Lowood school

• "disease had thus become an inhabitant of Lowood, and death its frequent visitor" --> personified disease by saying it is an "inhabitant" and by describing it as a "frequent visitor"; this makes the reader feel sympathetic towards these poor living standards

  Links to the novel's underlying brooding and gloomy atmosphere.

  Contextually, this gives the reader an insight into the schools in this era. Bronte and her sisters were sent to a girls schooling institution and two of her sisters died here. Bronte was surrounded by sickness and illness and the spirit of death
• "Raw and chill was the winter morning: my teeth chattered as I hastened down the drive" --> pathetic fallacy, foreshadows an unpleasant/ dull time at Lowood.
• "During these eight years my life was uniform, but not unhappy"

  "I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a silent prayer" --> reflects a deep longing for freedom and autonomy; Jane's inner desire for liberty suggests a yearning for independence, self-expression and the ability to shape her own destiny Underscores her independent spirit and resilience in the face of societal expectations A determination to break from limitations imposed on her--> self-discovery