Jane Eyre Chpt 32
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- Jane Eyre chpt 32
- “In spite of his “Christian stoicism, when she went up and addressed him, and smiled gaily, encouragingly, even fondly in his face, his hand would tremble and his eye burn."
- Jane admires St John for his control just like Helen Burns
- The third paragraph on page 424 shows how St John would sacrifice himself in order to achieve paradise
- “‘With all his fimness and self control,’ thought I, ‘he tasks himself too far: locks every feeling and pang within - expresses, confesses, imparts nothing."
- Juxtaposition between St John and Rochester
- “as if he went and laid his genius out to wither, and his strength to waste, under a tropical sun."
- Foreshadow’sSt John’s death
- Page 431 talks about a place in heaven
- Metaphor for sacrificing life
- Rhetorical Questions
- St John resisting Miss Oliver foreshadows resisting him
- Page 432 St John describing himself
- Shows his faith is so extreme Bronte is portraying it at nothing
- “In spite of his “Christian stoicism, when she went up and addressed him, and smiled gaily, encouragingly, even fondly in his face, his hand would tremble and his eye burn."
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