Ch.11

• What is quote 23?

  "cheerless...eerie...dark...cold"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 23?

  Themes: Life/ Love/ Gothic

  Ideas: Description of Thornfield, presented as a medieval, isolated estate. Conforms to gothic tropes. Suggests that Thornfield (and Jane) is a dark and boring place without Rochester. Cheerless is similar to the description of Bertha's laugh- her life (like Jane) is one of coldeness without Rochester- with him its one of high emotion, she is immediately present at Thornfield.
• What is quote 24?


  "snow and fire"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 24?

  Themes: Maturation/ Love

  Ideas: Inside the dining room. Foreshadows Jane and Rochester's relationship and the inequality of their sexual maturation. Also foreshadows the future fires here
• What is quote 25?

  "curious laugh...mirthless"
• What themes and ideas link to quote 25?

  Themes: Gothic/ Supernatural/ Abuse

  Ideas: Introduction of Bertha through a simple sound which subverts their usual connotations, suggesting that she is instantly dehumanised. Some animals such as hyenas (which she is later compared to), meaning she is further dehumanised. Mirthless echoes the effect of Mr Rochesters abuse