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Jane's Tone

Image of Lowood

Chapter 16: Jane Eyre

She is feeling a lot of things like jealousy, sorrow, frustration, and grim.

Victorian Era History

During the Victorian Era, women did not have the right to vote, sue, or own property. However, women were very prominent in the paid workforce in increasing numbers following the Industrial Revolution. They were required to provide their husbands with a clean home, food on the table and to raise their children.

Image of Thornfield

Plot

Jane's Character

Important Characters

Art Motif

It starts off by wondering who set the fire. Jane starts to wonder if it really was Grace. She starts to think that Grace and Rochester might be in love but it wasn't for Grace's appearance. It would be for her originality and strength of character. Rochester goes away for a few days and Jane realizes that she is starting to fall in love with him.

Grace: Jane thinks that Grace started the fire in order to cover up a relationship with Rochester.

Jane's character has evolved from a young lost girl to a young woman finally finding herself. She gets out of Lowood and gets a sense of the real world. She starts to believe in herself and find hope that she will have a normal life. She is also starting to feel love, she has never had the feeling of love before.

In this chapter art plays a pretty big role. Jane draws a self portrait out of chalk, and a portrait of Blanche Ingram out of ivory. She compares the two side by side. She does this because she knows that Blanche is more beautiful than she is.

"An hour or two sufficed to sketch my own portrait in crayon; and in less than a fortnight I had compleed an ivory miniature of an imaginary Blanche Ingram" (Page 141)

Rochester: Jane's lover, a dark passionate romantic man. Struggles to find love, but is constantly being reunited with Jane throughout the book.

Significance of Setting

Jane and Grace

Love and Relationship Motif

Discussion Questions

How do you think the women of the Victorian Era felt about their fate?

She is finally in a real world scenario rather than being at Lowood. She feels of some importance finally being in this new place. Jane goes to Rochester's home, Thornefield Hall. It is isolated from society however it is enormous and grand. This gives Jane hope with having a normal adult life full of love and full treatment.

Do you think they were satisfied with their work opportunities?

"But I wonder no wealthy nobleman or gentleman has taken a fancy to her: Mr. Rochester, for instance. He is rich, is he not?' Oh! yes. But you see there is a considerable difference in age: Mr. Rochester is nearly forty; she is but twenty-five'" (139 Bronte).

Jane is admiring that Mr. Rochester is wealthy and has a life of his own. She fancies the idea of being with him in his big house and having his wealthy lifestyle.

How does Mr. Rochester treat Jane compared to how you thought he would treat her?

In this chapter Jane is very confused by Grace and her role in the household. The morning after the fire Jane sees Grace sewing the curtains acting like nothing happened, and starts wondering why Grace is still present in the house after a murder attempt. Jane suspects a love relationship between Rochester and Grace. Then starts to wonder what Grace has that Jane does not have.

Do you think women now or women in Jane's time were judged more heavily based solely on beauty? Do you think this is fair?

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