Great_Expectations_Compare_And_Contrast

Great Expectations Compare And Contrast The movie adaptation of Great Expectations closely follows the classic novel by Charles Dickens until the very end of the book. Though there are only a few minor changes, they significantly alter the story line. In my opinion, they leave the viewer with a more satisfied perspective. For example, in Chapter 49 of Great Expectations, Pip visits Miss Havisham, who feels unbearably guilty for having caused Estella to break his heart. Sobbing, she clings to Pip’s feet pleading with him to forgive her. He acts kindly toward her and then goes for a walk in the garden. There, he has a morbid fantasy that Miss Havisham is dead. He looks up at the window just in time to see her bend over the fire and go up in a column of flame. Rushing in to save her, Pip sweeps the ancient wedding feast from her table and smothers the flames with tablecloth. Miss Havisham lives, but becomes an invalid, a sort of a shadow of her former self. Most of the minor details in the film match the story, however, Pip does not have this fantasy in the film. Instead, Miss Havisham calls Pip’s name and then jumps into great, expectations, pip, miss, story, havisham, estella, garden, chapter, pip’s, old, movie, film, end, drummle, book, yet, years, viewer, until, through, though, tablecloth, smothers, satis, play, out, opinion, one, minor, leave, last, house, hand, great, goes, flames, flame