Essay on Irony - 964 Words

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Irony is the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning. The book Great Expectation is all about the irony in the situations that a boy named Pip brings into the entire story. Pip is on a search through life to reach high expectations of what he wants from life, this leads him to having different relationships with the different characters. Each character leads him to an understanding of himself an ironic situation, which he doesn’t expect. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The main character Philip Pirip also known as Pip, goes through many learning experience with the other characters that he interacts with. Joe Gargery, and†¦show more content†¦nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Miss Havisham, is an old rundown woman with a resentment towards all men. Her main point in life is to hurt men, as much as she can in a way. Miss Havisham invites Pip to the Satis House there which he first saw Estella and fell in love instantly. Mrs. Havisham is a cruel person and just wants to hurt all those who surround her and her people. Mrs. Havisham has an ironic relationship withi Pip, because the entire time Pip thinks Mrs. Havisham is trying to help him succeed being his benefactor and trying to make him a gentlemen, when in fact, she doesn’t care about him at all. What she does do is make him be shameful of those that really do care and want him to succeed in life. She hates almost everything around her and only wants to hurt everyon e as she has been hurt in the past. In the entire conspiracy is Estella whom she uses also as part of her revenge to hurt men. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Estella is the adoptive daughter of Miss Havisham. The ironic situation with her is that she isn’t what she seems to be. Estella is someone who can’t love because she was taught to play with mens heart and to hurt people. 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