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Analysis. Jane wakes up in the nursery, cared for by Bessie, and by the local apothecary, Mr. Lloyd. Bessie tells Jane that she thinks that Mrs. Reed mistreated her, nurses Jane, and even sings Jane a song, but Jane is melancholy and unreachable. Jane only feels better when she gets a book— Gulliver's Travels, a fanciful satire by Jonathan ...
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Analysis: Chapters 1–4. In the early chapters, Brontë establishes the young Jane’s character through her confrontations with John and Mrs. Reed, in which Jane’s good-hearted but strong-willed determination and integrity become apparent. These chapters also establish the novel’s mood. Beginning with Jane’s experience in the red-room ...
In five minutes more the cloud of bewilderment dissolved: I knew quite well that I was in my own bed, and that the red glare was the nursery fire. It was night: a candle burnt on the table; Bessie stood at the bed-foot with a basin in her hand, and a gentleman sat in a chair near my pillow, leaning over me.
Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. A servant named Bessie provides Jane with some of the few kindnesses she receives, telling her stories and singing songs to her. One day, as punishment for fighting with her bullying cousin John Reed, Jane’s aunt imprisons Jane in the red-room, the room in which ...
- Charlotte Brontë
- 1847
Jane Eyre Volume 1, Chapter 3 Summary. Back. More. Jane wakes up, confused and disoriented. Someone is holding her gently; she’s never been held gently before. She starts to realize where she is—in her own bed. Bessie and a gentleman are there, looking after her. Jane’s glad to see the gentleman, because he’s not one of the Reeds.
Bessie tries to cheer her up, but Jane can be tempted by neither tarts nor books. Mr Lloyd asks her why she is so sad and she tries to explain: I cry because I am miserable … I was shut up in a room where there is a ghost, till after dark (p. 31).
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However, rather than accepting this, it seems that she reacts very strongly to the unfairness of such a surface judgement. The theme of being judged and rewarded or punished in life because of physical appearances begins to be addressed in this chapter. v PREVIOUS. NEXT u. Online study guide for Jane Eyre (Grades 9–1) , Plot and Action Fairness.
