All Jane Eyre quotes

‘silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear’

^^Helen^^ telling ^^Jane^^ to take suffering, ==abuse==, ==religion==.

‘I must resist those who punish me unjustly’

^^Jane^^ telling ^^Helen^^ how she responds to maltreatment, ==abuse==, ==fire and ice==.

‘she dislikes your cast of character’

^^Helen^^ justifying ^^Mrs Reed’s^^ abuse, ==abuse==.

‘Rain, wind and darkness filled the air‘

Description of weather upon entering Lowood, ==pathetic fallacy==.

‘burning glasses against my scorched skin'

^^Jane^^ explaining her embarrasment, ==abuse==, ==fire and ice==.

'left in my natural element'

^^Jane^^ saying her natural element is fire, ==fire and ice==.

‘a kind fairy‘

^^Jane^^ describing her thoughts as supernatural, ==supernatural==.

‘pronounced sentence‘

^^Brocklehurst^^ is the judge of Lowood, ==religion==, ==inferiority==.

‘seats of honour‘

^^Brocklehurst’s^^ family given higher seats based on money/ relation, ==social class==.

‘almost worthy of such a wife’

^^Jane^^ saying ^^Miss Temple^^ is worthier than a man, ==gender roles==.

‘I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer’

^^Jane^^ wanting freedom, ==bird==.

‘feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls‘

^^Brocklehurst^^ explaining his treatment, ==abuse==, ==religion==.

‘Where is God? What is God?‘

^^Jane^^ questioning God, ==religion==.

‘do good to them that hate you‘

^^Helen’s^^ version of Christianity, ==religion==.

‘stead of mother, governess, and, latterly, companion.‘

^^Jane^^ explaining Miss Temple’s role in her life, ==motherhood==.

‘God bless you, my children‘

^^Miss Temple^^ viewing her students as family, ==motherhood==.

‘was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering‘

^^Jane^^ aware of her suffering, ==abuse==.

‘always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned‘

^^Jane^^ spiralling about her suffering, ==abuse==.

‘ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly‘

Description of weather in Gateshead, ==pathetic fallacy==.

‘fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire‘

^^Jane’s^^ anger becomes sadness, fire becomes ice, ==fire and ice==, ==abuse==.

‘one of the tiny phantoms‘

^^Jane^^ compared to ignuus fatuus, ==supernatural==.

‘preternatural voice to comfort me‘

^^Jane^^ fearful of comfort, ==supernatural==.

‘you are a dependent … you ought to beg‘

^^Jane^^ insulted by John Reed, ==inferiority==.

‘you are less than a servant, for you do nothing for your keep.‘

^^Jane^^ insulted by Abbot, a servant, ==inferiority==.

‘not heroic enough to purchase liberty at the price of caste’

^^Jane’s^^ fear of becoming poor, ==social class==.

‘especially a naughty little girl‘

^^Brocklehurst’s^^ sexism, ==gender roles==.

‘the rushing of wings‘

^^Jane^^ fearful of herself, ==bird==.

‘I ought to forgive you‘

^^Jane^^ forgiving ==Mrs Reed== in the future, ==religion==.

‘When thus gentle, Bessie seemed to me the best, prettiest, kindest’

^^Jane^^ viewing ^^Bessie^^ as better, ==motherhood==.

‘you would have a home here’

^^Jane^^ told she does not have a home at Gateshead, ==abuse==, ==family==.

‘as well as her nature would permit her’

^^Jane^^ saying that ^^Mrs Reed^^ cannot treat her well, ==abuse==, ==family==.

‘he seemed to devour me‘

^^Jane^^ describing ^^Rochester^^ grabbing her, ==abuse==, ==inferiority==.

‘employed it as sort of lever to hoist our dead weights from the house‘

^^Blanche^^ describing how she treated her governesses, ==abuse==, ==inferiority==.

‘You are cold…no contact strikes the fire from you that is in you‘

^^Rochester^^ describing ^^Jane^^ while disguised as a gypsy, ==fire and ice==.

‘the trunk, split down the centre…community of vitality was destroyed‘

Description of the tree split in half by lightening, ==fire and ice==.

‘his eye was both spark and flint‘

^^Rochester^^ after his bigamy is revealed, ==fire and ice==.

