Jane Eyre quotes

• deep red damask' 2


  Description of the Red Room

  
• the spell which kept it so lonely in spite of its grandeur' 2


  Red Room 'curse' - gothic imagery

  
• I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world' 4


  Jane defying Mrs Reed - dislike

  
• roughly and violently thrust me back' 4


  Mrs Reed's violent treatment of Jane

  
• "Jane, you don't understand these things: children must be corrected for their faults." 4


  Mrs Reed asserting her authority over Jane

  
• the dreariness of my hated and hating position' 4


  Jane's feelings towards Mrs Reed

  
• a little castaway; not a member of the true flock'


  Mr. Brocklehurst "Jane is different"

  
• fearful lest her vicious example should contaminate their purity'


  Mr Brocklehurst - vicious, purity

  
• By dying young, I shall escape great sufferings'


  Helen dying

  
• she seemed dearer to me than ever, I felt as if I could not let her go'

  Jane talking about Helen dying

  
• I felt no fear of him, and but little shyness.'


  Jane first impressions of Rochester

  
• the frown, the roughness of the traveller, set me at my ease'


  Jane at ease with Rochester

  
• he had hardly turned his eyes in my direction before'


  Jane feeling humbled that Rochester had paid attention to her

  
• you have rather the look of another world'


  Rochester telling Jane about her looks, supernatural

  
• demoniac laugh'


  Supernatural, Jane hearing laughing

  
• I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty. . . .


  Jane's strong personality against Mrs Reed

  
• she is not worthy of notice


  Jane's lack of love at Gateshead

  
• sheltered and befriended


  the way Jane was treated by Bessie

  
• she's like a mad cat


  Jane being compared to an animal at Gateshead

  
• you have nothing to do with the master of thornfield, further than to recieve the salary


  Jane's reality check about Rochester

  
• uninhabited and a desolate spot


  Description of Ferndean

  
• you are a dependant


  What Jane is described as at Gateshead

  
• he bullied and punished me


  John reed's cruelty to Jane at Gateshead

  
• me she had dispensed from the group


  Jane being an outcast at Gateshead, causing her independence from a young age

  
• the porridge was burned

  the water in the pitcher was frozen


  Cruel conditions at Lowood

  
• you won't kiss the husband of Bertha Mason


  Jane being unable to be with Rochester

  
• I am no bird and no net ensnares me


  Metaphor about Jane's independence

  
• I am ready to go to India if I may go free


  Jane's independence from St John

  
• I am a free human being with independent will, which I now exert to leave you


  Jane using her independence to leave Rochester

  
• Jane, I summon you as my wife. It is only you I intend to marry


  Rochester's declaration of intent to marry Jane

  
• A missionary's wife you shall be. You shall be mine, I claim you, not for my pleasure but for my sovereign's service


  St John's loveless proposal to Jane

  
• her I love best


  Rochester about loving Jane

  
• it grovelled seemingly on all fours, it snatched and growled like some wild animal

  
  

  clothed hyena


  Comparing Bertha in her madness to an animal

  
• he grew savage, quite savage on his disappointment

  
  

  wild man


  Rochester's descent after Jane leaves

  
• family, perhaps political reasons


  Why Jane thinks Rochester will marry Blanche

  
• formed for labour not love


  What St John's and Jane's marriage would be like

  
• You have a wicked heart and you must pray to God


  Mr Brocklehurst using religion and schooling as oppressor

  
• the Bible bids us return good for evil

  
  

  love your enemies


  2 religious comments from Helen

  
• God has given us the power to make our own fate

  
  

  a missionary I resolved to be


  St John talking about God and being a missionary

  
• I would not exchange lowood with all its privations for gateshead and its daily luxuries


  Jane prefers lowood to gateshead