Character Flashcards
(15 cards)
Mr Brocklehurst meeting for the first time
“What a great nose! And what a mouth! And what large prominent teeth!”
Mr Brocklehurst’s hypocrisy
“teach them to clothe themselves with shame-facedness and sobriety, not braided hair and costly apparel” vs “velvet, silk and furs”
Mr Brocklehurst punishment
“punish her body to save her soul”
Helen Burns
“It is not violence that best overcomes hate - nor vengence that most certainly heals injury.”
Helen Burns Death
“We all must die one day, and the illness which is removing me is not painful….by dying young I will escape great sufferings.”
Mrs Reed
“Children must be corrected for their faults.”
Mr Rochester (Byronic hero)
“He had a dark face, with stern features and a heavy brow; his eyes and gathered eyebrows looked ireful and thwarted.”
Blanche Ingram
“Tall, fine bust, sloping shoulders; long, graceful neck…..”
Blanche Ingram character
“She is admired not only for her beauty, but for her accomplishments.”
Bertha (Gothic)
“She sucked my blood: she said she’s drain my heart!”
Bertha in Jane’s dream
“the fiery eyes glared upon me.”
Bertha (dark beauty)
“tall, dark,majestic”
Jane’s beauty
“little sunny-faced girl” “mustard seed”
Bertha vs Jane comparison
“clear eyes”, “red balls”, “this form with that bulk”
Mr Rochester ownership of Jane
“without seeming to recognise in me a human being, he only twined my waist with his arm and riveted me to his side.”
