Jane Eyre

Question 1

Theme of morality

Answer 1

Jane uses her innate sense of right and wrong to guide her decisions

Question 2

First example of morality

Answer 2

Jane hides her feelings about Rochester and chooses to not marry St John

Question 3

Second example of morality

Answer 3

Jane does not want to be Rochester’s mistress upon discovering his marriage to Bertha (also demonstrating integrity)

Question 4

Example of Autonomy

Answer 4

Jane initially does not wish to marry Rochester because she feels he is buying her

Question 5

Relate the theme of integrity with love

Answer 5

Jane does not want to marry Rochester in fear of sacrificing integrity (Bertha) for love

Question 6

Relate the theme of integrity with love

Answer 6

Jane does not want to marry St John to maintain autonomy without love

Question 7

Religion and Brocklehurst

Answer 7

He is a hypocrite, teaches uniformity, subjects students to humiliation, and supports his family at the expense of Lowood students (un-Christain)

Question 8

Religion and Helen

Answer 8

Too meek and passive

Question 9

Religion and St John

Answer 9

Driven moral duty, sacrifices emotion for ambition

Question 10

Religion and Jane

Answer 10

Looks to God for solace (wedding interrupted), protection (wandering) and guidance (won’t marry married man)

Question 11

Belonging and Gateshead

Answer 11

Jane’s temperament doesn’t match Reed’s, she doesn’t fully fit in, unloved, useless

Question 12

Belonging and Lowood

Answer 12

Miss Temple loved Jane and made it homey, Jane left when she died because she felt useless

Question 13

Belonging and Thornfield

Answer 13

Jane felt an emotional connection with Rochester, left to avoid sin, and because she felt morally useless because of Bertha

Question 14

Theme of Belonging

Answer 14

For Jane, home is where she is valuable to someone else (ie, Rochester because he’s blind, dependent on her, and they are equally wealthy)

Question 15

Uncertainty and the Red Room

Answer 15

Gothic imagery, supernatural experience represent’s her uncle’s false promise of love

Question 16

Uncertainty and the chestnut tree

Answer 16

Splits when Jane and Rochester kiss like nature opposes their marriage

Question 17

Uncertainty and Bertha

Answer 17

Jane’s gothic double, manifestation of Jane’s younger violent passions

Question 18

How does Bertha act as a symbol for Jane?

Answer 18

She represents Jane’s fears about the stigma of a governess marrying her master and is an expression of the emotions Jane must keep in check

Question 19

Style

Answer 19

Long, formal sentences characterize Jane as educated and philosophical

Question 20

What to biblical allusions represent?

Answer 20

They emphasize Jane’s moral duty to leave a married man.

Question 21

Tone

Answer 21

Jane speculates why others behave the way they do, she philosophizes and explains her actions. This characterizes her as self-conscious.

Question 22

Purpose of gothic elements

Answer 22

They appear during heightened emotion to emphasize her inner turmoil.

Question 23

What gives the text an unsettling tone?

Answer 23

Jane’s insecurities, which lie in her lack of wealth and social connections.