Chapter 5 (Journey To Lowood) Flashcards
1
Q
What are monitors
A
Children in lowood made to clean and organise
2
Q
What shocks Jane about Helen Burn
A
Helen is punished yet remains composed and quiet, accepting her chastisement
3
Q
What are the similarities between lowers and Cowan Bridge?
A
- headteachers were mean
- bad, inedible food
- unhygienic
4
Q
Views on childhood in the Victorian era
A
- evangelical Christians believed children were sinful, children were scared into behaving
- romantic idea: child should be helped to grow
5
Q
What is verisimilitude
A
Appearance of truth or reality, likelihood. Lowood was presented in this manner
6
Q
What are the failings of Jane in ch.5
A
- unable to see the future and the benefits that may come out of her immediate suffering
- only sees her own suffering ( self centred)
- incapable of seeing other children’s perspectives as she has grown hating her peers (The Reeds)
