Ch.2

• What is quote 4?

  Repetition of "master" and "servant"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 4?

  Themes: Class

  Ideas: class values instilled at a young age, Jane's rejection of this shows her passionate, rebellious side. She accepts in Thornfield which could suggest her immediate feelings for Rochester but also she grew to conform, at least outwardly
• What is quote 5?

  Repetition of "thing" with "useless" and "noxious"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 5?

  Theme: Abuse/ Identity

  Ideas: suggests that the abuse has started to make her think she's sub-human and is treated as such- seen as Other

  Reinforced when Bessie repeats 'little thing' in chapter 3

  Alienated, classless, genderless
• What is quote 6?

  "Rain...beating...wind howling"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 6?

  Themes: Identity

  Ideas: Her emotions are being reflected in nature because when she tried to express them, she was abused

  Personification and pathetic fallacy
• What is quote 7?

  "dead men... revisiting... to punish"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 7?

  Themes: Supernatural

  Ideas: Jane's reaction to the abuse, wants revenge, the way that she acknowledges it. Suggests her morals since she wants revenge, but doesn't think she will do it, it will come from the dead because everyone who she thinks loved her are dead- her parents and Mr Reed.

  Darker religious connotations

  Morbid/Supernatural imagery
• What is quote 8?

  "go into the nursery!"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 8?

  Themes: Supernatural/ Maturation

  Ideas: She fears this supernatural power that she has made up- she actually fears maturation because she gets her period (shown in the repetition of 'red'). She wants to regress into childhood because of this fear. Links to bildungsroman