‘the clothed hyena rose up, and stood tall on its hind-feet‘

Description of ^^Bertha^^, ==animal comparison==.

‘mon ange‘

^^Rochester^^ describing ^^Celine Varons^^ in French, ==supernatural==.

‘angel as my comforter‘

^^Rochester^^ describing ^^Jane^^ like ^^Celine^^, ==supernatural==.

‘I will not be your English Celine Varons‘

^^Jane^^ resisting ^^Rochester’s^^ gifts, ==inferiority==.

‘Jewels for Jane Eyre‘

^^Rochester^^ going against what ^^Jane^^ wants for gifts, ==inferiority==.

‘any other English school-girl‘

^^Rochester^^ highlighting his and ^^Jane’s^^ age difference, ==inferiority==.

‘because I am poor, obsecure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!‘

^^Jane^^ saying her social class doesn’t effect her feelings, ==inferiority==.

‘sweet subdued vivacity‘

^^Jane’s^^ description of ^^Blanche^^ and the other women at ^^Rochester’s^^ party, ==gender roles==.

‘women feel just as men feel’

^^Jane^^ saying women are equal to men, ==gender roles==.

‘pantomine of a marriage‘

^^Blanche^^ and ^^Rochester’s^^ relationship description, ==gender roles==.

‘Whatever I do with its cage, I cannot get at it - the savage beautiful creature‘

^^Rochester^^ describing ^^Jane^^, ==bird imagery==, ==animal comparison==.

‘whence the bracelet had been washed or torn‘

^^Jane’s^^ first painting, ==gothic imagery==, ==bird imagery==.

‘it will atone - it will atone‘

Rochester after proposing to ^^Jane^^, ==religion==.

‘unheard-of combinations or circumstances demand unheard-of rules’

^^Rochester^^ saying he should be able to decide his own morality, ==religion==.

‘Believe in heaven. Hope to meet there again.’

^^Jane^^ telling ^^Rochester^^ to trust in God, ==religion==.

‘There was a heaven - a temporary heaven‘

^^Jane^^ describing ^^Rochester’s^^ offer of bigamy, ==religion==.

‘to nurse it and notice it as if it had been his own‘

^^Mrs Reed^^ explaining her dislike of ^^Jane^^, ==family==.

‘My daughter, flee temptation‘

^^Jane’s^^ dream of her mother, ==family==.

‘Mrs Fairfax found you to train it‘

^^Rochester^^ telling ^^Jane^^ about ^^Mrs Fairfax^^ and ^^Adele^^, ==family==.

‘The chill of Mrs Fairfax warnings‘

^^Mrs Fairfax^^ cautioning ^^Jane^^ about ^^Rochester^^, ==family==.

‘count the hours till that eventful one arrives which shall restore me to Him‘

^^Helen^^ to ^^Jane^^ on her deathbed, ==religion==.

‘I never saw a busier person…difficult to say what she did‘

^^Jane’s^^ description of ^^Eliza^^, ==family==.

‘Spoiled temper, a very acrid spite…purchase indemnity for every fault‘

^^Jane’s^^ description of ^^Georgiana^^, ==family==, ==abuse==.

‘he ruined himself and half-ruined his family, and is supposed to have committed suicide‘

^^Jane’s^^ description of ^^John Reed^^ to ^^Rochester^^, ==abuse==, ==religion==, ==family==.

‘large cat sat demurely at her feet…beau-ideal of domestic comfort‘

Jane’s description of Mrs Fairfax when she first enters Thornfield, ==family==.

‘feeling but the sensation of cold when I let the fire go out‘

^^Rochester^^ describing all he can feel now, ==fire and ice==.

‘It is time some one undertook to rehumanise you‘

^^Jane^^ when seeing ^^Rochester^^ again, ==animal comparison==.

‘delirium of desire to behold my Jane again‘

^^Rochester^^ describing his mental state without ^^Jane^^, ==dependence==, ==insanity==.

‘avowal of his dependence‘

^^Jane^^ describing ^^Rochester’s^^ current state, %%inferiority%%.

‘blind and a cripple‘

The inns host describing ^^Rochester’s^^ current state, can be seen as God’s punishment, ==religion==.

