Estella (Great Expectations) ||This article needs additional
citations for verification. (August 2012)| |Great Expectations
character| Estella with Miss Havisham and Pip. Art by H. M.
Brock. |Created by||Charles Dickens| Like the protagonist, Pip,
Estella is introduced as an orphan, but where Pip was raised by
his sister and her husband to become a blacksmith, Estella was
adopted and raised by the wealthy and eccentric Miss Havisham to
become a lady. Character history  Estella and Pip's pre-adult
life  Pip and Estella meet when he is brought to Miss Havisham's
ill-kept mansion, Satis House, ostensibly to satisfy the elder
Miss Havisham's "sick fancy" to be entertained by watching Pip
have his heart broken by Estella. Estella's relationship with
Pip  Estella states throughout the text, that she does not love
Pip. However, this is contradicted by the fact that she shows
numerous times in the novel that she holds Pip in a much higher
regard compared to other men, and doesn't want to break his
heart like she does