Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster, is a significant character in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. She lives in a run-down mansion and wears an old wedding dress every day. Her strange habit is a result of her unfortunate and unforgivable past when she was left at the altar on her wedding day by her lover Compeyson. Due to this hearbreaking incident, Miss Havisham's mind has been deeply distubed from shock and sorrow. Since the day of her wedding, Miss Havisham has been unable to forget about the past. In order to relive the moment, she not only wears the same old dress every day, but also stops all the clocks in her house at twenty minutes to nine, and wears only one shoe. This was the time and state she had been in when Compeyson had left her. Waiting for the day to take revenge on the man she had once loved, Miss Havisham lives a life aimed for revenge.
Because of her grudge on Compeyson and hereverlasting vengeance against men, Miss Havisham adopts Estella. She raises Estella for so that she can relive her past. Blinded by her desire for vengeance Miss Havisham has a detrimental effect on herself and the people around her, like Estella and Pip, the protagonist of Great Expectations. By the end of the story however, she seeks forgiveness from others for the pain she has caused them and is shown in a positive light. After being forgiven by Pip, who she had hurt the most, she dies in peace, released from the sense of anger and revenege.
("Great Expecations: Analysis of Major Characters.")
Because of her grudge on Compeyson and hereverlasting vengeance against men, Miss Havisham adopts Estella. She raises Estella for so that she can relive her past. Blinded by her desire for vengeance Miss Havisham has a detrimental effect on herself and the people around her, like Estella and Pip, the protagonist of Great Expectations. By the end of the story however, she seeks forgiveness from others for the pain she has caused them and is shown in a positive light. After being forgiven by Pip, who she had hurt the most, she dies in peace, released from the sense of anger and revenege.
("Great Expecations: Analysis of Major Characters.")
Miss Havisham seeks forgiveness from Pip