Jane Fairfax’s Characterisation Flashcards
1
Q
What is Jane’s origin story?
A
- “Jane Fairfax was an Orphan”
2
Q
What does Emma initially think of Jane?
A
- “disgustingly, was suspiciously reserved”
3
Q
What does Emma realise about Jane and Mrs Churchill’s class circumstances?
A
- “The contrast between Mrs Churchill’s importance in the world, and Jane Fairfax’s struck her; one was everything, the other nothing”
4
Q
What shows Jane’s embarrassment at during the game of alphabets?
A
- “The word was Blunder;”
- “blush on Jane’s cheek”
5
Q
What exemplifies Jane Fairfax’s unhappy ending?
A
- “How you can bear such recollections is astonishing to me!”
6
Q
In what way could Jane Fairfax’s ending be interpreted as happy?
A
- “Becoming a governess would no doubt be better than living with her aunt and grandmother in their small rooms in Highbury” (she has escaped these two possibilities)
