Thornfield (12-27)

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‘he seemed to devour me‘

Jane describing Rochester grabbing her, abuse, inferiority.

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

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

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3

‘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.

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4

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

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

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5

‘his eye was both spark and flint‘

Rochester after his bigamy is revealed, fire and ice.

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6

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

Rochester describing Jane, animal comparison, bird imagery.

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

Description of Bertha, animal comparison.

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8

‘mon ange‘

Rochester describing Celine Varons in French, supernatural.

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9

‘angel as my comforter‘

Rochester describing Jane like Celine, supernatural.

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10

‘I will not be your English Celine Varons‘

Jane resisting Rochester’s gifts, inferiority.

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11

‘Jewels for Jane Eyre‘

Rochester going against what Jane wants for gifts, inferiority.

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12

‘any other English school-girl‘

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

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13

‘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.

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14

‘sweet subdued vivacity‘

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

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15

‘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.

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16

‘pantomine of a marriage‘

Blanche and Rochester’s relationship description, gender roles.

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17

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

Rochester describing Jane, bird imagery, animal comparison.

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18

‘whence the bracelet had been washed or torn‘

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

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19

‘it will atone - it will atone‘

Rochester after proposing to Jane, religion.

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20

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

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

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21

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

Jane telling Rochester to trust in God, religion.

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22

‘There was a heaven - a temporary heaven‘

Jane describing Rochester’s offer of bigamy, religion.

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23

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

Mrs Reed explaining her dislike of Jane, family.

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24

‘My daughter, flee temptation‘

Jane’s dream of her mother, family.

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25

‘Mrs Fairfax found you to train it‘

Rochester telling Jane about Mrs Fairfax and Adele, family.

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‘The chill of Mrs Fairfax warnings‘

Mrs Fairfax cautioning Jane about Rochester, family.

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