Key Quotes Flashcards
Red room “N_ J___ W__ ever M____ secure”
“No jail was ever more secure”
Jane to Helen, on the subject of Miss Scatcherd: “If she S____ m_ with that r__, I should g__ I_ f___ h__ h____; I should b____ it under h__ n____”
“If she struck me with that rod, I should get it from her hand; I should break it under her nose”
Helen to Jane “It is w____ and S____ to say you cannot b___ what is your f____ to be r______ to b____”
“It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what is your fate to be required to bear”
Jane to Helen “I m____ r______ those who p_____ me u_______”
“I must resist those who punish me unjustly”
Helen to Jane “you a__ t_ i______”
“You are too impulsive”
Helen to Jane “life is so soon o____, and d____ is so c______ an e_____ to h_______”
“Life is so soon over, and death is so certain an entrance to happiness”
Jane “W_____ are supposed to be v____ c____ g________: but women f___ just as m___ f____”
“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel”
Rochester to Jane “do you a____ with m_ that I h____ a r____ to be a l____ m______?”
“Do you agree with me that I have a right to be a little masterful?”
Janes response to Rochester’s remark about being masterful “I d___ think, s___, you have a r____ to c_______ me, m_____ b_____ you are o_____ t_____ I”
“I don’t think,sir, you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I”
Rochester to Jane “I e____ y___ y____ p____ of m____”
“I envy you your peace of mind”
Rochester to Jane “r____ is the p_____ of l____”
“Remorse is the poison of life”
During the evening with Rochester’s guests: “I s___ in the s___”
“I sit in the shade”
Blanche Ingram on governesses: “T___ are a n____”
“They are a nuisance”
Jane’s description of Rochester during the game of charades “H_ looked the very m____ of an E____ E____”
“He looked the very model of an Eastern emir”
Jane thinks what’s behind the door is a “w____ b____”, “a m______ d_____”
“Wild beast” “a mocking demon”
Rochester to Jane, on Thornfield Hall: “that h___ is a mere d____”
“That house is a mere dungeon”
Jane to Rochester “I am no b____; and no n__ e_____ me; I am a f____ i______ h_____ being with an i_______ w____”
“I am no bird; and no net ensures me; I am a free independent human being with an independent will”
Jane’s heart after leaving Rochester “a b____ with b___ w____ b_____”
“A bird with both wings broken”
Jane “st. J___ spoke a____ like an a_____”
“St. John spoke almost like an automaton”
Jane. St. John is a “c___, h___ man”. He is “h____ and c___”
“A cold, hard man” “hard and cold”
Jane. To marry St. John would be “to be c_____ for l___ to a m__ who r_____ one but as a u____ t____”
“To be chained for life to a man who regarded one but as a useful tool”
Berthas final moments: “s_____ our till they could h_____ her a m____ o___”
“Shouting our till they could hear her a mile off”
About injured Rochester “the p________ of the s____ m___”
“The powerless of the strong man”
Jane when going back to Rochester “I l____ you b_____ n___”
“I love you better now”
Jane “reader, I m_____ h___”
“Reader, I married him”
