Chapter 7

Question 1

Voice narrative / perspective:

Answer 1

Mr Brocklehurst voice- controlling the narrative of Janes life- by telling everyone lies about who Jane is patriarchal power he controls the narrative.
Jane’s older internal monologue -suppressed emotions
“i was paralysed”
Mr Brocklehurst uses commands and dominates the dialogue.

Question 2

Character:

Answer 2

Jane is now more submissive quiet scared
obedient has strong emotions but controls them
“i mastered the rising hysteria”.
Brocklehurst as ‘black marble clergyman’.
Helen as ‘martyr’ ‘hero’ and ‘angel’ by smiling at Jane on stool to help her endure her punishment. Symbolic of how Helen helps Jane to endure life generally.

Question 3

Structure:

Answer 3

Motifs of religion- links to when helen talks about the bible ”read the new testament”
and Mr Brocklehurst visits Jane and talks about religion “consistency madam is the first of christian duties”.
Two very different christian attitudes Mr Brocklehurst outburst of anger-”a careless girl” “punish the body-save the soul” -link to her punishment from Mrs Reed.
Mr Brocklehurst renaming her-”deceitful” “liar” “alien” sees Helen as heroic ‘angel’ new perceptive contrast between emotions at the beginning and end of chapter show her development and new ‘Helen-ised’ attitude.

Question 4

Genre:

Answer 4

Gothic- being punished in a brutal way- name called
“ingratitude” “deceitful”.
-Mr Brocklehurst presented as tyrant.
-Jane shows elements of damsel in distress stereotype as she doesn’t fight back and submits but still masters her emotions Jane is inwardly being powerful.
Bildungsroman- alliance between voice of older and younger Jane shares the same perceptive and opinion- agrees with what her younger self did shows moral and emotional maturity-able to bare the punishment.

Question 5

Context:

Answer 5

inspired by the Cowan Bridge School in Lancashire that Charlotte attended for a brief period when she was a girl. Four of the Bronte sisters went to that school: Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Emily.
Maria and Elizabeth both died from the awful living conditions.
Charlotte tried to avenge their death and expose the realities of boarding schools of that time.
Christian population was considerably bigger then it is now- used in a way which allowed them to overly control the youth.
Gender-voicelessness of girls/Jane versus Brocklehurst having all the speech.
Class- not treated like higher class- degraded/ punished/ due to having no status.