Great Expectations 2011: Gillian Anderson’s Miss Havisham | Jane Austen’s World on WordPress.com (2012) Available at: https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/great-expectations-2011-gillian-andersons-eerie-interpretation-of-miss-havisham/
Satis House is where Miss Havisham lives. It is the main Gothic setting of the book. Its described in the book as 'old, brick and dismal, and had a great many iron bars to it. some of the windows had been walled up; and those that remained, all the lower were rustilly barred. There was a courtyard in front and that was barred...I peeped in... and saw that at the side of the house there was a large brewery. No brewing was going on in it, and none seemed to have gone on for a long time.' It is said in the book to be dirty, damp and in terrible condition.
The house used in the picture above from the 2011 TV series has features of Victorian architecture such as the arches used on the gates, the gargoyles and the tall building. This all helps to create a Gothic feel and an eerie setting.
Inside the house is also reminicent of the themes in Gothic architecture, the theme of the supernatural reaching our world is really explored when we see Miss Havishams dining room.
This is an example of inside Satis House from the 2011 TV adaptation. Its clear that the afore mentioned theme is present here. The room is still set up from Miss Havishams wedding day. A "ghost" of her wedding day is brought into the present time as we see it still decaying around her.
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