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Allusions
Onomastics
Symbols
Setting
Maturation
100
“Love your enemies; bless them that curse you; do good to them that hate you and despitefully use you.” “Then I should love Mrs. Reed, which I cannot do; I should bless her son John, which is impossible.”
What is an allusion to the Bible Matthew 5:44?
100
Represents a low point in her life Representative of the setting, a valley near a forest
What is Lowood?
100
"That night, on going to bed, I forgot to prepare in imagination the Barmecide supper, of hot roast potatoes, or white bread and new milk, with which I was wont to amuse my inward cravings. I feasted instead on the spectacle of ideal drawings, which I saw in the dark - all the work of my own hands." (Chapter 8).
What is food?
100
Lowood is a school for these types of children.
What are orphans?
100
She gives Jane a new perspective and to “love your enemies and bless those that curse you.”
Who is Helen Burns
200
"That night, on going to bed, I forgot to prepare in imagination the Barmecide supper of hot roast potatoes, or white bread and new milk, with which I was wont to amuse my inward cravings: I feasted instead on the spectacle of ideal drawings" (Bronte 74).
What is an allusion to The Arabian Nights?
200
Last name similar to words meaning "to wander" and "anger"
Who is Jane Eyre?
200
"How different had this scene looked when I viewed it laid out beneath the iron sky of winter, stiffened in frost, shrouded with snow!-- when mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds..." (pg. 76)
What is the cold?
200
This is one of the biggest changes for Jane at Lowood compared to Gateshead.
What are dreary conditions?
200
Due to her marriage, she can no longer guide Jane.
Who is Miss Temple
300
"A pause—in which I began to steady the palsy of my nerves, and to feel that the Rubicon was passed; and that the trial, no longer to be shirked, must be firmly sustained" (Bronte 65).
What an allusion to Julius Caesar?
300
Acts as a Sanctuary for Jane
Who is Maria Temple?
300
"It contained a good (blank), and looked cheerful." (83)
What is the fire/fireplace?
300
Bronte supposedly modeled Lowood after this school that her sister attended.
What is Cowan Bridge School?
300
This rises due to Jane's new position as governess.
What is social status?
400
"'Silence! To your seats!' Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues" (Bronte 44)
What is an allusion to The Book of Genesis: The Tower of Babel?
400
Disciplines the students, keeping them in order
Who is Miss Scatcherd?
400
"Some heavy clouds, swept from the sky by a rising wind had left the (blank) bare; and her light, streaming in through a window near, shone full both on us and on the approaching figure, which we at once recognized as Miss Temple." pg. 76
What is the moon?
400
The foggy, damp setting of Lowood results in this disease.
What is Typhus?
400
Jane decides to leave Lowood because of this.
What is Miss Temple's marriage?
500
"We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia" (Bronte 72).
What is an allusion to Greek Mythology's Nectar and Ambrosia?
500
Lights Jane's path
Who is Helen Burns?
500
Helen Burns can also be considered a symbol. She represents...
What is religious devotion/self-sacrifice?
500
Several aspects of Lowood (clothes, food, treatment) help it to resemble this type of institution.
What is prison?
500
This pays double the salary she makes at Lowood
What is job as a governess?