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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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Analysis. Chapters 2 and 3 answer questions about Jane's relationship to the Reeds and how and why she came to be at Gateshead. Chapter 2 also reveals the hypocrisy of Mrs. Reed, who not only treats Jane with unfair harshness but is shown to have reneged on the deathbed promise made to her husband.
Mesrour Executioner. ‘Some natural tears she shed’ Milton, Paradise Lost, XII, 645. ‘minois chiffonné’ with charming irregularity. 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.
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.
Volume I Chapter 2 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.
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Jul 5, 2023 · Chapter 2. Mrs. Reed’s maids, Bessie and Miss Abbot, force a struggling Jane into the red room, chastising her for striking John and upsetting Mrs. Reed.
