Jane

• “Cold winter wind … cloud so sombre rain so penetrating.“ chapter 1


  Pathetic fallacy dark dull colours convey her inner felling of deep sadness turmoil of the book
• Jane eyre is the eponymous heroine of the bildungsroman by Charlotte Bronte
• “Bewick history of British bird “ chapter 1 


  Bird imagery at start of book show she longs to be free and find comfort away from the reed house in books
• “no jail was ever more secure” chapter 2 


  Hyperbole and metaphor she in-caged in a house and can’t escape and held emotionally captive
• Chapter 2 - red room
• “uncongenial alien“ chapter 2


  Negative Adjective to describe to her self indicates her awareness of her pitiful state and outsider like ms reed take delight in this by ‘excluded‘ from ‘privallage‘ only for ‘content happy little children’
• “He struck suddenly and strongly“


  Sibilance and adverb highlight the violence of John reed on a more vulnerable thus is overwhelming cruel as she ‘accustomed’ familiarity to his behaviour magnifies sympathy
• “ she ran out into the rain - bad animal !”


  animalistic imagery he seer her as wild untamed animal dehumanising her
• “you have no business to take our books ; you’re dependent mama says: you have no money; your father left you none you ought to beg and you ought not to live here with gentlemen kids like us”  


  Repetition of direct address show his bitterness and harsh criticism of her status John reed is quite classist
• “ I am glad you were no relation of mine: I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to see you when I am grown: if anyone ask how I like you … I will say the very thought of you makes me sick and you treated me with miserable cruelty, you think I have no feeling and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness ; but I cannot live“ 


  Lots of modal verbs and direct addresses in Jane outburst leaving Gateshead solidifies her orphan hood asserts her fiery spirt and emotional liberation
• ’my insignificant existence’ - chapter 10
• ‘ I longed to be where there was life and movement‘ - chapter 10
• Chapter 11 - she leaves low wood after being a student for 6 years and teacher for 2 after getting visit from Bessie and at Thornflied
• “ the man, the human being, broke the spell at once “


  asydentic listing
• “They suffer to ridig a resistant, too absolute stagnation “ 


  Repletion of too shows women are inprisoned in sexism
• “ millions are condemned too stiller doom than mine and millions are in silent revolt against their lot “ chapter 12


  Metaphor acknowledges Bertha struggle show that Bertha is Jane gothic otherness
• ”he is not of their kind. I believe he is of mine“


  noun ‘ kind‘ alludes to class and that even though Rochester of a higher social class he doesn’t think or behave like them him and Jane have created their own class. possessive pronoun ‘mine’ have the same intellect and understanding
• ‘ come to the fire, said the master‘
• ” lowood still clings to you somewhat, controlling your features, muffling your voice and restricting your limbs“
• ”women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel“ chapter 12


  repetition of feel creates a balance as gender inequality was very prevalent in victorian era
• for Jane to deny her felling would be ‘blasphemy,against nature‘
• Chapter 18 - Rochester and blanche play charades to that their getting married as it’s the style of taking ‘remember your are my wife‘ and speel out “ bridewell“ a famous prison this foreshadow Bertha appearances. second mine is a story of women at well this scene demonstrates Rebecca Suitability for Issac as her living generous nature. This reinforce to Jane she not of their class as Blanche calls her ‘ she looks to stupid for any game of sort’ as she also says to her self ‘all their class held these principles … such as I could not fathom‘. Rochester dresses as a gspy
• Rochester's actions challenge traditional Victorian values around marriage and morality. He commits adultery by marrying another woman while already being married to someone else. This goes against the idea of marriage being a sacred institution and highlights the double standards that existed during this time period.
• The novel explores themes of identity, independence, and individuality through its portrayal of Jane Eyre as an independent and strong-willed character who refuses to conform to societal expectations. The novel challenges traditional gender roles and expectations of women during the Victorian era, highlighting the importance of personal freedom and autonomy.
• Chapter 15 - room is on fire
• “I thought no more of Mrs Fairfax : I thought no more of Grace Poole, or the laugh : in an instant within the chamber“ chapter 15


  Repetition of thought show her immersion into the Rochester room and not bound by social roles as in Victorian era for a woman to enter a male room was blasphemous
• “strange energy was in his voice, strange fire in his look”


  repetition of ‘strange‘ show how unconventional mr Rochester is also a lot of fire imagery
• “sheets were kindling“ chapter 15
• “Tounges of flame darted round the bed“ chapter 15
• Chapter 23 - when Mr Rochester as Jane to marry him on on ‘mid summer eve’ just before longest day of the year and before summer and in that era people believed magically thing happened on that day. This could signal honeymoon period as that chestnut tree were he proposed is later stuck by lighting splitting into two as ‘adele, weary with gathering wild strawberries‘
• “It my spirt that address your spirt … we both stood at God‘s feet equal-as we are!“
• “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you!”
• “Don‘t struggle so like a wild frantic bird“ chapter 23


  Mr Rochester use a simile to compare Jane to bird
• “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man.“ chapter 27 


  Rule of three
• “ I am insane - quite insane my veins run fire“ 


  Repetition of insanse
• “Mr Rochester I will not be yours“ chapter 27


  Jane the active mr Rochester is the passive in this quote
• “I am no bird and no net ensnare me I’m a freedom human being with independent will.”


  metaphor shows she isn’t fragile or need to be in caged and prides her self in her independence as adjective ‘free’ she sees her self having freedom
• “my night was wretched, my rest broken the ground was damp the air was cold” “ the wet twilight deepened”

  chapter 28

  When jane runs away from Thorn flied Patric fallacy shows things aren’t going well for her and Mirrors chapter 1 as she ‘coming home in the raw twilight‘
• “ they would have pleasure in keeping and enriching a half frozen bird“ 


  Shows she half want to be independent by the other half is still in love and can’t decide
• “No St John. I will not marry you“ Active voice shows that st john has no control over her life and she decides what happens to herJane is now more confident and assertive towards st John which shows how much she has grown since meeting Mr Rochester