Moor House Flashcards
‘I am absolutely destitute’ chapter 28
present tense - moment when Jane is vulnerable
‘I have no relative but the universal mother, Nature: I will seek her breast and ask repose’ chapter 28
personifies nature - amplifies her sense of total isolation
‘it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence’ chapter 28
typically Romantic idea - inspired by nature. Pantheistic response
‘next day, Want come to me pale and bare’ chapter 28
personifying ‘want’ as she doesn’t have anything
‘a group of more interest appeared near the hearth, sitting still amidst the rosy peaces and warmth suffusing it’ chapter 28
the Rivers. similar to intro of Mrs Fairfax. warmth of hearth - metaphorical for welcome of Jane
‘I made an effort to compel it to remain there dumb and still’ chapter 28
she feels sad. acting like Helen repressing feelings stoic
“you have done your duty in excluding, not let me do mine in admitting her’ chapter 28
st John letting Jane into the house due to religious reasons - God vocation
“my name is Jane Elliott” chapter 28
appearance vs reality. metaphor for objection or denying past or new start
chapter 29
Jane recovers at the Rivers - the Rivers recognise Jane is well educated
“I am no beggar; any more than yourself or your young ladies” chapter 29
Jane rebukes Hannah. independence link to “I am no bird” in Thornfield
‘it was like a Greek face, very pure in outline: quite a straight, classic nose; quite an Athenian mouth and chin… there was an unceremonious directness, a searching, decided steadfastness in his gaze’ chapter 29
St John is antithesis of Rochester - Rochester is attractive. Bronte is subverting our expectations. we see St John’s coldness
‘so many pure and sweet sources of pleasure… thought fitted thought; opinion met opinion; we coincided, in short, perfectly’ chapter 30
Jane revels in beauty - sublime - Romantic heroine. metaphor for soul’s growth - balance and harmony
‘he yet did not appear to enjoy that mental serenity, that inward content, which should be the reward of every sincere Christian and practical philanthropist’ chapter 30
st John seems cold and unyielding
‘there was more gloom than pleasure…compressed, condensed, controlled…stern allusions to Calvinistic doctrines’ chapter 30
Bronte’s 3rd presentation of religion - ambition, glory, self importance. Calvin was a protestant who believed in labour without rest for God - no joy in it - St John - foreshadows Jane’s fate
“our uncle John is dead” chapter 30
loose ends tied up
chapter 31
Jane starts to teach
‘scorned and crushed the insane promptings of a frenzied moment’ chapter 31
antithesis to Bertha ‘insane’ and ‘frenzied’
‘it is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature’ chapter 31
anti-Romantic idea so him and Jane bad match - resolute calvinistic tendencies
Rosamund Oliver
St John repressed passion for God - he has had an epiphany and religion as sacrifice
‘as if a thunderbolt had split a cloud over his head’ chapter 31
metaphorical as it shows how immensely important her voice is to St John -reflex response or shows separation of Jane and Rochester - St John and Rosamund separate too
‘his chest heaved once… had expanded.. and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty.. St John spoke almost like an automaton’ chapter 31
Jane recognises that St John is in love with miss Oliver. metaphorical - controlling his own heart. St John’s internal struggle to quell any feelings - self sacrifice
chapter 32
Jane settles into school and draws Miss Oliver
“I used to rush into strange dreams at night… I still again and again met Mr Rochester” chapter 32
dreams - motif for the truth of her desires
“that heart is already laid on a sacred altar” chapter 32
Bronte personifies St John’s heart - hopes he would die for God
‘he continue to gaze at the picture: the longer he looked, the firmer he held it, the more he seemed to covet it’ chapter 32
picture of Rosamund Oliver. covet - one of Ten Commandments - deliberate use - feels his desire is sinful “I scorn the weakness”
“my foundation laid on earth for a mansion in heaven?” chapter 32
sees himself as a would be martyr. hypocritical - mansion - afterlife
chapter 33
story of Jane’s family and the inheritance
“Mr Eyre of Madeira, is dead; that he has left you all his property, and that you are now rich” chapter 33
importance that inheritance happens now - single. longed for freedom. when Rochester loses Thornfield to fire, means their wealth is relatively equal
‘it seems I had found a brother… one I could love; and two sisters whose qualities…had inspired me with genuine affection and admiration…I now clapped my hands in sudden joy’ chapter 33
stable family - solidifies sense of identity. shares money - generous character
‘still he would never rest, nor approve of others resting round him’ chapter 34
St John cold and unlikeable - Calvinistic, protestant work ethic - need to passionless like him
chapter 34
Rosamund’s engagement with Mr Granby. St John invited Jane to india
“I want you to give up German and learn Hindustani” chapter 34
St John is preparing Jane for the sacrificial life of a missionary’s wife
‘his was an experiment kiss’ chapter 34
cold
‘perhaps you think I had forgotten Mr Rochester, reader, amidst these changes of place and fortune. Not for a moment’ chapter 34
eternity amplified. time passing - no news of Rochester so she writes to Mrs Fairfax. juxtaposition shows how ill suited St John and Jane are
“God and nature intended you for a missionary’s wife…a missionary’s wife you must - shall be…I claim you - not for my pleasure but for my Sovereign’s service” chapter 34
St John invites Jane to India - proposal 1 - like a job offer - uses a lot of imperatives to show egoistical nature of St John with god - patriarchy -sinister
‘he will never love me; but he shall approve me’ chapter 34
marriage to St John would kill her metaphorically- take the life out of her - sex without passion - duty not love
“you and I had better not marry”… we did not love each other as man and wife should’ chapter 34
Jane has been loved - Rochester
‘forced to keep the fire of my nature continually low… he answered icily’ chapter 34
explicit contrast of their characters - ice and fire
‘reader, do you know… what terror those cold people can put into the ice of their questions?… breaking up of the frozen sea in their displeasure?’ chapter 35
keen for Rochester. extended metaphor to show St John is cold - images of nature
number of proposals St John makes
3 proposals
‘He pressed his hand firmer on my head’ chapter 35
repression. St John physically dominating Jane. metaphor for what her marriage would be like
“Jane! Jane! Jane!” chapter 35
Rochester’s voice - manifestation of God’s will
‘my time… my power’ chapter 35
‘my’ italicised shows sense of Jane grasping firmly at her own destiny
‘I looked with timorous joy towards a stately house: I saw a blackened ruin’ chapter 36
Jane goes back to Thornfield
“at dead of night… that was the hour of fatality at Thornfield” chapter 36
gothic trope - lunar - Bertha lunatic
“the mad lady, who was as cunning as a witch…she set fire…and kindled the bed…Rochester went back to get his mad wife out… she yelled and gave a sprang, and the next moment she lay smashed on the pavement’ chapter 36
Bertha sets fire to beds - motivated by sexual jealousy. Rochester - Hero - tries to save Bertha - man of unquestionable honour. Bertha’s death sets Rochester free
“Mrs Rochester had flung herself from the battlements” chapter 36
self sacrifice - gothic
