"I'm glad you are no relation of mine"

Question 1

finish this quote: “I’m glad you are no relation of mine.”

Answer 1

” I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to see you again when I am grown up; and if anyone asks me how I liked you, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.”

Question 2

what is happening in the quote?

Answer 2

• Jane solidifies her own orphanhood
• severing ties to the little family which remains

Question 3

what is the effect of the anaphora?

Answer 3

• unrestricted passionate nature moulding her way of speech
• under no influence of society, Helen Burns or Lowood
• Jane at her natural immature young state
• forces her opinion out of hatred

Question 4

what does the structural technique do?

Answer 4

• Jane ends up going back to Gateshead after finding out aunt Reed is close to death
• whole quote contradicts her actions and sayings
• sincerely forgives her and wishes her peace even tho Mrs Reed still hates her
• contrast illuminates Jane’s maturity beyond rages of childhood

Question 5

what does this make the reader recognise?

Answer 5

• Jane’s character development has progressed immensely
• retaliating against society is unhelpful, must conform
• Lowood punishment, cruel treatment at Gateshead, Rochester constricting love
• develops compassion and life values from Helen
• forgiveness is important
• vital character as her sayings forms the morlals Jane strives to display

Question 6

what was Bronte’s intentions?

Answer 6

• Jane asserts fiery spirit in her tirade
• displays keen sense of justice and a recognition for her need for love
• along with familial liberation marks emotional liberation

Question 7

what would a Victorian audience think of this quote?

Answer 7

• victorian daughters: plain, quiet
• Jane already defying so early on in book
• Jane has a voice as shes not bounded by society yet
• expresses her feelings and consolidates her worth

Question 8

why did Bronte create Jane with a fiery nature?

Answer 8

• published 1847, introduced new voice to world, passionate, angry and defiant child
• many other passioante children in children books but were examples of bad and sinful behaviour
• such children had to mend their ways or suffer terrible fate
• Bronte clearly expected her readers to be on the side of her defiant child as she stands up to adult tyranny