Jane Eyre: Social Class Flashcards
Who are the characters that are involved in social class?
Jane, Rochester, Blanche Ingram, John Reed, Mrs Reed
Social class was divided into …
Labourers, intelligent artisan, educated working man
Carla Kaplan
Jane longs for precisely what cannot be fulfilled
Lina Larson
Jane refuses to be a typical woman. She stands up against a society that tries to limit her
Walter Allen
It is a fantasy with obvious affinities to the Cinderella story
My mother had married ….
… against the wishes of her friends. And my grandfather Reed who was so irritated by the disobedience , cut her off without a shilling.
Say what….
…you want, master Reed
Mamma says…
…you have no money, you ought to beg
Velvet…
Silk and furs
My mission….
….is to mortify these girls. The lust of their flesh.
You have no business….
… to take our books, you are a dependant
If a woman…
In my position could be jealous of a woman in miss Ingram’s
