Biddy
vs. Estella
~Blog
Post #2~
Topic
C
April
24, 2015
by
Luke Edwards
The
two woman in Pip's life, Biddy and Estella, are almost complete opposites. Biddy is the type of person who is kind and
accepting, and she likes Pip for who he is.
Biddy doesn't think poorly of him because he is not rich, and she does
not believe he should hate his life because he is not a gentleman because she
is "not over-particular" (76).
However, Estella mocks everything about him because he is not on the same
social level as her. Biddy may also be
attractive, but Estella is "more beautiful than anyone ever was"
(76). Estella is not very accepting or
understanding, yet Biddy is "the wisest of girls," and understands
Pip (77). She realizes that he does not
want to become gentleman for himself, but for Estella because Estella will not
take him unless he raises his social class. While Estella is deceitful and secretive
towards Pip, Biddy is always honest and tell Pip exactly what she is thinking. She tells him how she feels about him falling
for Estella, and warns him to stay away from her. She is also truthful when Pip receives his
money and he begins to start acting stuck up.
He tells her that he is ashamed
of Joe's manners, but she gets into an argument defending Joe. It is obvious that Pip has some attraction to
Biddy, but his overwhelming desire to earn Estella's respect and love makes him
ignorant to these feelings for a woman who really cares, respects, and already
loves him.
Luke is absolutely correct when he says that Pip is blinded by Biddy’s love for him because he is trying to gain Estella’s respect. Estella and Biddy are two very different people, but they do have some similarities. One of the most obvious similarities is their liking for Pip. Even though Estella is condescending and rude towards Pip, Dickens’ consistently shows that she does have feelings for him, even if it is not obvious. Biddy obviously has feelings for Pip, and she is very direct with him about them. Even though their differences are much more obvious, Biddy and Estella both have feelings for Pip, but they deal with those feelings in different ways.
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