Dickens used a tormented tone for Pip's introduction to Miss Havisham. The way his house is described is symbolic. "There were a lot of jokes. Some of the windows had been bricked up...all the lower ones had rusty bars." Dickens' life was quite hard for him as a child. At a young age Dickens attended a grammar school until his father went bankrupt due to of some bad investments.After this unfortunate event Dickens was dropped out of high school and forced to work in a blackening factory, where they produced shoe polish Dickens had to go and live with his father in prison and eventually his family and Dickens, after so much work, they paid off the bankruptcy. Dickens's father now knew what it meant to be imprisoned and he even witnessed the last public execution and saw people die in the novels he wrote Miss Havisham was that on the day of the wedding the groom did not show up at the wedding ceremony. This was told to her by the groom who sent her a letter on the day of the wedding telling her that they will not get married again. He then decided to isolate himself at the worst time of his life and this was inspired by Dickens working in the blackening factory which he hated and which was the worst part of his life. Victorian ideas about decadence are that the objects you own or live with or your appearance resemble your personality. The reader's first impression of Estella is that she is cruel. “This is Pip, isn't it? `Replied the young lady, who was very pretty and seemed very proud…….“Ah!” said...... center of paper......iss Havisham uses to create an imperative sentence for Pip: "Come near; let me look at you, come near." This reveals the Victorian attitude towards children and social classes that the working classes were not treated with respect and also that children should be seen and not heard and speak when spoken to too. The reader is shown a glimpse into how Miss Havisham's self-pity has been distorted. "eager", "strong", "smile", "boast" Miss Havisham feels very proud of her life because in the evidence it says smile, which means she is happy about her life of misery. Estella's name was carefully selected by Dickens to reflect Pip's feelings towards her. The following smile draws our attention to this.`like a star`Estella's name means star in Latin and he believes he is destined to marry Estella and stars were also used for navigation in the good old days.