Miss Haversham is introduced into the novel by Pip discovering the lady herself in a large room full of objects which is set in a huge mansion; Satis house. Miss Haversham lives alone. We then find out that she was jilted at the alter from her fiance and from that point onwards her life froze, she stayed in the same clothes, left the same tea party set up in a room of her mansion, she wore one shoe and her life revolves around the moment where she was ditched. She is an old, withered, cold, deteriorated yet rich woman who has a skeleton figure. Her dress is an off white colour with steins making it almost yellow. She's described as being a 'half waxwork, half skeleton'. She doesn't move from her cobbled room. She claims she has 'no heart' in the novel and sets revenge. She becomes against men and feels they deserve to be hurt by women in the future which then Pip gets this revenge from her adopted daughter Estella who she brought up to have no emotion towards men.
The woman is vengeful, manic and obsessive. If you were to meet her you would be more than afraid. The thought of staying in a room for years and having no change from the point of being ditched is a scary thought. She must have poor personal hygiene, her house a cobbled mess and her emotional mind would be not at rest at all. She seems harmful and extremely scary to me. Here are some brainstormed ideas that I've put together of what I think of Miss Haversham's appearance and personality:
I look forward to learning more about each character interpretations from the TV series, film and the original novel.
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