Notes: Jane Eyre

March 28, 2006

J.E. - Jane Eyre's emotional baggage

 optical illusion of woman - young/old

1. who you see first: indicative of personality
2. you can only understand about others that which you know about yourself
1. Jane sees herself as ugly

what do you do to avoid hell?

1. don't die

Helen vs. Jane : turning the other cheek vs. vengeance

1. which is preferable?
2. Noel relates more to Jane, of course

Vanessa - golden calf

1. idolatry - false search for perfect family
1. destructive
2. Jane's inability to find an ideal to serve under
1. better Servitude, not Liberty

Sharon - Jane's inability to find a place to belong or to break into a new situation

Mita - UT tower

1. structure and purpose in our lives

Susan B Anthony dollar - class differences in Jane Eyre

1. feminism in JE - "protofeminism"

Jane Eyre - is a sympathetic female character, unlike other things we've read