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Analysis. Two servants, Bessie Lee and Miss Abbot, haul the wildly struggling Jane upstairs. Shocked at her violent outbreak, they scold her for disrespecting Mrs. Reed, her benefactress and master. They tell Jane that she depends on Mrs. Reed's generosity. Without it, she would have to go to the poor house.
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Later, Jane overhears Bessie telling Miss Abbot the story of...
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incubus from the Latin for nightmare, something that weights heavily on the mind, but also a male demon that descends upon women as they sleep. Dowager lives independently on her dead husband’s property. ‘in the pip’ bad tempered. quiz tease. Rizzio …. Mary David Rizzio, Italian singer, Mary Queen of Scots’ secretary and lover.
Summary. Miss Ingram and friends visit Thornfield. After a fortnight the party comes to stay at Thornfield. The house is prepared, extra servants are got in. During the preparations, Jane overhears part of a conversation about Grace Poole, but cannot make much sense of it as she is deliberately excluded from the mystery.
Commentary. In this chapter the supernatural mixes with mundane detail about the Reeds, Jane’s origin and background. She is just ten and her fear of the ‘red-room’, connected as it is with death, seems quite natural. In addition to the child’s point of view, however, we are also given a privileged insight into her position by the adult ...
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The novel opens at Gateshead Hall, the stately home of Mrs. Reed and herthree children: Eliza, John, and Georgiana. While the three siblings and theirmother sit comfortably by the fire, ten-year-old Jane Eyre, the protagonist andnarrator of the story, is made to sit at a distance. Jane is the poor, orphanedniece of Mrs. Reed’s late husband, and—as ...
Mrs. Reed’s maids, Bessie and Miss Abbot, force a struggling Jane into thered room, chastising her for striking John and upsetting Mrs. Reed. Afterthreatening to tie Jane to a chair, the maids leave the room, locking the doorbehind them. Jane describes the red-room, revealing that most of the householdhas avoided it since her uncle, Mr. Reed, died ...
When Jane wakes up, she has been moved out of the red room and is beingexamined by Mr. Lloyd, the local apothecary. He tells Bessie to keep Jane inbed, and Bessie treats Jane with unusual kindness throughout the next day,revealing that she believes Mrs. Reed has been too harsh with Jane. When Mr.Lloyd returns, he speaks with Jane about her life at ...
These initial chapters introduce the nature of the protagonist, Jane, aswell as several of the novel’s major themes. Jane’s life at Gateshead is one ofisolation. As a poor orphan being raised alongside her wealthy cousins, Jane’sunique and ambiguous social position prevents her from fitting in with eitherthe servants or her upper-class relations. T...
Chapter 3. Jane awakens that night in her own bed, being tended by Mr. Lloyd, the apothecary, and talks briefly to Bessie. The next morning Jane is tearful and depressed. Bessie tries to cheer her up, bringing her a tart on a plate she long admired, but Jane won't eat it. Bessie asks if she would like a book, and Jane quickly asks for Gulliver ...
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Summary. Aunt Paula forges the address that Kim lives at so she’s able to go to a nicer school. Unfortunately that means that Kim is late for her first day of class, because neither her or Ma had been that far in the city. When Kim does find her way to the classroom, the teacher, Mr. Bogart, isn’t happy she is late, and he speaks with an ...
