Chapter 3 Flashcards
How does Jane feel when the apothecary leaves? Why?
“inexpressible sadness” - the apothecary is the only one that pays attention to her.
What does the narrator say about Mrs Reed?
“Yes, Mrs Reed, to you I owe some fearful pangs of mental suffering. But I ought to forgive you, for you knew not what you did; while rending my heart-strings you thought you were only uprooting my bad propensities”
How did the red room transform Jane’s perspective?
“Yet, when this cherished volume was now placed in my hands - when I turned over its leaves, and sought in its marvellous pictures the charm I had, till now, gaunt goblins, the pigmies malevolent and fearful imps, Gulliver a most desolate wanderer in most dread and dangerous regions.”
How does the song Bessie sings show that Jane’s perspective has changed?
“I had often heard the song before… I found in its melody an indescribable sadness.”
How does Jane view poverty vs how do the victorians view poverty?
“they think of the word only as connected with ragged clothes, sccanty food, fireless grates, rude manners, and debasing vices: poverty for me was synonymous with dregradation”
