Ch.10

• What is quote 14?

  "wintry blight...brown decay"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 14?

  Theme: Life at Lowood/ Abuse

  Ideas: Pathetic fallacy foreshadows the abuse she will face at Lowood. Continued negativity from Gatehead. Her life so far has been one of abuse and depression. Language of death foreshadows future death at Lowood
• What is quote 15?

  "a dozen strokes"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 15?

  Themes: Abuse

  Ideas: physical abuse at Lowood, idea of punishing children to remove original sin. Use of nature as a weapon. Strokes suggests gentle touch, which suggests that the teachers may not want to abuse the children and that they are not the source of this evil- Mr Brocklehurst is
• What is quote 16?

  "vile bodies...starve their immortal souls" (Mr B)
• What themes and ideas link to quote 16?

  Themes: Religion/Abuse

  Ideas: Punishing children to remove original sin. Suggests that Mr Brocklehusrt is evil and encourages/ worsens the abuse. Justification of abuse through religion. Harsh/cruel language, especially to children
• What is quote 17?

  Repetition of "cut off" "curly hair" and "top knots"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 17?

  Themes: Abuse/ Religion

  Ideas: Violent language suggests physical abuse. Removing their identity and beauty, hypocrite since his daughters and wife have 'tresses'- beauty was a sign of class. Abuse in religion, patriarchy,shows his perverse nature because he's doing this so that he isn't tempted. Physiognomy- curly hair was suspicious
• What is quote 18?

  "I wished to die"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 18?

  Themes: Abuse

  Ideas: continued morbid thoughts from Gateshead, suggests continued negativity from Gateshead and the effect the abuse has had on her- it has removed her passion from her showing how she's different from Gateshead. Humiliation and alienation continues,
• What is quote 19?

  "snows were melted"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 19?

  Themes: Life at Lowood

  Ideas: Suggests that her life is improving at Lowood through pathetic fallacy (Mr Brocklehurst is gone)- life is improving at a price "fourty-five" girls are sick and near death- better food and leisure-foreshadows Helen's death this chapter. Suggested through the duality of spring- time of life and death (lambs)
• What is quote 20?

  Repetition of "must"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 20?

  Themes: Family/Love

  Ideas: Suggests how close Jane and Helen were- Helen was her first love and was key in improving her life and teaching her morals. Jane yearns for her spiritually and psychologically
• What is quote 21?

  "lost to me"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 21?

  Themes: Family/ Conformity

  Ideas: Suggests that Jane thinks Miss Temple has left her forever because she got married. She doesn't understand marriage and conformity which shows her lack of maturation and also that the men in her life have all abused her. Loss of her found family
• What is quote 22?

  Repetition of "liberty"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 22?

  Themes: Freedom/ Journey

  Ideas: Suggests that now her found family (Helen and Miss Temple) have gone Jane must continue her physical journey in finding love. Feminist language; revolutionary- wants to lead her own life because she believes no one else will care for her.