Miss Havisham's Mental Illness

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.

‘Havisham’ is a poem told by a woman called Miss Havisham, who is a character in ‘Great Expectations’ written by Charles Dickens, and in the book she is portrayed as a rich but pathetic woman. Through reading the poem, the readers are able to realise that she detests her ‘title’, and it can also be seen when she does not use the ‘Miss’ in Miss Havisham (she is emphasizing her individuality). The poem is about her anger and fury, and through her choice of words the readers are able to picture her, alone in a dark room, shouting, almost madly, at her lover who betrayed her; he left nothing behind but a small note telling her that he wasn’t arriving on their wedding day, probably forever. The poem is written as a dramatic monologue, where she

Lady Macbeth suffered from a Post-Traumatic stress disorder and paranoid schizophrenia due to these symptoms: hallucinations, intrusive memories, as well as delusions. Post–traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) is a mental health condition that is triggered by a frightening event that someone has witnessed or experienced. Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder is insomnia, guilt, reliving traumatic moments, and concentration problems. (Lipinski) Lady Macbeth is reliving a tragedy moment that

Immediately after being exposed to the higher social class society: the snobby Estella and the selfish Miss Havisham, Pip loose his childlike innocence and adopts selfishness. When an individual is selfish he

It is present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four or more of the following: Is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that that the major point of the activity is lost; Shows perfectionism that interferes with task completion; Is excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships; Is over conscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of morality, ethics, or values; Is unable to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value; Is reluctant to delegate tasks or to work with others unless they submit to exactly his or her way of doing things; Adopts a miserly spending style toward self and others; And shows rigidity and stubbornness. From the information that “Lady Macbeth” shared about her behaviors and what the DSM-5 states about Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, this client shares a lot of those traits and would most likely be diagnosed with this specific disorder. The most important factor in this diagnosis is the fact that her behaviors are having a negative effect on her life and interpersonal relationships. She appears not able to make and keep friends because has said that when she had been invited out the

Dickens also may have Erotomania. “He also separated from his wife. Dickens slandered Catherine [wife] publicly, and struck an up intimate relationship with a young actress (Charles Dickens 1). After the separation between Charles and Catherine, Dickens had a mistress he may have loved the actress but they didn’t last long enough to be in a true relationship. Dickens may also be suffering from borderline personality or narcissistic, where Dickens thinks he’s too full of himself.

Pip uses the things he has learned from Magwitch with the people that mattered in his life; including Magwitch. During her recovery, Pip forgave Miss Havisham for the “deeper

Lady Macbeth shows signs of being not in touch with reality as she refers to the men she just kills as “sleeping and dead are but as pictures’’(mac.2,50-51). All her symptoms point to post traumatic stress disorder as the mental illness she suffers with. Professor William Copeland and duke university stated “Post-traumatic stress disorder is connected to a traumatic event or a series of tragic events in a person’s life” This implies a connection of post-traumatic stress disorder and lady Macbeth. During the end of the play lady Macbeth was under care from a doctor. The doctor told lady Macbeth “therein the patient must minister to herself” (mac.5,54-64).

My favourite character in Great Expectations was Miss Havisham. I thought her storyline was very original and cryptic, which is why I decided to portray her in my creative project. In my painting I have depicted Miss Havisham in the wedding dress she refuses to take off, but I contrived the bottom of the dress using tulle to make in three-dimensional as most wedding dresses do to create volume. I have placed text on each layer of tulle, which illustrates and walks you through the major events in Miss Havisham’s life.

Miss Havisham 's life was ruined and she refused to do anything with her life, “‘Look at me,’ said Miss Havisham. ‘You are not afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since you were born?’”(Dickens 44). Once she was left, she ended up just staying cooped up all of her life. She wanted nothing to do with the outside world. Nothing was worth it to her, everything reminds her of that day.

Although Pip does not know the identity of his benefactor, he keeps in his mind that Miss Havisham is his benefactor. Pip thinks that she is there to raise him to become a gentleman so he can marry Estella. Pip's thoughts as to who he wants his secret benefactor to be shows a sign of immaturity. Additionally, when Pip starts learning to become a gentleman, he becomes mean to Joe and Biddy because they are much different to his new lifestyle. When Joe visits, Pip is snobbish to him because he is not behaving properly.

According to local law enforcement, the woman should be punished, although understanding her hardship may make a judge deem otherwise. In many situations, one will find that there isn’t always an extreme left or right leaving the correct path as ambiguous. In Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations moral ambiguity is expressed through his characters. The main character Pip and his expectations leave him hoping for a better life and craving a higher social class, which causes his actions to fluctuate between helping people and taking his frustrations out on others. In addition, Miss Havisham, a woman with a broken heart tries to save her adopted daughter Estella from receiving a broken heart.

Throughout the story, a character who attempts to wreak revenge is Miss Havisham. Her life revolves around one event, the rejection on her wedding day. She becomes desperate for revenge because of this event. She adopts a girl named Estella

Internal conflicts are created and fought within our minds. Normally an individual would win the fight and move on. In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens his character Miss havisham does not move on but stays within the confines of: time, Satis house, and a broken emotional state, Causing her to be forever imprisoned. Miss havisham imprisoned herself with time. for instance she stops all the clocks in the Satis House at the exact moment she was jilted on her wedding day 9;20.

In contrast to Compeyson’s obvious, rash manipulation of Magwitch, the unassuming Mr. Pumblechook, upon hearing of Pip’s great expectations, begins to discretely move into a more favorable position in Pip’s life. Pumblechook initially treats Pip with a neglectful and almost contemptuous attitude constantly reminding him to ‘“be forever grateful to all friends, but especially unto them which have brought you up by hand!”’ (53); however, upon hearing of Pip’s great expectations his attitude changes completely. Pumblechook, instead of making arithmetic questions the topic of conversation, he chose to politely ask to shake Pip’s hand and seek business advice, and he even declared to the whole town that it was he who was the original founder of Pip’s great expectations. Predictably, when Pip loses his great property and fortune, the friendly, helpful Pumblechook disappeared and