Bessie and miss temple Flashcards
Bessie is kind to Jane at Gateshead:
Bessie is a servant at Gateshead , and although she’s not always kind to Jane, she’s much kinder than anyone else.
After Jane is shirt up in the red-room, she says that “missis was rather too hard” and calls Jane a “poor child”
She recognises that mrs reed is cruel to Jane, but can’t do anything about it because she’s employed by mrs reed
She has a “quicker temper” that Jane dislikes-“she is always scolding me”. But she does care for Jane and they are pleased to see each other when Bessie visits Lowood and Jane returns to Gateshead
Describe Bessie
Bessie is….
Kind:”when thus gentle Bessie seemed to me the best, prettiest , kindest being in the world”
Short tempered:”up naughty little thing!”
Motherly:”be sure and take good care of her”
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Miss temple is the opposite of Mr.Brocklehurst:
Miss temple is kind and caring teacher at like lowood.She does what she can to care for the girl and improve their living conditions, but is restricted by Mr Brocklehurst meanness
She wants to find out the truth about Jane and writes to Mr Lloyd to try and clear her name.She cares about justice and doesn’t judge Jane like Mr.Brocklehurst does
She also helps Jane as she grows up at Lowood- Jane says that she feels calmer and “better regulated” after learning from miss temple
Describe miss temple
Miss temple is…..
Caring:”she had been called to a delirious patient in the fever-room”
Admirable:”I dated not allow them to remain fasting till dinner-time”
Just:”When a criminal is accused, he is always allowed to speak in his speak in his own defence”
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Both are surrogate mothers to Jane:
Bessie nurses Jane after her illness at Gateshead and tells her stories -things that a mother might do
When Jane visits Bessie and her family , she describes the “occasional tap or push” that Bessie gives her own children as being “just as she used to give me”
When miss temple leaves lowood , Jane describes how she has been a “ mother governess” and “companion” to Jane during her time there
However , both miss temple and Bessie ultimately fail as mother- figures-Bessie is restricted in what she can do because she’s only a servant and miss temple leaves Jane behind when she gets married
Describe how Bessie and miss temple are both surrogate mothers to Jane
Blanche is a conventional aristocratic beauty:
Jane describes Blanche as being “moulded like a Dian” (a goddess)-she is a beautiful young women
She would make a conventional wife for Rochester and they appear to get on well when she’s at thorn field.She comes from a wealthy family and looks “majestic”.
However, Jane sees that Blanche doesn’t really please Mr Rochester -the “arrows” that Blanche “fires” at him Bounce off his “breast” and fall “harmless at his feet”
Blanche is also snobbish and rude.She shows off her knowledge and is deliberately rude about governess in front of Jane , calling them “detestable” and “ridiculous”
Her shallow nature is exposed by Mr Rochester when he’s disguised as a gipsy-the “gipsy” tells her that Rochester is not very rich and she loses interest In marrying him.
Writers technique:
Blanche presence foreshadows the revelation about Bertha-Blanche is the first barrier between Jane and Rochester
Describe Blanche as a conventional aristocratic beauty
Aristocratic:”the threee most distinguished….were the Dowager Lady Ingram and her daughters”
Snobbish:”the haughty voice of Blanche”
Shallow:”I know she considers the Rochester estate eligible to the last degree”
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Diana and marry are Jane’s kind cousins:
Jane is absorbed by Diana and Mary’s conversation and “intelligence” when she watches them through the window at Moor house
They are compassionate to Jane when St John brings her into the house-they nurse her , wash her cloths and give her foods
Jane is happy to learn that Diana and Mary are cousins-the inheritance she shares with them frees them from being governesses
Similarities between Jane, Diana, Mary:
They love learning and spend time working as governesses
They have no parents and have no loge but to work
Diana agrees with Jane’s decision not go marry St. John
All three end up in happy marriages
Describe Diana and marry
Diana and Mary :
Kind:”never once in their dialogues did I hear a syllable of regret at the hospitality”
Educated:”she read something of which not one word was intelligible to me;for it was in an unknown tongue”
Perceptive:”she(Jane) is not an uneducated person , I should think , by her manner of speaking”
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