Chapter 27 Flashcards
Rochester and Jane argue.
How can we see that Jane has really evolved as a character?
After all that’s happened with the secret marriage, “Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot.”
How does Rochester victimise himself?
“‘Oh, I know! you won’t kiss the husband of Bertha Mason?”
“you are scheming to destroy me. You have as good as said that I am a married man - as a married man you will shun me”
How does Rochester completely dismiss Bertha?
“my wife, as you term that fearful hag”
How does Jane defend Bertha?
“you are inexorable for that unfortunate lady: you speak of her with hate - with vindictive antipathy. It is cruel - she cannot help being mad”
How does Rochester try to assert dominance over Jane?
“Jane! Will you hear reason?… because, if you won’t, I’ll try violence.”
How does Jane assert her boundaries over Rochester?
“Now he made an effort to rest his head on my shoulder, but I would not permit it. Then he would draw me to him: no.”
How does Rochester show signs of hysteria?
“His voice and hand quivered: his large nostrils dilated…‘Jane, I am not a gentle-tempered man - you forget that: I am not long-enduring; I am not cool and dispassionate” - reversal of gender roles.
Who does Rochester blame for the situation he is in?
“Her relatives encouraged me: competitors piqued me: she allured me: a marriage was achieved almost before I knew where I was”
How does Rochester talk about Bertha as he’s trying to convince Jane not to leave?
“The honeymoon over, I learned my mistake; she was only mad, and shut up in a lunatic asylum [the mother]… I found her nature wholly alien to mine… what a pigmy intellect she had… the lunatic is both cunning and malignant” - makes it seems they did it on purpose and he’s the victim.
How can we see Rochester has a double standard?
He calls Bertha a “harlot” yet talks about “Celine Varens… an Italian, Giacinta, and a German, Clara”
What stern decision does Jane make?
“You are going, Jane?”
“I am going, sir.”
“You are leaving me?”
“Yes.”
Does Rochester accept the consequence and Jane leaving?
“Then came a deep, strong sob.” - yes he does.
