Continuity Storyboard Of Miss Havisham

This storyboard shows my interpretation of Miss Havisham at different stages throughout the novel. It demonstrates the development of the character throughout the book and allows you to compare Miss Havisham at various points/scenes within the book...

(Goes from left to right)

1st look (top left corner):

The first look is Miss Havisham on her wedding day - obviously I don't have any quotes for this, as it isn't actually described in the book, but this is my interpretation and how I would've imagined her to look... I think you would still be able to see her age, e.g. by the wrinkles on her face, but I think she would look quite fresh-faced and fairly natural and at her potential best as it is her wedding day!

2nd look (top right corner):

This illustrates Miss Havisham just as her husband has left her - her make-up is running down her face (but there is not an excessive amount of mascara because she would not have been wearing a lot, as this was technically frowned upon in the era). This is the moment she becomes extremely bitter and distraught and shapes her character for the rest of the novel.

"Her chest had dropped, so that she stooped; and her voice had dropped, so that she spoke low, and with a dead lull upon her; altogether, she had the appearance of having dropped, body and soul, within and without, under the weight of a crushing blow."

3rd look (bottom left corner):

As the story goes on Miss Havisham ages and becomes more bitter, twisted, self absorbed and crazy. Dickens purposefully portrays Miss Havisham as an 'unreal' character. You can see this in the fact that she wears "fantastic clothing" and "looks like a waxwork". 

"For her, time has stopped; she stopped all her clocks the moment she found out her lover had jilted her, which shows she has not moved on with her life."

4th look (bottom right corner):

This shows Miss Havisham towards the very end of the novel when she is changing and feeling remorseful and guilty for what she has done. You are able to see time taking its toll on her and her skin is becoming slightly grey where she has been cooped up in the same room for the whole time. 

“In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.” 

Book reference: 

Dickens et al, 1992. Great Expectations