the great expectations film and book review

The Great Expectations Charles Dickens'

The great expectations novel is a Charles Dickens classic set in the Victorian era, which explores the genres of gothic horror and love . The great expectations  is set through the eyes of Pip a young boy who lives with his sister and her blacksmith husband due to the death of his parents. Throughout the novel Pip becomes an acquaintance of Miss Havisham a wealthy spinster who adopts Estella who she can love and adore due to getting conned by the man she loved on her wedding day. Miss Havisham has Pip visit her regularly throughout the book for company for Estella but also in order to portray rejection, using Estella as her weapon against men . Pip soon becomes an apprentice of Joe Gargery the blacksmith but feels he has greater expectations as he matures and moves to Hammersmith in order to become a wealthy business man  however this backfires as he soon realizes his debts.

Throughout the book their are several losses Pips sister who becomes severely ill after an attack from Orlick a man envious of Pip, Magwitch a prisoner who Pip retrieves food for at the beginning of the novel  , who is later found out to have been Estellas father , and Miss Havisham who towards the end of the book sadly catches her dress alight in the fire during Pips visit and dies from severe burns. These elements tend to portray Gothic horror due to the way Dickens has worded the novel.

Throughout the book there is also elements of love for example after the death of Pips sister Joe later on marries Biddy, Pip's dear friend and tutor, and Estella and Bentley Drummle fall in love unfortunately for Pip as he always loved Estella.

The Gothic Horror Novel comes to an end as Estella's love for Drummle dies due his abusive behaviour and Pip and Estella reconnect their friendship.

The Great expectations 2012 film review

The 2012 great expectations film directed by Mike Newell,  focuses on the elements of love loss and rejection. The movie begins in a graveyard where Pip first meets Magwitch who he steals food for from his sister and her husband out of good will. Throughout the film Pip becomes an acquaintance of Miss Havisham a wealthy old women who  adopted Estella for company after being conned on her wedding day which Pip later finds out by Herbert Pocket. Miss Havisham appears to be rude and intimidating when she first appears in the film and becomes crazy and obsessed with the idea of Pips love towards Estella . When Pip first sets his eyes on Estella he immediately falls in love with her which  the movie mainly highlights his undying love for her throughout the film, Miss Havisham uses this as an advantage using Estella as weapon of rejection.

After becoming an acquaintance of Miss Havisham Pip soon becomes an apprentice of Joe the Blaksmith to Miss Havishams disapproval, but later goes on to have higher expectations and becomes a gentlemen. After leaving friends Joe and Biddy behind Pip soon becomes a gentlemen and later finds out to his horror Estella was to marry Drummle who he disliked Pip is distraught and shows Estella his love for her however she still goes ahead with the marriage.

Towards the end of the movie Pip finds out Miss Havisham made Estella the way she was towards love and is unforgiving of what she has done, as he goes to leave  Miss Havisham horrifically dies when her dress catches alight in the fire. Pip also finds out that Magwitch was Estellas father, when she was a child he was told she had died whilst Miss Havisham had adopted her, during Magwitch's last scene Pip tells him the truth and his love for her.

Pip also returns to Biddy and Joe who are found to be getting married after the death of Pips sister .The finally scene shows Pip seeing Estella again and finding that Drummle had died and the love between them was unhappy, pip once again shows his love towards Estella to her delight.