Gothic Elements

These are the five general characteristic that i have chosen that i believe fit in with the text. Although i have summarised my general thoughts about individual characters who i think these elements apply to, they could also apply to many other characters in the book.

1. Gloomy tone and mood- I have chosen this because the whole feel of the book is depressing, cold, dark and eerie. When Pip is visiting the gravestone and the beginning it especially shows this in the settings and in the characters, Magwitch and Pip. 
2. Unsatisfied yearning, cloaked, secreat passion, verbal coquettishness or flirting- I feel this relates to Estella and the love she realises she has over the years for Pip, but being brainwashed by Miss Havisham, she doesn't feel like she is allowed to show it as she feels like she's owes Miss Havisham to inflict misery upon men because of her own misfortune. 
3. Mystery and suspense- This to me summarises the entire storyline. Throughout the book and films i was wondering what was going to happen next, kept guessing and on the 'edge of my seat' with a lot of the characters. Particularly with Miss Havisham as i found her the most mystical with all her secrets and the want to know why and what she was up too. I also found myself wanting to know more about Magwitch and why he had been Pips benefactor?
4. Fairy tale characteristics with the cruel stepmother/stepsister motif- a character made to work or suffer, or brought down in the world, somehow, wasting away, suffering near death in a mansion setting in which its wild outside, weatherise, and cold, damp, and lonely inside with the character steeped in bridled passion, waiting for some relief from the constant suffering and depression- This to me summarises Estella. Although she acts like she wants to be there with Miss Havisham, i feel like deep down Estella would rather be outside being who she wants to be not what Miss Havisham has created. Being stuck in the house, being forced to use people and then even when she leaves having to fulfil her adopted mothers desires. Does she think about what would have happened if Miss Havisham didn't adopt her?
5. Fantasising, dreaming, reveries- Pip goes through a stage in the book after meeting up with Estella he has a realisation about who he really is and he doesn't want to accept it. I think this is where he begins to dream about being wealthy and a 'gentleman' and not a blacksmith. Although this could easily apply to Magwitch dreaming about his lost child and what a life not as a criminal would have been like. Or Estella dreaming about living her own life and not in Miss Havisham's shadow.