Jane Eyre - With the Rivers family
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- Created on: 03-12-19 13:28
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- Jane 'Elliot'
- What if she had stayed at Thornfield?
- Become Rochester's mistress
- Link her to Bertha Mason - Rochester would hide her away from the world
- Would live knowing she had made a bad choice
- Spend rest of her life in regret, ruin their relationship
- Would never have inherited her fortune.
- Would never have had the chance to gain independence
- Independence gave her the chance to work out what she wants to do in life
- Led her back to Rochester, although this time in a legitimate way - no regrets.
- Independence gave her the chance to work out what she wants to do in life
- Would never have had the chance to gain independence
- Would never have found her real family.
- Would never have met other men
- Maybe wouldn't have fully worked out her feelings/ commitment towards Rochester
- Become Rochester's mistress
- The moor
- Shows how Jane was completely alone in the world
- Moor - vast expanse of empty space - perfect to highlight Jane's destitution
- Left her luggage too - now has absolutely NOTHING in the world
- Reader wonders how she is going to survive
- Pathos
- Jane has nowhere to go, no method of getting anywhere
- No possessions, food or drink, no shelter
- Reader's instinct is to help her
- Reader wonders if she may have been better off staying with Rochester, we see how alone she is without him.
- Emphasises how hard iwas for Jane to leave Rochester/ do the right thing.
- Jane accepts her fate - Blamed nobody, didn't expect anyone to help her, although she hoped they would.
- Jane's new identities - 'stranger' - 'well-dressed beggar'
- Shows how Jane was completely alone in the world
- Pseudonym - Elliot
- Symbolises start of new life, leaving past behind
- Shows conviction to forget Rochester, make sure he doesn't fine her.
- Shows her strong moral character
- Rivers' family life
- Reflects Bronte's
- Both families strict and religious - part of a parish
- Reflects Bronte's
- Marsh End/ Moor House
- Affected Jane's state of mind
- Found a place to forget about painful memories of her past, esp Rochester
- Suits Jane's character - hardiness of the house and its surroundings - Jane understands it - 'I felt the consecration of its loneliness
- Affected Jane's state of mind
- Charity/ hospitality
- Charity - Jane receives job from the Rivers family
- Hospitality - Rivers allow her to stay with them, join in their studies and become part of their family.
- Difference - charity is voluntary, cares for basic necessities/ hospitality is generous/ comes from the heart
- Appearance
- Allowed Rivers family to determine their thoughts about Jane before she woke from fever
- Observed she needed help, so felt glad to give it to her
- Observed she 'was not uneducated'
- Imagined her 'physiognomy would be agreeable' from her 'peculiar face'
- St John Rivers on Jane's appearance
- 'she would always be plain', 'sensible but not at all handsome'
- Bronte reiterating that it's Jane's character, what comes from her heart rather than her looks that gets her the good things in life
- Shows how the Rivers family care for Jane out of the goodness of their hearts
- Would highlight how St John's later attachment to Jane is based on her character rather than her looks.
- 'she would always be plain', 'sensible but not at all handsome'
- Allowed Rivers family to determine their thoughts about Jane before she woke from fever
- Jane
- Desires
- Wants a job/ work to become independent and be free of charity
- Will help her state of mind as she could take her mind off Rochester and all that she has lost
- Wants a job/ work to become independent and be free of charity
- Her mind has settled - learned to take control of her own life, doesn't need much else to be comfortable.
- Grateful to be guided to this place, thankful, no resentment for what she has lost.
- Feelings about Rosamond
- Motherly - enjoys watching her interact with St John
- Links her to Adele, maybe feels she can teach her a few things
- Admires her beauty, took pleasure in drawing her portrait
- Shows selfless nature, doesn't resent her own lack of beauty.
- Motherly - enjoys watching her interact with St John
- Dreams
- Show her inward yearning/ desire for a fuller life, with the adventure/ mystery that Thornfield had offered.
- Show up everything she doesn't allow her mind to dwell on in her conscious state.
- Dreams extensively of Rochester and his love.
- Shows she will never be able to forget him, she will continue to dream and yearn for him
- Hasn't fully come to terms with being apart from him
- Shows she will never be able to forget him, she will continue to dream and yearn for him
- Desires
- St John
- Gothic villain
- Has 'heroic' qualities to be seen as more than a villain
- Cares for Jane, yet is very cold/ aloof towards her
- Misses nothing in Jane's speech, coolly examines her character
- Hard, nothing seems to affect his heart/ emotions
- Similar to Rochester; both are abrupt towards Jane, neither tries to impress her
- Could show how they view her as an equal, someone to be respected
- Traits
- Hard and cold nature
- Likes to be in control
- Doesn't like to be on the other end of analysis/ keeps his thoughts to himself, makes sure nobody gets close enough to fully understand him
- 'Considerably more calculated to embarrass than to encourage' - shows lack of human affection
- Religious
- Tries to show humility - 'I am myself poor and obscure' - Sort of contradicts his nature, he acts superior to people
- Views similar to Brocklehurst - devout in his actions, severely follows Christian rules
- Doesn't appear to be a true Christian - Jane says 'didn't appear to enjoy the mental serenity' that a Christian should enjoy
- Not similar to Helen Burns
- Feelings about Rosamond
- Shows his passionate nature underneath his self-control
- If he gave into his emotions, he could be just as earnest in showing affection towards those he loved as to his work for his parish
- Curbs his passion, has a very resolute, self-controlled nature, hard to sway his opinion
- Similar to Jane, she shows self-control also against the one she loves
- Adoration/ passion for her, manages to curb his desire, doesn't think she would make a good wife for a missionary.
- Forsakes all feelings between them to achieve his ambition
- Cold, hard, ambitious man
- Jane is concerned for him giving up all that he desires to become a missionary, which St John clearly feels as a duty rather than a pleasure.
- Maybe shows slight wistfulness in forsaking her own pleasures, although she doesn't allow herself to dwell on this.
- Forsakes all feelings between them to achieve his ambition
- Tries his utmost not to let her affect him, cannot hide his feelings
- Sees her as a dream, something he cannot have
- Resents the control she has over his feelings
- Shows his passionate nature underneath his self-control
- Gothic villain
- Diana and Mary Rivers
- Very knowledgeable
- Friendship with Jane - mutual one. Well-matched and natural friendship, full of affection
- What if she had stayed at Thornfield?
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