Minor Character Quotes Flashcards
(20 cards)
🟡 Theme: Christian Forgiveness & Endurance
💡 Hint: Helen urges Jane to forgive cruelty rather than seek revenge.
“It is not violence that best overcomes hate—nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.”
– Chapter 6, Helen Burns
🟡 Theme: Faith & Spiritual Peace
💡 Hint: Helen explains how she finds comfort in facing death.
“I am going to God.”
– Chapter 9, Helen Burns
🟡 Theme: Stoicism & Religious Belief
💡 Hint: Helen explains how she accepts punishment calmly.
“I live in calm, looking to the end.”
– Chapter 6, Helen Burns
🟡 Theme: Moral Strength vs. Bitterness
💡 Hint: Helen reminds Jane not to hold on to anger.
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
– Chapter 6, Helen Burns
🟡 Theme: Submission to Divine Will
💡 Hint: Helen’s view of justice comes from God, not humans.
“God is my friend: I love Him; I believe He loves me.”
– Chapter 9, Helen Burns
🔵 Theme: Duty vs. Passion
💡 Hint: St. John tells Jane her emotions aren’t important in God’s plan.
“You are formed for labour, not for love.”
– Chapter 34, St. John Rivers
🔵 Theme: Religious Zeal & Emotional Repression
💡 Hint: St. John justifies his missionary ambition.
“God and nature intended you for a missionary’s wife.”
– Chapter 34, St. John Rivers
🔵 Theme: Rationality Over Emotion
💡 Hint: St. John urges Jane to think beyond earthly affection.
“Reason, and not feeling, is my guide.”
– Chapter 34, St. John Rivers
🔵 Theme: Power, Will, and Self-Control
💡 Hint: St. John praises Jane’s inner strength.
“You have a man’s vigorous brain, Jane, and a woman’s heart.”
– Chapter 33, St. John Rivers
🔵 Theme: Self-Denial & Religious Sacrifice
💡 Hint: St. John speaks of his life’s purpose.
“My foundation is laid on the rock of ages.”
– Chapter 34, St. John Rivers
🔴 Theme: Cruelty & Class Prejudice
💡 Hint: Mrs. Reed’s final confession to Jane.
“I had a dislike to her mother; always. Her marriage was contrary to my wishes.”
– Chapter 21, Mrs. Reed
🔴 Theme: Family Betrayal
💡 Hint: Mrs. Reed reveals she kept a secret from Jane.
“I wrote to him I would not tell her her uncle was living, lest she should neglect me for him.”
– Chapter 21, Mrs. Reed
🔴 Theme: Resentment & Pride
💡 Hint: Jane confronts Mrs. Reed for her cruelty.
“You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so.”
– (Said by Jane, but reveals Mrs. Reed’s character; Chapter 4)
🔴 Theme: Deathbed Confession
💡 Hint: Mrs. Reed reflects on her choices near the end.
“I wish she had died!” (speaking of Jane as a child)
– Chapter 21, Mrs. Reed
🔴 Theme: Harsh Upbringing & Social Control
💡 Hint: Mrs. Reed’s opinion on Jane’s independence.
“Jane Eyre, who had been an ardent, impetuous, and spoiled child, was now quiet and subdued.”
– Chapter 21 (narration reflecting Mrs. Reed’s influence)
🟤 Theme: Religious Hypocrisy
💡 Hint: Mr. Brocklehurst justifies humiliating Jane.
“Let her stand half an hour longer on that stool, and let no one speak to her during the remainder of the day.”
– Chapter 7, Mr. Brocklehurst
🟤 Theme: Authority & Oppression
💡 Hint: Mr. Brocklehurst on punishing pride.
“You must shun her example: if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from your sports, and shut her out from your converse.”
– Chapter 7, Mr. Brocklehurst
🟤 Theme: Appearance vs. Morality
💡 Hint: Mr. Brocklehurst criticizes vanity in young girls.
“Why has she, or any other, curled hair? These girls must be brought up in humility.”
– Chapter 7, Mr. Brocklehurst
🟢 Theme: Social Class & Superficiality
💡 Hint: Blanche boasts about marriage being a means to wealth.
“A nobleman’s son! It’s time some of us married well.”
– Chapter 17, Blanche Ingram
🟢 Theme: Manipulation & Pride
💡 Hint: Blanche mocks Jane and flirts to secure Rochester.
“Oh, you men are strange!” (Blanche to Rochester, teasingly)
– Chapter 17, Blanche Ingram
