Jane Eyre Notes

Chapters 1-10, Jane Eyre

Lowood

  • break for lunch

  • religious school

  • bad quality of food

  • lack of food

  • at least 10-16 age range

  • all female school

  • less classes at Lowood

  • strict dress code/rooming standards

  • boarding school (live at lowood)

  • harsh discipline and physical punishment

  • cold facilities

  • funded by donations

  • less school spirit

  • 80 students

  • mr brocklehurst leads school (founder & headmaster)

  • teaches french as a class

  • rural area

  • all female staffs

LHS

  • break for lunch

  • Not a religious school

  • better food quality

  • move food

  • 14-18 age range

  • co-ed (mixed gender) school

  • more classes at LHS

  • simpler dress code

  • no boarding

  • no physical punishment and lighter discipline

  • temperature controlled

  • funded by taxes

  • school spirits

  • 800+ students

  • led by ms. vuono

  • teaches spanish and italian as classes

  • surburban area

  • co-ed faculty (males and females)

literary terms:

a) Roman Ă  clef: a novel in which real people or events appear with invented names

b) Bildungsroman: a coming-of-age novel

c) First Person Perspective: I/we point of view

— There are both benefits and downsides to first-person pov

Chapters 11-15, Jane Eyre

Traits of Jane Eyre:

  • Jane is very fluent in French and this skill helps her to connect with others much more easily

  • Jane is committed to her new job and is brave in facing the unknown and the challenges that follow her journey

  • Jane is caring and always wishes to help people, as she helps Mr. Rochester without knowing he is even her boss

  • Jane is humble and an artist

Chapters 25-27, Jane Eyre

How is Jane and Mr. Rochester’s failing marriage foreshadowed?

  • the splitting of the chestnut tree after the engagement

  • the storm on the night of the engagement

  • the blood moon

  • the torn veil

Chapters 28-31, Jane Eyre

Jane goes from living in luxury → living in poverty/humbleness

Chapters 32-34, Jane Eyre

Why does St. John want to marry Jane?

  • she is punctual

  • she works even when she does not want

  • she’s tactful

  • it is hard to understand how she is so generous

  • “the devil has no power over her”

  • multi-lingual

Chapters 35-38, Jane Eyre

vocabulary:

a) tag name — a symbolic nickname

  • gateshead hall

  • lowood school

  • thornfield hall — roses have thorns

  • marsh end

  • ferndean

b) pathetic fallacy — when the weather reflects a characters emotions