Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... a lady-to-be in Victorian England. Estella is an orphan taken in by her guardian, the elderly Miss Havisham, who makes sure that Estella has everything she needs from new clothes to playmates her age. Miss Havisham arranges for a boy named Pip to come entertain Estella, merely because it is Miss Havisham’s “sick fancy” to entertain Estella and be entertained by watching the children at play.
Personality… cold and stuck-up. Estella is so young that she doesn’t exactly have a real reason to act the way she does – and perhaps it’s not entirely her fault. Her behavior is primarily learned, especially from the odd and superficial Miss Havisham. Although Estella becomes the object of Pip’s misguided affection, Estella isn’t at the stage yet in which she can return true emotions.
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Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, Great Expectations is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.
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The orphan Pip is destined to become a blacksmith like his brother-in-law Joe. But when Pip meets the beautiful Estella Havisham, he yearns for a gentleman's education in order to woo her. A mysterious legacy answers his ambition, and changes the course of his life, taking him far from the Marshes of youth—far, so he thinks, from his early terrifying encounter with an escaped convict, and his sister's class resentments. In this fictional autobiography, Pip's coming-of-age story becomes representative of the changing social landscape of nineteenth-century England. As Pip's education provides upward social mobility, he must also learn hard lessons about self-delusion and forgiveness, love and loss, and the true nature of his Great Expectations.
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The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.
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In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
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This stunning adaptation of Dickens' classic tale was captured live from the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End. Although Great Expectations has been adapted for film on two separate occasions, once by David Lean in 1946 and most recently by Mike Newell, it has never been produced for The West End or Broadway, widely believed to be too difficult to translate to stage. However, this Jo Clifford adaptation has been universally acclaimed as a triumph on its sellout tour of the UK head of its West End debut. In addition to the production, this version include red carpet arrivals from the February 7 premiere and behind the scenes footage exclusively for cinema audiences.
