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Miss Havisham

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Miss Havisham Information
1,805 words, approx. 6 pages
Miss Havisham is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations (1861). She is a wealthy spinster, who lives in her ruined mansion with her adopted daughter, Estella, while she herself is described as looking like "the witch of...


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The Washington Post
'Miss Havisham,' Sung Back to Life
06/23/2001: 727 words, approx. 2 pages
Dominick Argento's "Miss Havisham's Fire" was born in disappointment. It was written as a star vehicle for Beverly Sills and the New York City Opera, but Sills dropped out of the project. It was, ultimately, performed without Sills in 1979, in a large opera...


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Essay Grade: 88%
Character Analysis of Miss Havisham in Charles Dicken's Great Expectations
632 words, approx. 2 pages
This essay pertains to the character Miss Havisham in Charles Dicken's Great Expectations. The text includes an analysis of her character, and how she may be considered the main character, Pip's, worst enemy. Through all of her pain and heartache, Miss Havisham was too blind to notice the feelings of others around her. Although Miss Havisham did not get what she hoped for, Pip does finally realize that Miss Havisham is not a friend or a benefactor.


 

Miss Havisham

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