Chapter 4 Flashcards
How do Eliza and Georgiana submit?
“Eliza and Georgiana, evidently acting according to orders, spoke to me as little as possible”
How does John continue to bully Jane?
“John thrust his tongue in his cheek whenever he saw me, and once attempted chastisement”
How does Jane somewhat defend herself against John, this second time?
“but as I instantly turned against him, roused by the same sentiment of deep ire and desperate revolt which had stirred my corruption before, he thought it better to desist”
How can we tell that Jane is atypical and goes against feminine standards?
She is causing John to submit.
How does John describe Jane to Mrs Reed? What does this link to later on?
“That ‘nasty Jane Eyre’ had flown at him like a mad cat” - links to how Bertha is described later
How does Mrs Reed talk about Jane to John?
“Don’t talk to me about her, John: I told you not to go near her: she is not worthy of notice”
How does Jane react to the way Mrs Reed treats her?
“I cried out suddenly, and without at all deliberating on my words -… ‘What would uncle Reed say to you, if he were alive?’ was my scarcely voluntary command. I say scarcely voluntary, for it seemed as if my tongue pronounced words without my will consenting to their utterance: something spoke out of me over which I had no control”
How are Eliza’s habits described?
“to go and feed her poultry - an occupation of which she was fond … she had a turn for traffic, and a marked propensity for saving - shown not only in the vending of eggs but also in driving hard bargains” - shows how focused she is.
How are Georgiana’s habits described?
“dressing her hair at the glass, and interweaving her curls with artificial flowers and faded feathers”
How is Mr Brocklehurst physically described?
“a black pillar” - physiognomy
“the grim face at the top was like a carved mask”
“his features were large, and they and all the lines of his frame were equally harsh and prim”
“What a great nose! and what a mouth! and what large prominent teeth!” - links to the big bad wolf
How is Jane witty in her responses to Mr Brocklehurst?
Mr B: “Do you know where the wicked go after death?”
J: “They go to hell”
Mr B: “What must you do to avoid it?”
J: “I must keep in good health, and not die.”
How does Mr Brocklehurst show how religion is forced onto the poor? How does this link to Marxism?
“No? Oh, shocking! I have a little boy, younger than you, who knows six psalms by heart; and when you ask him which he would rather have, a gingerbread-nut to eat, or a verse of a psalm to learn, he says: ‘Oh the verse of Psalm!’” - religion is the opium of the people.
How does Mrs Reed portray Jane to Mr Brocklehurst?
“I should be glad if the superintendent and teachers were requested to keep a strict eye on her, and, above all, to guard against her worst fault, a tendency to deceit.”
Why does Jane get upset at Mrs Reed’s warning of her ‘tendency to deceit’?
“I dimly perceived that she was already obliterating hope from the new phase of existence which she destined me to enter.”
How can we tell that Mr Brocklehurst is very much the type of rich person that Marx was against?
Brocklehurst’s daughter said when she returned from visiting Lowood, “they are almost like poor people’s children!.. they looked at my dress… as if they’d never seen a silk gown before” and he takes pride in that.
How does Mrs Reed also conform to these marxist perspectives of rich people?
In response to the way that Mr Brocklehurst’s daughter describes Lowood, she says “This is the state of things I quite approve.”
What does Mr Brocklehurst claim is the first of christian values?
“Consistency, madam, is the first of christian values”
How is Mrs Reed physically described?
“of robust frame, square-shouldered and strong-limbed” “stout”
How does Jane defend herself once her and Mrs Reed are alone after Mr Brocklehurst leaves?
“I am glad you are no relation of mine. I will never call you aunt as long as I live… people think you are a good woman, but you are bad, hard-hearted. YOU are deceitful!”
