisham was coming of age, fear and real loneliness had se...
