Miss Ingram and Friends Visit Thornfield 2

Question 1

Mrs ingram points out that “she is still behind the window-curtain.”

Answer 1

• reinforces sense of physical isolation
• seperation from Rochester’s love
• society which he forms apart of
• repeated image of Gateshead
• immerses in book to escspe cruelty but is abused by John Reed

Question 2

finish this quote: “I have something in my brain

Answer 2

“and heart, in my blood and nerves, that assimilates me mentally to him.”

Question 3

what is the big idea of this quote?

Answer 3

• introspects her feelings
• this idea of inexplicable, almost supernatural, bond between two lovers
• somehow share same mind and heart
• developed by the Brontes

Question 4

how does this make the reader feel?

Answer 4

• doomed love
• exists in world doesn’t belong
• class and age refrain her love to be accepted

Question 5

what is Bronte’s intentions?

Answer 5

• creates empathy
• highlights struggles of Governess
• as jane becomes subject of convo
• present tense narration continues

Question 6

explain the environmental factors

Answer 6

• Governesses looked down
• awkward position, not servant but not family
• “one of the anethematised race” pointed out in room
• amplifies inferiority and disrespect

Question 7

what was Bronte’s aim?

Answer 7

• mock upper-class women behaviour
• shows common behaviour of false cruel misjudgements to lower classes
• expresses those pathetic and “incubi”
• own behaviour ironically pathetic
• more bothered of whom they claim inferior