‘I am an independent woman now‘

^^Jane^^ telling ^^Rochester^^ of her new earned money, and dependence, ==social class==, ==inferiority==, sexism.

‘strong enough to accomplish the will of Heaven‘

Thought by ^^Jane^^ when she recieves a note from ^^St John^^ telling not to go to ^^Rochester^^, ==religion==.

‘Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus‘

^^St John^^ in a letter to ^^Jane^^ on his death bed, ==religion==.

‘So I sought after a school‘

^^Jane^^ on what happened to ^^Adele^^, ==family==.

‘Never mind fine clothes and jewels, now‘

^^Rochester^^ giving up on money and no longer comparing Jane to others, ==social class==.

‘Diana and Mary Rivers are both married‘

^^Jane^^ explaining the ^^Mary^^ and ^^Diana’s^^ fate, ==family==, ==sexism==.

‘God had tempered judgement with mercy‘

^^Rochester^^ explaining how he recovered his sight and married ^^Jane^^, ==religion==.

‘recovered the sight of that one eye‘

^^Rochester’s^^ reward for his repentance, ==religion==.

‘massive pillars of mahogany’

Red room described with phallic imagery, ==sexism==.

‘a blush of pink in it’

Red room described with yonic imagery - place of rebirth, ==sexism==.

‘nothing in harmony with Mrs Reed or her children‘

^^Jane^^ describing her relationship with the ^^Reeds^^, ==family==, ==abuse==.

‘I took my revenge‘

^^Mrs Reed^^ describing why she lied to ^^Jane’s^^ uncle, ==religion==, ==abuse==.

Reverend Calus-Wilson

Who Brocklehurst was based off.

Cowan Bridge

The school Bronte attended as a child, where her sister Maria also died.

Branwell

The name of Jane’s brother, who died in association with drugs and gambling. Who John Reed may be based on.

‘compel it to burn inwardly, though the imprisoned flame consumed vital after vital‘

^^Jane^^ when considering ^^St John’s^^ proposal, ==fire and ice==.

‘these couarsely-clad little peasants are…as good as the scions of gentlest genealogy‘

^^Jane^^ reminding herself that her students in the school are as good as anyone else, ==social class==.

‘sole helpmeet I can influence efficiently in life, and retain absolutely until death‘

^^St John^^ explaining why he wants a wife, ==inferiority==, ==sexism==, ==religion==.

‘Rosamind a sufferer, a labourer, a female apostle?‘

^^St John^^ discussing why he cannot marry ^^Rosamond^^, ==religion==.

‘It is not me you deny, but God

^^St John^^ after proposing to ^^Jane^^, ==religion==, ==inferiority==.

‘not the insignificant private individual…it is the missionary‘

^^St John^^ saying a person is insignificant compared to God’s purpose, ==religion==.

‘I never had a home…I must and will have them now‘

^^Jane^^ demands once discovering she has cousins, ==social class==, ==family==

‘I am cold: no fervour infects me‘

Said by ^^St John^^ when attempting to not tell ^^Jane^^ they are cousins, ==family==, ==fire and ice==.

‘nature…did - no miracle - but her best’

^^Jane^^ describing how she heard ^^Rochester’s^^ voice, ==supernatural==.

‘does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah… begins to consider responsibilities‘

^^Jane^^ when told of her new-found fortune, ==social class==.

‘This was a blessing, bright, vivid, and exhilarating‘

^^Jane’s^^ feelings after discovering she has cousins, ==religion==, ==family==, ==social class==.

‘cushioned a black cat‘

Description upon seeing ^^Diana^^ and ^^Mary^^, compare to ^^Mrs Fairfax^^ - her supporters, ==family==.

‘Thought fitted thought; opinion fitted opinion‘

^^Jane^^ describing her relationship with ^^Diana^^ and ^^Mary^^, ==family==.

‘Insupportable-unnatural-out of the question!‘

^^Diana’s^^ response to ^^St John’s^^ proposal, showing she supports ^^Jane^^ - like ^^Mrs Fairfax^^ with ^^Rochester^^, ==family==.

‘nature intended you to be a missionary’s wife…formed for labour, not for love‘

^^St John^^ during his proposal to ^^Jane^^, ==religion==.

‘a place in their unsophisticated hearts‘

^^Jane^^ describing her relationship with her scolars, ==social class==.