Chapter 14

Question 1

Does Mr Rochester care for Adele?

Answer 1

“Adele was seldom sent for to his presence”
“It would be intolerable to me to pass a whole evening tete-a-tete with a brat”

Question 2

How can we see the boss x governess relationship?

Answer 2

“sometimes pass me haughtily and coldly, just acknowledging my presence by a nod or a cool glance”

Question 3

How can we see that Rochester naturally has dominance over Jane?

Answer 3

Jane felt “it seemed a matter of course to obey him promptly” when he asks her to move her chair.

Question 4

How does Rochester test the boundaries with Jane?

Answer 4

“Do you think me handsome?”

Question 5

How does he insult Jane bluntly? To what does he say this?

Answer 5

“You are dumb, Miss Eyre” - when she doesn’t answer him when he demands her to “speak” and she thinks that it is pointless to “talk for the mere sake of talking and showing off”

Question 6

How does Jane stand up for herself against him?

Answer 6

“I don’t think, sir, you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have”