Miss Havisham vs Miss Emily
... Well Miss Emily in the short story “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner, and Miss Havisham in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, are characters that felt this way. ... So, even though in different ways, both Miss Emily and Miss Havisham are heartbroken, perverse, and isolated women. Miss Havisham and Miss Emily both lost someone they loved Miss Havisham was jilted by her fiancé, as Pip learned from Herbert Pocket, who wrote her a letter telling her this, “Which she received, when she was dressing for her marriage? ... Miss Emily’s father controlled her life and drove away any possible boyfriends. After he died, Miss Emily was free to date anyone she wanted, but never haven experienced heartbreak before, when her boyfriend left her, she was devastated. ... When she finally met someone new who loved her Miss Emily was happy again. ... Although it is natural to be heartbroken, it is the unusual way that both Miss Emily and Miss Havisham handled themselves afterward that is perverse.