Sunday, September 9, 2007

Jane Eyre "AI" pages 54-68

Page 58: Jane has her first, mentioned, reference to an afterlife and a higher power. Jane is talking with Helen and they discuss fate and God. Helen talks about religion and appears as if seeing "a light invisible to my eyes." The first girl to be distinguishable is Helen and she is deeply religious, perhaps she will lead Jane to a higher calling and purpose other than herself.
Page 60: more religious talk, even quoting Jesus. Helen telling Jane to forgive Mrs. Reed. Someone dies?
Page 67: When Mr. Brocklehurst comes he talks about how the girls need to be plain and not be dressed up because it leads to vanity and sin and all sorts of bad things that lead to hell. Then his family comes in and they are dressed up with the most sophistocation and flash as they can put on themselves. So in front of the students he shows hipocricy and is bound to be discredited because of it.

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