The cake symbolizes holding on to the past. Miss Havisham has refused to let go of her past and that is why she has kept her wedding dress and wedding cake. Although the cake is rotten, she refuses to throw it away. The cake is not longer edible, therefore, it is a symbol that lets the reader know how holding on to the past can rotten one's life.
Answer:
What the cake most likely symbolizes is Holding on to the past
Explanation:
This excerpt from Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations shows part of the scene when Pip sees this room where Miss Havisham keeps some of her precious memories about her youth, memories that she can not let go, and tries too hard to keep alive in her twisted mind, it is a way to avoid the reality of the present by holding the past.
