helen burns

• burns

  with her own religious piouty

  not as passionate as jane - ironic
• love your enemies 


  helens philosophy

  In line with the bible and the teachings of christ
• what does she symbolise

  traditional christian ideas of self sacrifice and acceptance

  quotes the bible to jane in times of death
• 'scorching'


  7

  image of heat . burning with her own heat of religious piouty
• i read a sincere nature in your ardent eyes and on your clear front


  7

  the first human kindness in the book to jane as a friend
• by dying young i shall escape great sufferings 


  she knows that as you get older you experience worse things
• pale and bloodless


  8

  she is already dead
• they glowed in the bright tint of her cheek

  8

  with proper care and nutrition the girls can asvance in life
• restore me to Him , reveal Him to me


  9 doesnt mind dying as long as she meets god
• God is my friend


  9

  beleives that god is on her side and loves her
• "helen considered things by a light invisible to my eyes" chapter 6

  -spiritual religuos enlightement

  -understands things on a deeper level

  -her relationship with god gives her strength
• "It is far better to endure patiently... the bible bids us return good for evil" chapter 6


  -shaped opinions by reading of the bible

  -understands she is not there to be happy, more emotionally mature than jane
• "by dying young, I shall escape great suffering" chapter 9

  -strong religious belief

  -realist of how conditions can be for children

  -a women's life does not get any better

  -hopes the afterlife will be without suffering
• "it was rasselas"


  -story of a powerful ethiopian emperor, tells a tale that only through surrender and self-control can you bare the struggles of life

  -happiness is futile, this is what she teaches jane
• "cruel? not at all! she is severe: she dislikes my faults" chapter 6

  -she understands she wasn't sent here to be happy

  -bears her punishment

  -believes correction is to help her, beliefs from bible
• "burdened with faults in this world" chapter 6

  -everyone is flawed and sins, it does not mean you are a bad person

  -in heaven/hell these will not exist, hope for next life
• "I mastered the rising hysteria" (jane) chapter 7


  -helen has taught her to be self controlled and manage her passion

  -maturing, growing as person and becoming more emotionally resilient
• "God is my father; God is my friend: I love Him; I believe He loves me" chapter 9

  -this gives her comfort

  -finds her missing parental love from religion
• "resurgam" chapter 9


  -latin= i shall rise again

  -helen's belief in a better eternal life helps her bear the suffering

  -jane buys her a proper grave stone when she gets money
• • Saintly
  • Quiet
  • Pious
  • Patient
  • Resilient
  • Suffering
  • Devout
  • Selfless
  • Compassionate
  • Forgiving
  • Tragic
  • Martyr-like
  • Idealized
  • Innocent