Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Blog 2
The name Estella means star in Spanish as well as Latin. Like she is the shining star and anyone and everyone should revolve around her. The name indicates her personality, her relation with other characters and even the way in which she moves along the novel. Stars are cold but beautiful to see. Stars are also bold and easy to notice, whether you like them or not. The same is true for Estella, she has a cold personality but she is very pretty. Estella's heart is as cold as ice. "returned the young lady (Estella), who was very pretty and seemed very proud" (55). Estella even shows her disgust when Pip beats her in a card game. "I played a game with Estella, and she beggard me. She threw the cards down on the table when she had won them all, as if she despised them for having been won by me" (61).
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I disagree with your claim about Estella being a cold star. I disagree because stars can not be cold, they vary in very hot temperatures. According to the below website stars are actually hot.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Estella is cold though. I believe this because Estella has no care about others. (Such as calling Pip, Boy, rather then his name). So Estella is indeed "cold hearted."
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_the_stars_we_see_from_earth_hot_or_cold
Estella is a beautiful name, and it fits her very well. Estella means star, and a star is not cold, but very warm and hot. Estella herself is not a mean girl. She is probably just as beautiful but not as mean and degrading. Miss Havisham has distorted her into hating men and being very insulting to Pip. "...brought up by Hiss Havisham to wreak revenge on all the male sex." (p.185) Miss Havisham uses Estella to torment Pip. Estella seems like a very proper and fine young woman, but she is controlled like a pupet. Estella is very beautiful, but as Estella is to the sun, Miss Havisham's version of Estella is the moon
ReplyDeleteAn addon from my above comment; I agree with Jason, that Estella is cold hearted because she was raised that way. " 'So proud, so proud [ms havisham]...'Who taught me to be proud?' [estella]" and this conversation goes on with Estella telling Ms. Havisham it is her fault for making her cold hearted and incapable of love. So Estella realizes she is cold hearted and mean.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Jason and James when they say stars are very hot. But also, I think there is more of a deeper meaning of Estella's name.
ReplyDeleteMeaning star, it can be even more related to the story because stars are very far away and out of reach, just as Estella seems to Pip.
On the contrary, they could be seen as closer than they really are, but it is physically impossible to get to them, arguably also as Estella is to Pip. He sees her every day and even seems somewhat close to him, but he will never have her.
And in terms of Estella's manner, I went even farther in to relate Estella to a fallen star, as if she is a higher being here on earth, as she is portrayed.
You also said that pip beat her in the game, and thats why she was disgusted. But really, when they were playing cards, Estella won the game. She looked down on Pip so much that she looked at her winnings as if they were nothing. This is similar to Pip's reaction when he receives a kiss from her. He takes it as if it was a piece of money being given to a coarse common boy. It seems they have similar reactions when they are presented with things from each other. They can't really make each other happy.
I agree that Estella is like a star, but I disagree with most of your reasoning. Your first piece of evidence was true, but the rest wasn't. You were completely correct in saying that she is like a star because everything revolves around. Your statement about her being like a star, because they are both cold would have worked if stars were actually cold, because Estella has a very cold personality, but stars are actually very hot. Estella is very similar to a star in the sense that they both stand out and shine brightly above everything else. Estella stands out because everybody is drawn to her immense beauty. Also, stars are thought to be unreachable, as Estella is unreachable to Pip.
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