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Estella is a young girl adopted by Miss Havisham. She is a very beautiful young girl although she has been brought up since the age of three by Miss Havisham who taught her to be very cold-hearted, manipulative and rude. Miss Havisham completely destroys Estella's ability to express any emotion and to interact normally with the world. However in the story it does show a sympathetic side to Estella although this is sometimes difficult to see as she usually acts in the way of her upbringing opposed to her own feelings. In the story when Estella shows her sympathetic side it helps to give a clearer picture as to why Pip may be so in love with her. Even though Estella continuously keeps pushing Pip away warning him that she has "no heart", it still seems that she doesn't want to hurt him.
Source Information: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/canalysis.html
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