WomenJane –goodOrphanSent to boarding school and ends up being a teacher and governess. Ends up teaching Adele.Meets Rochester and gets engaged to RochesterAt the wedding, someone reveals that Rochester is married and his wife Bertha is insaneCould not have had true marriage with BerthaRuns away to protect dignity and is taken in by Rivers. Realizes that Rivers are her relatives.They split inheritance but only if St. James can marry JaneJane says no because they must be cousinsHears Rochester calling her in the night and goes to himRochester’s eye sight and hand is gone from trying to save his wife from fire but she commits suicide.End up married and have a child and Rochester’s eyesight comes back.Helen Burns- goodMiss Temple - goodMrs. Reed - badBessie - goodBertha - madGeorgiana – badEliza - badAdele – goodFairfax - goodDiana - goodMary – goodGrace Poole - goodRosamand Olivens – goodBlanche – badMenRochester – goodMason - madJohn Reed - badSt. James –Quality manCharity, dutiful, active, will power, self denialNot ideal manArroganceBrocklehust – badGood and bad is based off of social and class statusChild/Maternal personalitiesJaneGood at Lowood because she’s loved by TempleBad at Gateshead and was treated badlyJohn Reed threw her down and was blamed. Sent to Red room where her uncle died and saw his spirit.Wants to be loved and obedient but was mistreated.Children in 19th century start off good but must be molded to be obedient.GeorgianaVain, shallow, no integrity or ethicsElizaTurns to religion and plans to move to France, be a Catholic and join a convent.HelenAdeleCould go either way since mother was a prostituteCould be materialistic but Jane enters her life.John ReedCommits suicide because he couldn’t get the rest of the inheritanceResults in Mrs. Reed having a stroke.Characteristics of a childThey must be obedient.SubmissionSubmission of choice because they want to be obedientClean, neat, orderlyWillingness to learnGratefulMore so if you’re an orphanMust love their parentsMothers are responsible for outcome of childrenMrs. Reed is a bad mom.MomsTempleReedJaneIdeal MotherMaternity is their job.Don’t have to have your own children to be a momGoverness can turn a child good but not if bad mother is in the way.Couldn’t work if governess was bad.Goes back to the mother to find a good governessGentleCompassionateNurturingDisciplineValues/respectRespect for elders and yourselfMoralsSense of right and wrong.VirtueMarriageBertha and RochesterBad matchNo love in the unionUnequalForced match – parentsIn French Revolution, parents could not force marriage because you get loveless marriage.Bertha makes him worseJane and RochesterBased on conjugal loveBased off of deceitMarried to someone elseUnequal because he’s being aggressive, arrogant, forcefulForcing her to wear jewelry.Jane is submissing without being a partner to it.Becomes physically weakened – RochesterJane has more autonomy because of moneyHe pays herShe’s independent.Jane makes him better.If st. james allowed himself to love Rosamand he could have been a better man.BlancheMarry someone who is richFemale FriendshipJane is more excited to be related to Mary and Diane because it’s a family she’s never had before.SecondaryAbramsDesanThese two are not novelsKellyVictorian Women Documents and any other documents are primary.Jane Eyre is a primary source.Jane Eyre 10/07/2014Women -Jane –good oOrphanoSent to boarding school and ends up being a teacher and governess. Ends up teaching Adele. oMeets Rochester and gets engaged to RochesteroAt the wedding, someone reveals that Rochester is married and his wife Bertha is insane Could not have had true marriage with BerthaoRuns away to protect dignity and is taken in by Rivers. Realizes that Rivers are her relatives.They split inheritance but only if St. James can marry JaneJane says no because they must be cousinsoHears Rochester calling her in the night and goes to himRochester’s eye sight and hand is gone from trying to save his wife from fire but she commits suicide. End up married and have a child and Rochester’s eyesight comes back. -Helen Burns- good -Miss Temple - good-Mrs. Reed - bad-Bessie - good-Bertha - mad-Georgiana – bad -Eliza - bad-Adele – good -Fairfax - good-Diana - good-Mary – good -Grace Poole - good-Rosamand Olivens – good -Blanche – bad Men-Rochester – good -Mason - mad-John Reed - bad-St. James – oQuality manCharity, dutiful, active, will power, self denialoNot ideal manArrogance -Brocklehust – bad Good and bad is based off of social and class status Child/Maternal personalities-JaneoGood at Lowood because she’s loved by TempleoBad at Gateshead and was treated badlyJohn Reed threw her down and was blamed. Sent to Red room where her uncle died and saw his spirit. Wants to be loved and obedient but was mistreated. Children in 19th century start off good but must bemolded to be obedient. -GeorgianaoVain, shallow, no integrity or ethics-ElizaoTurns to religion and plans to move to France, be a Catholic and join a convent. -Helen-Adele oCould go either way since mother was a prostitute oCould be materialistic but Jane enters her life. -John ReedoCommits suicide because he couldn’t get the rest of the inheritanceResults in Mrs. Reed having a stroke. Characteristics of a child -They must be obedient. -SubmissionoSubmission of choice because they want to be obedient-Clean, neat, orderly -Willingness to learn -GratefuloMore so if you’re an orphan-Must love their parentsoMothers are responsible for outcome of childrenMrs. Reed is a bad mom.Moms-Temple -Reed-JaneIdeal Mother-Maternity is their job. -Don’t have to have your own children to be a momoGoverness can turn a child good but not if bad mother is in the way. Couldn’t work if governess was bad.Goes back to the mother to find a good governess-Gentle-Compassionate-Nurturing -Discipline -Values/respectoRespect for elders and yourselfoMorals oSense of right and wrong. -VirtueMarriage -Bertha and RochesteroBad matchNo love in the unionUnequalForced match – parents In French Revolution, parents could not force marriage because you get loveless marriage. Bertha makes him worse -Jane and Rochester oBased on conjugal love oBased off of deceitMarried to someone elseoUnequal because he’s being aggressive, arrogant, forcefulForcing her to wear jewelry. Jane is
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