Jane Eyre A.'s & I.'s #2

Pages 286 -300


demon

poisoned

burn

stab

inexorable

unfortunate

hate

vindictive antipathy

cruel

love

dear

treasure

tenderness


There are strong feelings in these words spoken by Rochester and Jane after the unvieling of Rochesters still current wife Bertha Mason. Rochester loathes his wife, while Jane feels sorry for her, she doesn't understand that Rochester doesn't hate her because she's crazy, he hates her for other reasons, and yet loves Jane so much.



"I long to exert a fraction of Samson's strength"(287) an allusion to Samson from the bible in the story Samson and Deliliah. Samson was like the Hercules of the bible.



Rochester refuses to hear Janes plans of leaving, he still claims he is not married to which Jane reminds him that his wife is still living.



Rochester claims he was lured into the marriage with Bertha by being allured by her, because he was ignorant at such a young age, and Bertha's relatives encouraged him to marry her. He thinks this an excuse to not call Bertha his wife, for him it was not a marriage of love but of blind ignorance as to what love is.



Rochester percieves insanity as inherated by parents and through genes.











Pages 301-315


distortion

temptation

fears

sever

doom

forsaken

rejected

suffer


These words are very negative. Jane fears her separation from Rochester and the temptation which his presence provides. Rochester is so opposed to this separation he feels it is his doom, he will feel rejected, and suffer. The word distortion kind of makes me think that while she is in Thornfield, the perception of love and affection are distorted, especially by Rochester, because he has a woman locked up in his attic, because he kept this huge secret from Jane and claims to love her. Where there is no trust there is no love. Sever makes me think of torn and Jane's torn feelings for Rochester, she loves him, and believes she will never find another like him, but she cannot stay there with him. She will not be a mistress.





After Jane's enormous fight with Rochester she dreams of her childhood. She is in the red-room.


She dreams of a beautiful white figure as glorious as the moon which represented Miss Temple in her old days at Lowood. Temple was Jane's closest thing to a motherly figure, and as this figure is first described AS the moon, it IS Jane's mother. Jane's mother warns her to flee temptation, meaning she must leave Thornfield, and Mr. Rochester at once.




Jane decideds to go down a road she has always seen but never before traveled. Previously, she had never given thought to where it lead, but now she wonders. It seems kind of symbolic of the way her life is going at the moment. She has always gone down the path of recieving orders and tending to others, being shackled. Now she is leaving Thornfield and has many options. She has an option to take a path in her life she never has before. Maybe, going down this road will be symbolic of something very different happening to her. Something that changes everything.












Pages 316-329


graceful, humble, rustic, delicacy, desolate, desperate distrust, vagrant





After leaving Thornfield Jane doesn't have much food, and she had to sleep outside, the whole while she was praying. Then she is turned down when asking to sleep at someone's house for a night, she is turned down and the servant makes it known that there is a gentleman in the house, dogs and guns. She doesn't trust Jane because she is a woman alone, at a bad time of day, asking to sleep in their house the servant thinks it's shady.





When asked her name by St. John Jane gives a false name : Jane Elliot. She doesnt' want to be discovered. She afraid they might know Rochester, she has to stay away from him.



These people she is with are much nicer than anyone else in her life, she has never met such hospitality in her entire life. Why are they so hospitable?



Hannah speaks differently than the rest of the people in the book.

Jane gets angry with Hannah for her unkindness the night before and says she shouldn't have turned away a dog on that night.





Pages 330-344

bitter

agitating

embarrasment

judge

rescued

miserable

compassion

charity

Jane is being scrutinized and questioned by St. John, who along with his sisters saved her from homelessness. She is embarrassed about disclosing information of her past, she is angry and depressed at the memories of Thornfield and Rochester. In Diana and Mary there is compassion towards Jane, a complete stranger to them. When they become closer, the compassion grows stronger.



Jane briefly explains and summarizes her life to the three Rivers. She lets them know that Jane Elliot is not her real name, and will not give them her real name.

Diana keeps trying to get St. John to leave her alone because he's given her enough questions, but he is persistent. St. John's sisters wish her to stay at their house, and St. John says they would want a half frozen bird to stay, belittling Jane.



St. John is not very friendly to Jane, but he keeps his promise in finding her a job. While Jane, Diana and Mary become friends.

Uncle John died, and the sisters aren't shocked or appalled, they feel monumentous. Why aren't they sad that there uncle is dead? Uncle John was their mother's brother, who they've never seen, but he made their father go into financial ruin.





Pages 345-359
ignorant
germs
poverty
hate
despise
disgust
suffocating
doom



Jane is bitter and feels hate toward her current occupation of teaching where she was placed by St. John as she thinks she could have been living in France with Mr. Rochester. She questions her decision and wonders whether it's better to be happy for a mere moment, instead of terribly depressed for the rest of her life, for the sake of her pride and of being honest. She begins crying because she's realized that this occupation is her doom. This life is her demise. She is going to stay at that job for a couple of months anyway.

Jane speaks of Miss Oliver as an earthly angel.
When Miss Oliver speaks the name of a large town Jane does not include it in the narrative, only putting "S-" why? Is this town so insignificant it's name doesn't need to be mentioned? Or is there something much more significant about this town, that it was Jane's purpose as a narrator to do so?
Jane is beginning to dream of Rochester. Will this be like when she dreamt of children and then learnt of Mrs. Reed's poor condition and John Reed's death?

Pages 360-374

Snow/Storm
wind brought blinding falls
frozen hurricane
howling darkness
Bad weather usually means something bad is about to happen, either with someone who is not very kind to Jane, or just something terrible is going to happen. Right when St. John comes through the door Jane demands to know if anything bad has happend. **

St. John tells Jane about the girl called Jane Eyre. When Jane was born there was a snow storm...continueing the extended metaphor all the way up to her birth? The snow storm of her births significance showing that she will have a difficult life?

** Jane Eyre's Uncle John Eyre has died. This is unfortunate, maybe what the storm was alluding to, however there is an upside, Jane is given his fortune, and learns that the Rivers are her cousins.


Pages 375-389
Crestfallen
despise
destroy


"Moor House as complete a model of bright modest snugness within, as it was, at this season, a specimen of wintry waste and desert dreariness without."