‘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.
‘Whatever I do with its cage, I cannot get at it - the savage beautiful creature‘
Rochester describing Jane, animal comparison, bird imagery.
‘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 to Rochester, inferiority.
‘sweet subdued vivacity‘
Jane’s description of Blanche and the other women at Rochester’s party, gender roles.
‘they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do‘
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.