&
Jane Eyre
,Themes colour
key
Love, family and independence
Social class and social rules
sender roles
Religion
Feeling is judgement
The spiritualand the supernatural
, StJohn
Overview:StJohn is a restless character, searching for a place and
purpose in
life, much like Jane. He has a
commanding personality, like mr R, buthe
relinquishes worldly happiness for a commitment
to
religious principles, making him
self-denying and cold.
QuotationS
& "He had to man."
not
imagined that
a woman would speak so a
↳
↳ St
John surprisedthat discuss such private with him
Jane would matters ·
↳ styonn to
used
not to a woman
speaking to him in such a manner due social custom
& altitude
Jane appears to embrace this wholeheartedly, despite previous apparent
shame
↳ She also
real and
claims a
true
. positive ethical status, arguing that
convention can is
mask what
↳ "St
John, no doubt, would have
given the world to
follow, recall, retain her, when
she thus left him:but
he would give
not one chance of heaven, nor relinquish, for
the
elysium of her love, one hope the
of true, eternal Paradise."
⑦ + t
& St
John's faith is such that
he consider
cannot giving up his livelihood as
missionary
even on of
account his love -
serving God
↳ He isn't as his love found in
feels thatthat sort
oflove as significant 1
marriage:Rosamund to serve him as heserves
4 Reflects assumptions offemale role in
God -
"A
↳
missionary's wife you must shall be. You shall be mine;I claim
you for
not
my pleasure, for
but
my Sovereign's service.
⑥ + t
a cold
demanding.
↳
Disregards Jane's feelings opinion;objectifies +
her and
says that
she is
only
for
meant work, love.
not
↳ Whilst mean-spirited,
not his ofJane's
neglect feelings is
shocking and narrow-
minded:he think
cannot beyond his missionary service.
⑦ "Refuse to be
my wife,and you limit
yourself forever to a track of selfish ease
and barren obscurity."
a + #
↳ Cold statement
tyrannical
+
a threatens
Almost Jane:shows no
flexibility or
sympathy towards her.
↳
ironically, Jane refutes his prediction ofease/obscurity;by choosing to devote
herself to mr Rochester, she chooses an active, fruitful life on a
global stage.
character:foil to Rochester:R's eyes:flashing flaming:StJohn rock ice/show
↳Debate between thetwo passionis principle
↳ St ofone's freedom
John's proposal leads Jane to understand that
a
large part
is found in a of
relationship dependence.
emotional
mutual
Jane Eyre
,Themes colour
key
Love, family and independence
Social class and social rules
sender roles
Religion
Feeling is judgement
The spiritualand the supernatural
, StJohn
Overview:StJohn is a restless character, searching for a place and
purpose in
life, much like Jane. He has a
commanding personality, like mr R, buthe
relinquishes worldly happiness for a commitment
to
religious principles, making him
self-denying and cold.
QuotationS
& "He had to man."
not
imagined that
a woman would speak so a
↳
↳ St
John surprisedthat discuss such private with him
Jane would matters ·
↳ styonn to
used
not to a woman
speaking to him in such a manner due social custom
& altitude
Jane appears to embrace this wholeheartedly, despite previous apparent
shame
↳ She also
real and
claims a
true
. positive ethical status, arguing that
convention can is
mask what
↳ "St
John, no doubt, would have
given the world to
follow, recall, retain her, when
she thus left him:but
he would give
not one chance of heaven, nor relinquish, for
the
elysium of her love, one hope the
of true, eternal Paradise."
⑦ + t
& St
John's faith is such that
he consider
cannot giving up his livelihood as
missionary
even on of
account his love -
serving God
↳ He isn't as his love found in
feels thatthat sort
oflove as significant 1
marriage:Rosamund to serve him as heserves
4 Reflects assumptions offemale role in
God -
"A
↳
missionary's wife you must shall be. You shall be mine;I claim
you for
not
my pleasure, for
but
my Sovereign's service.
⑥ + t
a cold
demanding.
↳
Disregards Jane's feelings opinion;objectifies +
her and
says that
she is
only
for
meant work, love.
not
↳ Whilst mean-spirited,
not his ofJane's
neglect feelings is
shocking and narrow-
minded:he think
cannot beyond his missionary service.
⑦ "Refuse to be
my wife,and you limit
yourself forever to a track of selfish ease
and barren obscurity."
a + #
↳ Cold statement
tyrannical
+
a threatens
Almost Jane:shows no
flexibility or
sympathy towards her.
↳
ironically, Jane refutes his prediction ofease/obscurity;by choosing to devote
herself to mr Rochester, she chooses an active, fruitful life on a
global stage.
character:foil to Rochester:R's eyes:flashing flaming:StJohn rock ice/show
↳Debate between thetwo passionis principle
↳ St ofone's freedom
John's proposal leads Jane to understand that
a
large part
is found in a of
relationship dependence.
emotional
mutual
