Goodness:
Q: How is “goodness” measured by Mrs. Reed and Bessie? How do
their perceptions of “goodness” affect Jane?
“a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and
humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and
Georgianna Reed” (63)
“there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up
her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak
pleasantly, remain silent” (63)
What is Jane’s idea of how people should act?
Jane’s perception: “You are good to those who are goo to
you. It is all I ever desire to be. If people were always kind and obedient to
those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their own
way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would
grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike
back again very hard; I am sure we would as hard as to teach the person who
struck us never to do it again” (119)
How does Charlotte Bronte evoke feelings in her writing?
What is your sense of Jane’s predicament as a child?
In regards to elevation in society, how did Jane’s schooling
help her social elevation? Would staying at the Reed’s given her any other
prospects? (marriage)
How do we see Jane react to class
differences? (p. 139), her first impression of Mrs. Fairfax?
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