Joe, Joe’s Wife, Estella and Miss Havisham’s Attitude Towards Pip

In “Great Expectations” we can clearly see that there are many people who are not very kind in Pip’s life. We are met with Joe’s wife, who neglects and beats Pip whenever he walks in the house. Joe, who is clearly not very happily married, shields Pip from his wife’s abuse. In turn, Joe is domestically abused. Pip is best friends with Joe, because Joe is essentially his protector. Estella… Well, she’s an interesting one, she messes with Pip’s emotions and continues to make him further in love with him despite her constantly denying him. Miss Havisham encourages her daughter to do this, and continues to help destroy Pip emotionally through the use of her daughter. She is angry because she was supposed to get married but the man to be wed did not show up, instead he ran off with the money so ever since she has not wanted a single thing to change. She keeps it dark in the house so that she can not know what time it is. She never gets out of her dress because she does not want to change the mood. Miss Havisham did not deserve what happened to her, but Pip does not deserve to take her emotional abuse. She has turned her daughter (who I forgot to mention is not biological) away from true love, and encouraged her to not treat men well because she was not given the sane kindness from the man who left her. Miss Havisham seems to blame all men for what one man did. She is not evil, but she is bat-shit crazy.