She never confronted the man who destroyed her life.

Instead... she spent decades turning an innocent child into a weapon.

In this episode of Dark Margins, we examine one of literature's most psychologically complex characters: Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Betrayed on her wedding day by the calculating con man Compeyson, she freezes time at the exact moment her life shattered. But her revenge isn't aimed at the man who wronged her—it spreads to everyone else.

Together, we'll explore the psychology of trauma, avoidance, revenge, and the devastating cost of allowing pain to shape the next generation. Most importantly, we'll ask whether even someone like Miss Havisham could find a way to break the cycle.

Because sometimes the greatest damage isn't done by the person who hurt us...

It's done by what we become afterward.

📚 Public Domain Source:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1861)

🎙️ Narrated and analyzed by Bobby Garrison.

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