Gateshead Flashcards
‘chilly afternoons’ chapter 1
pathetic fallacy at the start demonstrates a lock of love in Jane’s life
“what does Bessie say I have done?” chapter 1
Jane is shown challenging her Aunt straight away
‘the vast sweep of the Arctic Zone’ chapter 1
Example of the sublime and introduced to ice and fire
‘he bullied and punished me’ chapter 1
Jane talking about John Reed being abusive to her
“you ought to beg and not to live here with gentlemen’s children like us” chapter 1
John’s response to Bronte challenging social norms as property ownership is totally, utterly and unfairly masculine
'’lock her in there’’ chapter 1
Lack of support and love from Mrs Reed - inhumane
chapter 2
transition from girlhood to womanhood - passionate Jane taught to be passive and restrained
‘rebel slave’ chapter 2
Jane is aware that she has no rights
‘the additional ignominy it inferred, took a little of the excitement out of me’ chapter 2
ignominy means making you feel even worse therefore the Red Room indicates the Reeds want to stop Jane from blossoming into an adult
‘it is your place to be humble, and to try to make yourself agreeable to them’ chapter 2
Miss Abbot talking about social class
‘looking-glass’ chapter 2
foreshadows like to Bertha Mason
‘I was a discord at Gateshead hall’ chapter 2
metaphor for disharmony how Jane does not belong
‘I endeavoured to stifle it - I endeavoured to be firm’ chapter 2
Jane knows her uncle died in the red room - her imagination is very vivid and she has a passionate character
'’let me go into the nursery!” chapter 2
Exclamation mark shows Jane’s cry for help and nursery becomes a metaphor for a child
‘Mrs Reed, impatient of my now frantic anguish and wild sobs, abruptly thrust me back and locked me in… unconsciousness closed the scene’ chapter 2
confirmed Jane is going to be subject to Mrs Reed’s unjust behaviour
‘I felt so sheltered and befriended’ chapter 3
apothecary is kind
“comfort and hope to the poor orphan child” chapter 3
Bessie’s song reflects Jane’s condition which is sadness
‘children can feel but they cannot analyse their feelings’ chapter 3
Bronte understands that children have legitimate feelings
“one really cannot care for such a little toad as that” chapter 3
Abbot being harsh
‘appointing me a small closet to sleep in by ,myself, condemning me to take my meals alone, and pass all my time in the nursery’ chapter 4
Bronte uses language of the law which implies Jane has been a prisoner at Gateshead
“what would uncle Reed say to you, if her were alive?” chapter 4
rhetorical question which is the antithesis of victorian childhood as Jane is passionate and outspoken but children should be seen and not heard
‘to this crib I always took my doll; human beings must love something’ chapter 4
Jane is still a child alternatively shows she misses her mother
‘a black pillar!’ chapter 4
Jane uses exclamation mark to describe Brocklehurst showing her shock and the pillar is a metaphor for him being a cold, hard, unchangeable, and untouchable character with a suggestion of him being threatening through ‘carved mask’ in next line
‘what a great nose! and what a mouth! and what large prominent teeth!’ chapter 4
fairytalesque imagery shows the innocence of Jane and there is connotations of evil which explicitly implies that Brocklehurst is the big bad wolf. exclamatory
“do you know where the wicked go after death?”chapter 4
Brocklehurst is highly religious and thinks Jane is a ‘naughty little girl’ and this is an old testament presentation
to avoid hell “I must keep in good health, and not die” chapter 4
unorthodox response from Jane and she knows what she is meant to say - religion and fear are inextricably linked
‘speak I must: I had been trodding on severely, and must turn: but how?’ chapter 4
after Mrs Reed asking if she can go to Lowood. real mark of Jane’s childish indignation - italics on ‘speak’ and ‘must’ emphasises Jane’s passion
“I will never call you aunt again… and if anyone asks… I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty” chapter 4
Jane growing up also shows her as being desperate fore love but her aunt Reed can’t give her love and she feels the ‘stangest sense of freedom’ after accusing her
‘it was the hardest battle I had fought and the victory I had gained’ chapter 4
semantic field of war is an extended metaphor and shows her time at Gateshead
