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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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Jane's father was a poor clergyman. Jane's mother, a Reed,...
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Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed is a figure of injustice and hypocrisy in Jane Eyre. Her jealousy over her husband’s care for orphaned Jane demonstrates a shocking lack of charity and love. She calls Jane evil and godless, yet she lies to John Eyre simply to deprive Jane of her inheritance. Mrs.
Oct 4, 2024 · Summary: Mrs. Reed in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is portrayed as vain, selfish, and abusive, particularly towards Jane. She favors her own children, allowing them to mistreat Jane, and provides ...
In terms of the plot of the novel, Mrs. Reed performs two major functions. First, she is Jane’s childhood antagonist, and the experience of dealing with her cultivates Jane’s hatred of injustice. Later in the novel, when she’s dying, Mrs. Reed becomes an opportunity for Jane to show that she has learned a lesson about Christian ...
Mrs Reed is jealous of Jane as she believes her husband, Mr Reed, loved Jane more than his own children. As a consequence, this makes Mrs Reed love her children more and despise Jane further.
Mrs Reed’s role in the novel. Mrs Reed is the widow of Jane’s uncle. She lives at Gateshead Hall with her three children: John, Eliza and Georgiana. Her late husband asked her to look after Jane and to treat her as a daughter. During the novel she: is harsh and cruel to Jane, locking her in the red-room for attacking John, without listening ...
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She is clearly a stern and cold woman who has no feelings for Jane at all. After sending Jane away to school she makes no contact with her until Jane is an adult and Mrs Reed is on her deathbed. In spite of being close to death she refuses to be reconciled with Jane, indeed managing to blame her: ‘You were born, I think, to be my torment: my ...
