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    Jane Eyre -Spark notes Chapter I Jane is an orphan. She was adopted by Mr. John Reed‚ yet he died when she was a year old. One of his last wishes was for his wife‚ Mrs. Reed‚ to look after Jane. This she does out of duty‚ but she treats Jane as less than a servant. She despises Jane for her quiet and creative character. Jane takes great pleasure from reading books‚ and is very smart for her age of ten; Mrs. Reed secretly feels intimidated by her. A child of a “more sociable and child-like disposition

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    The consequence of the fight is obviously punishment but only to Jane‚ which is an expressive example of the discrimination in which Jane lives every day. Mrs. Reed cannot believe that her beloved son is able to hurt anyone and if so she is not going to lump him together with Jane. The punishment is to lock her into the red-room‚ where 9 years ago Mr. Reed died. She tries to resist‚ which she herself thinks an unusual behaviour of her ”I resisted all the way: a new thing for me” (JE‚ p. 16). This

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    Something out of Nothing Jane Eyre was an vulnerable orphan who landed in the hands of her cruel Aunt Reed‚ who punished her with every slight misunderstanding. Jane’s life was a depressing repetition of abuse and neglect that made her long for a more love filled life. When she was sent away from the household to Lowood school‚ Jane at first found herself delighted to leave. She soon found out that the hypocritical school master‚ Mr. Brocklehurst was just as abusive as her Aunt. Mr. Brocklehurst

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    Another example is what Jane says to Mrs. Reed before she leaves Gateshead. “I am not deceitful: if I were‚ I should say I loved you‚ but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar‚ you may give to

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    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bron​ t​ ë​   ​ 1-25 Dialectical Journals      Num.  Quote     Commentary  1  “Folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to the right hand; to the left were the clear panes of glass‚ protecting‚ but not separating me from the drear November day[...] rain sweeping away wildly before a long and lamentable past.” (chapter 1‚ page 2) On page 2 of the book Jane Eyre‚ the author’s point of view is told through the eyes of a child. As we read the first couple of pages‚ the stage

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    In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ Jane uses reading as a mean to cope with her hardships of living at Gateshead. She uses this mechanism because it is effective way of relieving her stress. This is a good way to deal with her problems because it takes her mind off what is happening in the outside world . Also‚ Jane rads because when we the audience are introduced to Jane in the text‚ she is very lonely because she has no one in her life and this allows her to be distracted from that so she can

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    displaying the changes in societies across the years. The tale of abused orphan Jane Eyre‚ who through the words of Charlotte Bronte‚ defies expectations‚ as she faces various obstacles and difficulties on her journey towards equality and autonomy. Bronte’s novel explores the emotional journey of Jane‚ using the physical process of her travels throughout the thirty years of which the novel spans to illustrate the change in her character‚ creating an understanding for readers of Jane’s place in the world as

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    Jane Eyre has become a feminist text because of Jane’s relationship with Mr Rochester. Jane Eyre focuses largely on the gothic‚ mysterious relationship between Jane and Rochester‚ the man who owns the estate where Jane is a governess and through her journey. Jane becomes the saviour/knight in shining armour for Mr Rochester. Brontë demonstrates this through the use of symbolism. she uses fire and ice to symbolise Jane and Rochester’s emotions throughout their journey. Fire is a metaphor for Jane

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    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte portrays the life of a young girl named Jane Eyre and the cruelties she experiences and witnesses in her life. Jane lives at Gateshead the house of her late uncle‚ with Mrs. Reed‚ her aunt and three cousins: John‚ Georgiana‚ and Eliza. Her family at Gateshead treats her poorly‚ they abuse her and wonder why she stays with them at Gateshead. Soon they send her off to a school for girls where Jane is introduced to unfamiliar people and a diverse way of life. Three of the

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    them? In the novel Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Bronte‚ these are the same feelings that Jane‚ a woman wronged by a series of unfortunate events‚ must overcome. She is repeatedly knocked down by the people who are supposed to be closest to her and she is seen as a woman of low status in her society. Over the course of the story we see her evolve‚ and this is due to the narrative strategy. The story is told in first person retrospective which allows the reader to understand exactly how Jane felt at different

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