Victorian/ Jane Eyre Flashcards
Time frame of Victorian Period
1832-1901
Rising middle class during Victorian times was largely due to
Industrial Revolution
Characters of Victorian literature include
Domesticity, religion, idealized family, adherence to social convention
Queen Victoria’s reign is known for:
Her acceptance of the Constitutional Monarchy
Devotion to Prince Albert
Moralistic conventions
Early optimism was later replaced by concern for
Imperial conflicts
Darwinism
Industrialization/ class changes
What elements of Jane Eyre are said to be biographical
An outbreak of illness at school
Working as a teacher
Working as a governess
In the preface to Jane Eyre, Bronte issues what important remark to her readers
Conventionality is not morality
Before impactful moments in her life, Jane has a tendency to be what
Imaginative
What does Jane experience in the Red Room in her youth?
Her uncle’s ghost
What two characters are pedagogic ally set in direct opposition to each other at Lowood?
Miss Temple and Mr. Brocklehurst
Examples of Jane’s young Romantic tendencies include
Reading her bird book
Frequent painting and drawing
Enjoying nature
What is Jane’s reaction to Helen Burn’s impending death?
She questions religion
The most frequently cited passage for feminist claims that women are just like men in that
They need activity and stimulation
How does Rochester talk to Jane during their first conversation at Thornfield?
Cold and direct
Jane’s responses to Rochester are oftentimes
Demure
In what ways is Rochester a Byronic Hero
Intelligent/sarcastic
Emotional/passionate
Arrogant
Self-destructive
Why is Jane saving Rochester from the fire such a turning moment in their relationship
They exchange some affection
What does Jane dislike in particular about Blanche Ingram
Her disdain towards Adele
What is Rochester’s true purpose of dressing up like the Gypsy
Test Jane’s love
What leitmotif/symbol is generally present during Gothic moments of the novel
Moonlight
What does Thornfield and the 3rd floor symbolize for Rochester
Burden of his mistake, future, family, and tradition
What are Georgianna and Eliza representative of in the novel
Unpleasant Victorian extremes
The orchard where Rochester finally proposes is alluded to as what?
Eden
Aside from Rochester’s secret, why is their relationship doomed to fail at this point in the novel?
She idolizes him
Why does Jane not want fancy dresses or jewelry upon their engagement
She doesn’t want the relationship/ herself to change
It makes her self-conscious
To maintain conventions
Who comes into Jane’s room in the middle of the night and tears up her veil
Bertha
Many feminist critics see Bertha’s treatment as representative of what?
Victorian gender roles/marriage
In the aftermath of finding out about Rochester’s wife, what does Jane discover for herself?
Prayer
What is the central reason Jane can’t run off with Rochester to France?
He would eventually think of her like the other mistresses
What characters in this novel are most representative of the Bronte sisters (Anne and Emily)?
Diana and Mary Rivers
What does the contrast between Rochester and St. John represent in the novel
Romantic vs. Victorian
Why does St. John not marry Rosamond Oliver
He is not attracted to her
He feels his love/lust is sinful
She would not make a good wife
Where does Jane feel St. John’s sermon comes from within him
A place of disappointment
What in these chapters (with St. John) is necessary for Jane’s growth and eventual success with Rochester
Gaining an inheritance, family, religion
Why does Jane return to Thornfield
She hears Rochester’s call
How does Rochester get blinded
Trying to save Bertha and the servants
Throughout the text, the most frequent allusions of Jane and Rochester are to
Adam and Eve
Whose words does the narrative end with?
St. John’s
By the end of the vowel, we feel ________ about Rochester
He’s the worst, yet he changed and redeemed himself and he was always the best
What does the Duke mean when he says, “I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together” in Browing’s “My Last Dutchess”
He killed her/ had her killed
Why is he the only one that looks at the painting
So that he’s the only one to see her smile
Who does The Pilot refer to in Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar”?
God
Hopkins combines his religious beliefs with what kind of poetry
Nature
His poems are filled with what poetic devices
Sound devices
According to Arnold in “Dover Beach” what has happened to “The Sea of Faith” in Victorian times
It has retreated
What is the historical resonance in “Dover Beach”
Darwin and the crisis of faith
What is the intent of England characterizing India as “other” from the perspective of Said’s Post-Colonial Theory
To point out the superiority of England
What is the moral of the story “The Miracle of Purun Bhagat” by Kipling
All the knowledge and progress of the new world are irrelevant
Who wrote “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”
E. Browning
Who wrote “Ts better to have loved and lost/ Than never to have loved at all”
Tennyson
