Themes Jane Eyre

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  • Jane Eyre Themes
    • Gothic
      • Red Room
        • "Deep Red" and "crimson" have connotations of blood and violence
        • "Locked" "Chamber" connotations of trapped
        • "Chill" seems lifeless and erie
        • 'Mr. Reed had been dead nine years...in this chamber" Scary and connotations of ghosts 
      • Bertha
        • "She bit me" shows anamalistic traits
        • "Savage, a sharp, a shrilly sound" Shows fear and haunted
        • "Maniac"
    • Religion
      • Jane
        • "God directed me to a correct choice" She believes god directs away form sin
        • "God is my father; God is my friend: I love Him; I believe he loves me' Her most spiritual experience 
      • Mr.Brocklehurst
        • "Do you know where the wicked go after death" Uses religion as a threat
        • "Mr.Brocklehurst is not a god" He runs the school as superior
        • Hypocritical as his daughters live very different to Lowood "Splendidly attired"
      • Helen Burns
        • "Love your enemies"
        • "There is an invisible world and a kingdom of spirits" Believes in her religion fully
      • St.John
        • "He will sacrifice all to his long-framed resolves" He will give up all to serve god
        • "God had an errand for me" He is controlled by god
    • Social class
      • The Reeds
        • "It is your place to be humble" Jane has always been looked down on
        • "You are less than a servant" Jane shown no pity and is inferior
      • Governesses were seen as low class and if you didn't inherit you were low class
    • Family
      • Rivers
        • "You three, then are my cousins" Welcoming
        • They show love and leave an impact on Jane
      • Rochester
        • "Reader I married him" strong female
        • Jane becomes independent
      • Reeds
        • "Bad animal" treats her as inhuman
        • "You are a dependant"
        • Bessie was more a family to her than the Reeds
    • Setting
      • Thornfiled
        • Connotations of love and roses but pain
      • Lowood
        • Low seems there is hierarchy
        • Strict and 'low' place in Jane's life
      • Gateshead
        • "Clouds so sombre" shows sadness
        • "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day" Trapped
        • Red Room
      • Moor house
        • "Waves of mountains" Jane cant see Thornfield from here

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