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Sir, Edward
oxymoron - the slave does not own anything that the master has given because the slave belongs to the master
bestow on a slave his gold and gems had enriched
talking about the necklace Rochester gave her
I left that; it was not mine
the way Jane feels about these gifts that she knows she feels no ownership to.
with a sense of annoyance and degradation
connotations of slavery, she is in a bejewelled cage, fairy-tale connotations
I will myself put the diamond chain round your neck . . . nature, at least, has stamped her patent of nobility on this brow, Jane; and I will clasp the bracelets on these fine wrists, and load these fairy-like fingers with rings
more emphasis of Rochester’s ownership over Jane. he lies - he is not conquered, she is. deceptive.
Jane, you please me, and you master me . . . while I am twining the soft, silken skein round my finger... I am influenced – conquered
adam and eve links - also emphasises how small and physically weak Jane is
It is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame
st john and rosamund my lovess, st john’s reminiscing and feminine imagery
rested my temples on the breast of temptation, and put my neck voluntarily under her yoke of flowers
jane and her search for affection
I cannot bear to be solitary and hated, Helen. Look here; to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple… I would willingly submit to have the bone of my arm broken
idolatry
ECLIPSE METAPHORR
He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. I could not, in those days, see God for His creature: of whom I had made an idol.
jane and st john, fire and ice.
I am cold: no fervour infects me, Whereas I am hot, and fire dissolves ice
jane and helen, what helen is to Jane
It was as if a martyr, a hero, had passed a slave or victim, and imparted strength
rochester’s classist cynicism
Most things free-born will submit to anything for a salary
helen on revenge and justice
Revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low
why jane cannot marry St John
He is a good and a great man, but he forgets, pitilessly, the feelings and claims of little people, in pursuing his own large views
jane on why he mistreats her and why she cannot bear it - Bronte’s views on what should actually be valued shine though.
Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!