What Is Miss Havisham

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My favourite character in Great Expectations was Miss Havisham. I thought her storyline was very original and cryptic, which is why I decided to portray her in my creative project. In my painting I have depicted Miss Havisham in the wedding dress she refuses to take off, but I contrived the bottom of the dress using tulle to make in three-dimensional as most wedding dresses do to create volume. I have placed text on each layer of tulle, which illustrates and walks you through the major events in Miss Havisham’s life. The way I envision this is, each piece of tulle is a layer of Miss Havisham’s life and when you remove each layer, you go through her life and peel away pieces of her and her story. I have also included the infamous clock set