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Estella's character on the screen in my opinion is very ironic, as she has been moulded into this cold-hearted person but then turns into
someone that says it has made her good in the end. Raised from the age of three by Miss Havisham who destroys her abilities to interact with the world, Estella has been made and forced to break men's hearts. She ends up making Pip (other main character in the film) fall in love with her, which not long after turns into a heart break.
Unlike the dreamy and traditional love story, Estella is cold, does't care about other people's feelings and is very manipulative. Though she makes Pip feel very small for not being a part of the upper classes, Estella is actually even lower-born than Pip; as Pip learns near the end of the novel, she is the daughter of Magwitch who was the coarse convict, which means she comes from the very lowest level of society.
Despite her cold behavior and the damaging influences in her life, Dickens nevertheless ensures that Estella is still a sympathetic character. He does it by giving the reader a sense of her inner struggle -“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching. . . . I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”
someone that says it has made her good in the end. Raised from the age of three by Miss Havisham who destroys her abilities to interact with the world, Estella has been made and forced to break men's hearts. She ends up making Pip (other main character in the film) fall in love with her, which not long after turns into a heart break.
Unlike the dreamy and traditional love story, Estella is cold, does't care about other people's feelings and is very manipulative. Though she makes Pip feel very small for not being a part of the upper classes, Estella is actually even lower-born than Pip; as Pip learns near the end of the novel, she is the daughter of Magwitch who was the coarse convict, which means she comes from the very lowest level of society.
Despite her cold behavior and the damaging influences in her life, Dickens nevertheless ensures that Estella is still a sympathetic character. He does it by giving the reader a sense of her inner struggle -“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching. . . . I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”
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