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Pip, as seen through the eyes of South Park. Leave it to them to abuse this literary icon...
Again, notice the descriptions of Satis House here, and think about the mood created.
Are you a toady or a humbug? A very humorous and apt desciption of Camilla, Miss Pocket, Raymond, and Sarah. What was funniest about these descriptions?
The room with the wedding cake is described in great detail with arful imagery. What images struck you as important in that description?
Why have all the relatives (except Matthew Pocket, apparently) come to visit Miss Havisham...the REAL reason? What is Miss Havisham's attitude toward her relatives?
Why is Estella's face flushed? And why did she suddenly want Pip to kiss her?
4 comments:
One description that really stuck out to me was the wedding cake; it seemed so significant. I found it tragic that such a beautiful thing should be ruined as it was by filthy spiders and cobwebs. Wedding cakes seem to project images and ideas of happiness, optimism, and the excitement of a new life. Miss Havishma's wedding cake lost that sense of optimism, and gradually grew into something else. The cobwebbed cake sent forth a message of the death of hope and the waiting that Miss Havisham must endure until death comes again, for her, this time. The heaviness of the cobwebs on the cake is equal to that of the suffocating hopelessness in the house.
At first thought, it seems that all the relatives have come to see Miss Havisham because it is her birthday. However, looking deeper into the characters, Camilla, Miss Pocket, Raymond, and Sarah, we find that these characters are quite insincere and greedy. The characters have come to see Miss Havisham to predict how much longer they think she will live so they can recieve their inheritance. Miss Havisham acts as a bad hostess to her relatives during her "party." She has Pip walk her around her deathbed (dining room table), while her relatives watch her and talk to her. She is very disrespectful to her guests especially when they compliment her. She argues and insults them continuously throughout the party. She clearly does not like these relatives but feels almost as if she has to invite them over for her birthday. The most striking part of the "birthday party" however is that she tells the guests where to sit around the table (her deathbed) when she dies. This suggests that Miss Havisham knows that her relatives are only coming to see her because they want their inheritances and are just waiting for her to die.
Right off the bat, I knew the relatives are hiding behind their masks. Their attitude towards Miss Havisham might be sweet, but even Miss Havisham has caught on to their acts. They all aspire to be part of Miss Havisham's vast wealth, and butters up to her. She may be old, but she can at least catch on to the suspicious intentions of the relatives, who feign good will towards Miss Havisham. The Birthday cake seems to be so intricate, that Miss Havisham flaunts it to Pip, but at the same time, there really isn't anything to show off. The imagery behind the cake seems to be so beautiful, but sapped of vigor and life by the flow of time. Much like how Miss Havisham once probably was. The spiders revealing their worth as they move about the table and cake also caught on my eyes.
The relatives seem very greedy and some what rude towards Miss Havisham. It is really her birthday, and the guests know that it is but they don't mention it. It seems like the guest are acting all nice and happy in front of Miss Havisham just to iritate her. Miss Havisham knows that they are just pretending to care about her, which explains why she acts rude to them. I agree with Elizabeth that the guest are only seeing Miss Havisham because they are waiting for her to die so that they can collect her inheritance.
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