Chapter 21 Flashcards
Back at Gateshead, Mrs Reed's death
How is Eliza physically described now?
“a sallow face… There was something ascetic in her look which was augmented by the extreme plainness of a straight-skirted, black stuff dress… and the nun-like ornament of a string of ebony beads and crucifix”
How is Georgiana physically described now?
“a full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork… ringleted yellow hair… [its fashion] looked as stylish as the other’s looked puritanical”
How can we see Jane’s character development in the way she thinks of Mrs Reed?
“I had left this woman in bitterness and hate, and I had come back to her now with… a strong yearning to forget and forgive all injuries”
“I had once vowed that I would never call her Aunt again: I thought it no sin to forget and break that vow now”
What does Mrs Reed mention about Mr Reed and how he treated Jane?
“[Mr] Reed pitied it; and he used to nurse it and notice it as if it had been his own… but he was weak, naturally weak”
What is of John Reed now?
“Oh, I wish he would cease tormenting me with letters for money!… I must send away half the servants and shut up part of the house… John gambles dreadfully, and always loses - poor boy!… he continually threatens me with his own death, or mine”
How do Eliza and Georgiana interact with each other?
“Georgiana should take her own course’ and she, Eliza, would take hers.”
