The book shows in a clear light the first impression of Estella. She is portrayed as a rather rude, untouchable beauty.
"Miss Havisham watched us all the time, directed my attention to Estella's beauty, and made me notice it the more by trying her jewels on Estella's breast and hair."
This quote pertains directly to her beauty
"Estella, for her part, likewise treated me as before; except that she did not condescend to speak. When we had played some halfdozen games, a day was appointed for my return, and I was taken down into the yard to be fed in the former dog-like manner. There, too, I was again left to wander about as I liked."
This quote pertains to her distance and rudeness
The origins of her name are Latin. Stella means star in the Latin language. This I find is very similar to the personality of Estella. Like a star, Estella is distancing herself from pip. She possesses great beauty but lacks the 'lady like qualities to back it up. In my opinion, i believe there is more to Estella than just beauty and arrogance. I think there will be more of her for pip to find out. a star in distant view is hard to look at in detail. we can tell it is beautiful but we need to be closer to see it's true nature. Relating to how pip views Estella, she truly is a star. Pip feels that she is untouchable and that he, a common boy, is not worthy of conversing with her. I think that Estella will have more of herself to show later in the book and like a star to pip, she will possess him with her beauty and revealed personality.
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I agree with your claim that Stella means a star, and how Estella is similar to a star. I also agree to the fact stars are far away, and distant. Pip seems far away from Estella during the first part of the book, because he feels so common, where as Estella is rich and pretty. Estella is truly a star to Pip.
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