John Reed

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  • John Reed
    • 'thrust his toungue into his cheek whenever he saw me'
    • 'master Reed'
    • 'large and stout'
    • 'unwholesome skin'
    • 'spacious visage'
    • 'heavy limbs and large extremities'
    • 'a tyrant'
    • 'would do well if he had fewer cakes'
    • 'bullied and punished me '
    • 'gorged himself habitually'
    • 'thick lineaments'
    • 'not much affection'
    • 'could not do worse'
    • 'he continually threatens me (Mrs Reed) with his own death'
    • 'say he killed himself'
    • 'ruined'
    • 'gambles dreadfully'
    • 'sunk and degraded'
    • used to satirise upper class boys
    • highlights his childish and trivial behaviour
    • Bronte uses irony
    • almost a caricature
    • Bronte is criticising their...
      • used to satirise upper class boys
      • manners
      • treatment of others
      • lifestyle
      • behaviour

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