Lowood notes (5-11)

‘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==.

‘you may indeed 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==.

‘the 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==.