Friday, 17 April 2015

developing miss Havisharm character

In the book "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens (1861) Miss Havisham is described by Pip as 'the witch of the place'. Her long long life away from the sunlight has aged her and she is said to look like a cross between a waxwork and a skeleton with moving eyes, just like the house she lives in is said to be decaying.

When Pip first sees Miss Havisham, he describes her as dressed in "rich materials - satins, and lace, and silks - all white. Her shoes were white and she had a long white veil suspended from her hair as well as bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white. Some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. Dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half-packed trunks, were scattered about ... I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its lustre, and was faded and yellow. I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes ... Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. Once, I had been taken to one of our old marsh churches to see a skeleton in the ashes of a rich dress that had been dug out of vault under the church pavement. Now, waxwork and skeleton seemed to have dark eyes that moved and looked at me. I should have cried out, if could". (ch. 8 )
 http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-gothic-in-great-expectations#sthash.2ufHq7YY.dpuf

I have chosen to target the TV audience. therefore Miss Havisham's look will be TV friendly.


Here are 2 face charts of Miss Havisham
In this one I have kept the look plain yet pale with dark eyes; she also looks very thin. This would probably be what she would look like after a year of being indoors. 


In this look Miss Havisham's eyes are dark and red. This is what I would imagine she would look like after 5 to 10 years of living in the house and not seeing the sun. I also imagine that she had wounds from scratching.



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