Great Expectations The Character of Estella
Great Expectations. The Character of Estella One of our first thoughts, like readers, when we finish the novel is to establish two lists; one of good characters and other of bad characters. Since this paper is devoted to the character of Estella the question would be: is she a good character or a bad character? But, before beginning the analysis of Estella in the novel which will try to give an answer to this question, we are going to deal with the symbology of the name of Estella. As we already know, the name of the characters in Dickens is very important. In the case of Estella indicates her personality, her relation with other characters and even the way in which she moves along the novel. It is obvious Estella makes a reference to stars. Stars are cold but beautiful to see. The same happens with Estella: she has a cold personality but she is very pretty. Remember she was given to Miss Havisham at night which is when stars appear. Stella (without the first 'e') is the name of Sydney's beloved. Probably he gave his beloved this name because she was married in the real life and so, he could not reach her. Stars are far and they can not be reached by us. In GE Estella is presented as an impossible dream for Pip. In the s
Estella tends to search for the company of the winners in society, the people who have a good position and wealth. In this chapter, Pip finds Estella very changed and prettier, Estella also thinks Pip is very changed. In a moment in which Estella and Pip go for a walk she recognizes she doesn't remember she hit him in one occasion and she also admits she has no heart. We have to give a jump to chapter 29 for the following appearance of Estella. An important chapter is chapter 38. In the following chapter (chapter 12) we have a new visit of Pip. Joe, who is always in the countryside, and Mr Jaggers, who is always in London, are characters who appear in series of chapters. The first time which appears the card game in GE is in relation to the battle of sexes since, after her frustrated marriage, Miss Havisham educates Estella to scorn men and in the card game Miss Havisham wants to see a victory of a woman over a man. The great lesson Estella learns is that goodness does not come from a high social rank, it comes from inner nature. Perhaps the symbology provided has not clarified much the question: she's cold but she's very pretty, she's Pip's guide but he can not reach her. Estella wins but the most important thing here is that Estella does not want to play with Pip because she thinks he is common. It's curious this contrast and we will see other contrast of the same kind later. Estella is an example of how a woman, with good inner principles, has been a human failure because of the bad education she has received. But it's in the last chapter of the novel when we see the consequence of Estella's decision.
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