Passion - Fire Flashcards
Do you think because I am…”
Do you think because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soundless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you - and full as much heart”
Dash suggests that she has to pause because she I crying
Asyndetic listing
“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless…”
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“The more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God”
“Laws and principles. . . They have a worth… and if I cannot believe it now…”
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It is because I am insane - quite insane: with my veins running fire
Laws and principles… They have a worth… and if I cannot believe it now, It is because I am insane - quite insane: with fire running through my vein
When Jane feels misguided or as if she is doing wrong morally, she reports back to God and judges herself based on religion and its laws
Rochester is asking her to stay with him even though he has a wife, she refuses to sacrifice her integrity and morally and puts her love of herself over her desire and passion for Mr Rochester
There is a parallel in this quote between Bertha and Jane - Jane and Bertha both have excessive passion and desire, however Jane learns how to control her lust and surprise her passion, unlike Bertha who cannot suppress her feelings and is subsequently incarcerated in Rochester’s prison
Jane is asserting her strong sense of moral integrity over her immediate feelings
