Chapter 2 Flashcards
How does Jane show that she doesn’t agree with patriarchal standards?
“Master! How is he my master? Am I servant?”
How is Jane viewed in the household?
“No; you are less than a servant, for you do nothing for your keep.”
How poor is Jane?
“if she were to turn you off you would have to go to the poorhouse”
How is the redroom described?
“massive pillars of mahogany”
“curtains of deep red”
“like a tabernacle in the centre”
“the carpet was red; the table at the foot of the bed was covered with a crimson cloth”
“darkly polished old mahogany”
How is the theme of death shown in this scene?
“a miniature of her deceased husband; and in those last words lies the secret of the red room”
“Mr Reed had been dead nine years: it was in this chamber he breathed his last”
How is being locked in the red room affecting Jane?
“turned up in my disturbed mind like a dark deposit in a turbid well.”
How is Jane as a child, emotionally?
“My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression”
How is pathetic fallacy demonstrated?
“rain still beating continuously” “wind howling”
“moonlight was still”
What does “moonlight was still” represent?
insanity, associated with madness
What is the purpose of the gothic features in this chapter so early on?
The purpose of using gothic features early in the novel is to begin to set the expectations of the reader for the rest of the novel.
