I've never liked Mrs. Joe. She is a meddlesome shrew that was never tamed. In fact behind Estella and Miss Havisham she is my least favorite character. I fully think that she deserves everything she has coming to her. And Orlick, while finding a dishonorable way to exact his revenge, does stand up to her, something she isn't prepared for and seems to enjoy too much. While perhaps not the most elegant solution for Mrs. Joe, I can't pretend to be displeased at the way things turn out, much like Pip is. She was a self-important gossip, and despite the kindness of raising Pip, shows him nothing but contempt, using him as proof that shes a good person for raising him by hand as well as beating him and verbally abusing him. With Mrs. Joe out of the way, there is nothing stopping Joe from searching out a happier remarriage. The world is a better place without her, to be brutally honest.
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