In chapter 1, Jane is continuingly being victimised by her cousins especially John, physically and mentally. ... The unfairness, which Jane is treated with, and how she is made to feel inferior to her family shows how she has a very miserable, lonely childhood. ... When Jane is in the red room, she learns that Mr Reed died here nine years previously. ... Towards the end of the chapter, whilst looking around the room, she sees a "light gleam on the wall" (P.12). ... In chapter 9, Helen Burns dies. ...

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• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

Jane tells about how she has no family; her mother and her father had the typhus fever and "both died within a month of each other- (Ch. 3).Jane also is shunned by the Reed family. ... Her "father had been a poor clergyman- (Ch. 3) and both her parents died from typhus fever. ... When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should-so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again."" ... How much have you in the world, Jane?" ... The reader sees that in chapter 21 that even Mr. ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

We preliminarily see Jane's rebellious spirit from her child life and can continually find how the writer develops it to a higher level in the following chapters. ... Just see how Mr. ... When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard." ... We stood at God's feet equal as we are!" ... In followed chapters, Jane's rebellious spirit is lasting. ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

In order to fully understand these relationships we must reach beyond the words and into the mind of the writer. ... This quote demonstrates to us how alone Jane must have felt living with these people she not only had little in common with but also verbally and physically abused her. ... By using this style of narrative we are able to visualise what the character sees and how she sees it therefore it is very effective when analysing the relationships between women, however we must remember that because of this the perspective is warped and therefore you are not able to picture an unbalanced...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate