Jane Eyre - Religion - Mindmap in A Level and IB English Literature

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Created on: 09-05-13 16:39

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Religion in Jane Eyre
- A02
  - "He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun."
  - I am no angel and I will not be until I die"
  - My future husband: almost my hope of heaven."
  - Prospect of marrying St John- "Religion called- Angels beckoned- God commanded"
  - "Mr Brocklehurst is not a god"
  - Just before Jane and Rochester's wedding is interrupted : "God rising calm before me... a rook wheeling round the steeple"
  - "I will keep the law given by God ; sanctioned by man"
  - "God and nature intended you for a missionaries wife."
  - " Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus" - Last line of the book
  - Thornfield: "A shrine of memory"
- A03
  - "Conventionality is not morality. Self righteousness is not religion" - Charlotte Bronte
  - "St John represents religion without love"- Q.D Leavis
  - St John "Is in effect the antithesis of Mr Rochester"- Q.D Leavis
  - "Helen in her shining capacity for love and forgiveness almost knocks Jane of her own personal path of righteousness"- Sally Minogue
    - Helen Burns
  - "A really wonderful book with such religious feeling"- Queen Victoria
  - "A murmuring against God's appointment"- McNees
  - "Bronte raises poignant questions regarding moral boundaries and the exact nature of religion"- Anja Young
  - "She embraces the religious life" - Ellen Geroux
- A04 Links
  - Pilgrims progress - John Bunyan
  - Charlotte Bronte was a Christian
  - Victorian society and expectaions
- Points
  - Helen Burns
  - Bertha - Jane won't commit bigamy
  - Religion vs Love
    - St John vs Rochester