| Phillip Pirrip lives with his cruel sister and henpecked brother in relative poverty. His life is broken up by two events - his introduction to a thief and his introduction to the strange home of Miss Havisham. Pip helps the criminal hide and even brings him food, despite his own fear and the criminal's threats.
Pip meets Miss Havisham when his brother takes him to Miss Havisham's home - a large, exotic, and ramshackle building in which the eccentric old lady lives. Miss Havisham has been disappointed in love, and she dwells on the fact. She raises her protege, Estella, to wreak ruin on men's hearts. Pip comes to the home often to entertain Miss Havisham, and he falls in love with Estella. With time, Pip leaves his home and enters the larger world, where he finds his hard work mysteriously helped by an unknown benefactor. Assuming that he is being helped by the woman who hired him as a companion, Pip works hard to be worthy of Estella, who he assumes he is destined to marry. However, he finds Estella opting for a mean man, Bentley Drummle. Estella claims she is incapable of love, but she marries the man from weariness. Pip is inconsolable. He learns the mysterious name of his benefactor, and still maintains his love for Estella. | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/era of story - 1600-1899 Romance/Romance Problems Yes Lover is Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity/Nationality Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 () Europe Yes European country: - England/UK City? Yes City: - wealthy Writing Style Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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