JANE EYRE
CHARACTERS + RELATIONSHIPS MOTIFS
o Jane o Birds
o Rochester o Food
o Jane + Rochester o Chestnut tree
o Jane + Mrs Reed o Moon
o Jane + St John o Windows
o Jane + Helen
o Bessie
o Miss Temple JANE EYRE QUOTES
o Mr Brocklehurst
o Bertha Mason “desolate coasts”
o Reed Siblings “precious vessel”
o Mrs Fairfax “I have less right to be here than a servant”
o Blanch Ingram “Ghastly moon”
“deep red damask”
“white face”
“My heart beat thick, my head grew hot; a loud
THEMES
ringing filled my ears”
o Social class “My heart beat… thick”
o Religion “If ye suffer hunger or thirst for my name,
o Love happy are ye”
o Supernatural “pairs of candles”
o Independence “uniformly dressed”
o Gender “’Disgusting! The porridge is burnt again’”
o Passion vs reason “Love thy neighbours”
“school-rules, school-duties, school-habits”
o Isolation
“black pillar”
o Education
“Unjust. Unjust”
“Miss Jane, don’t cry”
“If you please (I cannot alter my habits for one
SETTINGS new inmate)”
o Moor House “squareness of his forehead”
o Lowood “What do you think?”
o Gateshead “I am no bird and no net shall ensnare me”
o Ferdean “plain and poor”
“raven hair”
o Thornfield
“crown”, “jewels”, “noble”
o Red – Room
“equalling her husband”
“lunatic”, “maniac”
“demonic laugh”
“intimacy did not extend to me”
“caged eagle”
CHARACTERS + RELATIONSHIPS MOTIFS
o Jane o Birds
o Rochester o Food
o Jane + Rochester o Chestnut tree
o Jane + Mrs Reed o Moon
o Jane + St John o Windows
o Jane + Helen
o Bessie
o Miss Temple JANE EYRE QUOTES
o Mr Brocklehurst
o Bertha Mason “desolate coasts”
o Reed Siblings “precious vessel”
o Mrs Fairfax “I have less right to be here than a servant”
o Blanch Ingram “Ghastly moon”
“deep red damask”
“white face”
“My heart beat thick, my head grew hot; a loud
THEMES
ringing filled my ears”
o Social class “My heart beat… thick”
o Religion “If ye suffer hunger or thirst for my name,
o Love happy are ye”
o Supernatural “pairs of candles”
o Independence “uniformly dressed”
o Gender “’Disgusting! The porridge is burnt again’”
o Passion vs reason “Love thy neighbours”
“school-rules, school-duties, school-habits”
o Isolation
“black pillar”
o Education
“Unjust. Unjust”
“Miss Jane, don’t cry”
“If you please (I cannot alter my habits for one
SETTINGS new inmate)”
o Moor House “squareness of his forehead”
o Lowood “What do you think?”
o Gateshead “I am no bird and no net shall ensnare me”
o Ferdean “plain and poor”
“raven hair”
o Thornfield
“crown”, “jewels”, “noble”
o Red – Room
“equalling her husband”
“lunatic”, “maniac”
“demonic laugh”
“intimacy did not extend to me”
“caged eagle”
