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Victorian/ Jane Eyre Flashcards

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Time frame of Victorian Period

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1832-1901

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Rising middle class during Victorian times was largely due to

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Industrial Revolution

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Characters of Victorian literature include

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Domesticity, religion, idealized family, adherence to social convention

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Queen Victoria’s reign is known for:

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Her acceptance of the Constitutional Monarchy
Devotion to Prince Albert
Moralistic conventions

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5
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Early optimism was later replaced by concern for

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Imperial conflicts
Darwinism
Industrialization/ class changes

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What elements of Jane Eyre are said to be biographical

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An outbreak of illness at school
Working as a teacher
Working as a governess

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In the preface to Jane Eyre, Bronte issues what important remark to her readers

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Conventionality is not morality

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Before impactful moments in her life, Jane has a tendency to be what

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Imaginative

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What does Jane experience in the Red Room in her youth?

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Her uncle’s ghost

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What two characters are pedagogic ally set in direct opposition to each other at Lowood?

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Miss Temple and Mr. Brocklehurst

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Examples of Jane’s young Romantic tendencies include

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Reading her bird book
Frequent painting and drawing
Enjoying nature

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What is Jane’s reaction to Helen Burn’s impending death?

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She questions religion

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The most frequently cited passage for feminist claims that women are just like men in that

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They need activity and stimulation

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How does Rochester talk to Jane during their first conversation at Thornfield?

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Cold and direct

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Jane’s responses to Rochester are oftentimes

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Demure

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In what ways is Rochester a Byronic Hero

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Intelligent/sarcastic
Emotional/passionate
Arrogant
Self-destructive

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Why is Jane saving Rochester from the fire such a turning moment in their relationship

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They exchange some affection

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What does Jane dislike in particular about Blanche Ingram

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Her disdain towards Adele

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What is Rochester’s true purpose of dressing up like the Gypsy

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Test Jane’s love

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What leitmotif/symbol is generally present during Gothic moments of the novel

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Moonlight

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What does Thornfield and the 3rd floor symbolize for Rochester

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Burden of his mistake, future, family, and tradition

22
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What are Georgianna and Eliza representative of in the novel

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Unpleasant Victorian extremes

23
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The orchard where Rochester finally proposes is alluded to as what?

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Eden

24
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Aside from Rochester’s secret, why is their relationship doomed to fail at this point in the novel?

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She idolizes him

25
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Why does Jane not want fancy dresses or jewelry upon their engagement

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She doesn’t want the relationship/ herself to change
It makes her self-conscious
To maintain conventions

26
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Who comes into Jane’s room in the middle of the night and tears up her veil

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Bertha

27
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Many feminist critics see Bertha’s treatment as representative of what?

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Victorian gender roles/marriage

28
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In the aftermath of finding out about Rochester’s wife, what does Jane discover for herself?

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Prayer

29
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What is the central reason Jane can’t run off with Rochester to France?

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He would eventually think of her like the other mistresses

30
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What characters in this novel are most representative of the Bronte sisters (Anne and Emily)?

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Diana and Mary Rivers

31
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What does the contrast between Rochester and St. John represent in the novel

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Romantic vs. Victorian

32
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Why does St. John not marry Rosamond Oliver

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He is not attracted to her
He feels his love/lust is sinful
She would not make a good wife

33
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Where does Jane feel St. John’s sermon comes from within him

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A place of disappointment

34
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What in these chapters (with St. John) is necessary for Jane’s growth and eventual success with Rochester

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Gaining an inheritance, family, religion

35
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Why does Jane return to Thornfield

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She hears Rochester’s call

36
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How does Rochester get blinded

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Trying to save Bertha and the servants

37
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Throughout the text, the most frequent allusions of Jane and Rochester are to

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Adam and Eve

38
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Whose words does the narrative end with?

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St. John’s

39
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By the end of the vowel, we feel ________ about Rochester

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He’s the worst, yet he changed and redeemed himself and he was always the best

40
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What does the Duke mean when he says, “I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together” in Browing’s “My Last Dutchess”

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He killed her/ had her killed

41
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Why is he the only one that looks at the painting

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So that he’s the only one to see her smile

42
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Who does The Pilot refer to in Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar”?

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God

43
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Hopkins combines his religious beliefs with what kind of poetry

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Nature

44
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His poems are filled with what poetic devices

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Sound devices

45
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According to Arnold in “Dover Beach” what has happened to “The Sea of Faith” in Victorian times

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It has retreated

46
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What is the historical resonance in “Dover Beach”

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Darwin and the crisis of faith

47
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What is the intent of England characterizing India as “other” from the perspective of Said’s Post-Colonial Theory

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To point out the superiority of England

48
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What is the moral of the story “The Miracle of Purun Bhagat” by Kipling

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All the knowledge and progress of the new world are irrelevant

49
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Who wrote “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”

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E. Browning

50
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Who wrote “Ts better to have loved and lost/ Than never to have loved at all”

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Tennyson

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