Wednesday, March 31, 2010

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT…?

As Pip’s story is winding down, he has tied up all the loose ends except for one. Miss Havisham has passed away with Pip’s forgiveness for what she’s done to him. Joe and Biddy are now happily married with Pip in their life again. Herbert has finally gotten his dream business. But Estella remains the only person he has not repaired his relationship with.

OLD FRIENDS REUNITED FOR REAL

After Joe had nursed Pip back to health, he decides to visit Joe and Biddy again, also deciding to finally propose and confess his love to Biddy, whom he would’ve most likely married had Miss Havisham and Estella not entered their lives. However, he is greeted with a surprise – it is Joe and Biddy’s wedding day! Reacting to the startling revelation with, instead of anger or grief, but with happiness.

OLD FRIENDS REUNITED… TEMPORARILY

In the wake of Magwitch’s death and his increasing debt, Pip fell into the lowest point in his life. Out of money with no one to turn to, as Herbert moved to Cairo to pursue his fledgling business, he became extremely ill. Dreaming of hallucinations, he awakes and finds that he is in the care of his old and long time friend, Joe, who came to aid him in London.

TRAGEDY AT SEA LEAVES ONE DEAD

The time had finally arrived for Pip and his crew to set their daring plan in action. Still sore from his dangerous encounter with Orlick, he found the determination inside himself to continue his plans. Choosing the next day to start, they quickly found their plans had gone horribly wrong when in the distance they saw a boat filled with customs officers and, surprisingly, Compeyson.

LOCAL GENTLEMAN PLAN'S ESCAPE

When the truth finally swept through Pip's mind and body, his first reaction was to keep his generous benefactor safe. Despite having dashed his Great Expectations, he still felt a degree of loyalty towards him for providing for his future and life. Hiding him in secret from the public eye under the punishment of death, they soon came to realize it was impossible for him to hide forever. An escape plan needed to be hatched, one that would get Magwitch out of London and from harm.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

THE TRUTH GETS FOUND

In a rather uneventful night, a strange and shady looking man appears at Pip’s doorstep. Gaining entry, his appearance betrays his importance, as he reveals a dangerous and shocking secret to Pip. The convict from Pip’s past reveals his true identity: he is Pip’s benefactor! Revealing that he was so touched by Pip’s kind actions as a child he decided to work hard and create a gentlemen, Pip’s life has been turned upside-down.

LOCAL DUO HAVE VICIOUS FIGHT

Returning to Estella and Miss Havisham, Pip stumbles upon a fight between the two. Miss Havisham accuses Estella of being ungrateful, and uncaring, something Estella blames on the way she was raised. With the two going back and forth, Miss Havisham begins to eventually see what she has done, what she has created and its effect on Pip and others. Raising Estella to be a pure method of enacting revenge upon the male-kind, the vicious fight has started to plant the seeds of doubt which never truly go away.