Moor House Flashcards
“This light was my forlorn hope”
Jane is searching for belonging and is determined to find it
“sitting as still as one of the dusty pictures on the walls”
Similie sharpens the contrast between St John and Jane
Bronte does this to show that they would be a terrible match
“Greek face”
St John is a foil to Rochester as he is attractive and has soft features
Jane doesn’t know what to do with herself as he is attractive
“Mr Eyre of Madeira is dead and has left you all his property and you are now rich”
Jane is now financially Rochester’s equal and she is an heiress
“I had found a brother, one i could be proud of….and two sisters…with genuine love and affection”
Jane has found a sense of belonging with her cousins and finally has a family
“He would hardly make a good husband”
“Strange words of a strange love!”
St John and Jane are opposites and don’t belong together
Jane can’t understand him
“awful charm”
Oxymoron
Gothic imagery links to the supernatural
Jane feels like she is trapped in a spell and she has a fear of feeling entrapped as she wants to be independent
“You shall be mine-I claim you!”
Patriarchal language
St John represents the stereotypical Victorian mans view on women so when Jane fights back it is like her fighting back at the patriarchal society
“My iron shroud contracted round me”
Jane feels trapped and enslaved
“If i join St John I abandon half myself, if I go to India, I go to premature death”
“I cannot marry you and become part of you”
Jane is fully aware of the prospect of the marriage and she knows that she cant live a life feeling unhappy and enslaved
Jane would abandon herself by marrying St John and she knows that they aren’t soulmates
“If you reject it it is not me you deny, but God”
St John has a strong religious view and believes that he is right and Jane should accept and agree with what he says
