quotes & analysis•women & social class in early 19th-century society Flashcards
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“I am a free human being with an independent will”
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Jane lives in a time when women are usually dependant on men, but she doesn’t let that stop her. She’s determined to be her own person — at the end of the novel she’s emotionally and financially independent.
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“because I am poor… I am soulless and heartless?”
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Jane gets peeved when Mr Rochester suggests she has no feelings for him, but she doesn’t actually believe he’s saying that poor people have no soul. Unlike most people, he doesn’t really care about social class.
