- "Enough House!" said I; "that's a curious name, miss." / "Yes," she replied; "but it meant more that it said. It meant, when it was given, that whoever had this house could want nothing else. They must have been easily satisfied in those days." (p. 55)
Upon learning more about the
Satis house, there seemed to be a deeper connection with the name "Enough House" rather than the one described by Miss
Havisham. The word 'enough' connotes the feeling of 'having enough' or 'being too much to handle.' Yet, Miss
Havisham appears to lead a life that was never 'good enough' for her. She is unsatisfied with her lifestyle -- hence the
dreary, dark theme of the house, the wedding objects, and the stopping of the clock. Dicken's illustrates Miss Havisham's misery through the connotation of the word and it's deeper meaning.
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