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Jane Eyre Study Guide

Started by the guys who created SparkNotes back in the distant past, LitCharts are made for today’s students. Brief Biography of Charlotte Bronte Charlotte Brontë's father was a rural clergyman. She lost her mother when she was five years old. Brontë's two older sisters—Maria and Elizabeth—died from an illness that they likely contracted at their harsh boarding school. Historical Context of Jane Eyre The Victorian period brought sweeping changes across British society, and writers like Brontë explored its crises and progress. Other Books Related to Jane Eyre The most popular literary form in the Victorian period was the novel, and Jane Eyre illustrates many of its defining characteristics: social relevance, plain style, and the narrative of an individual's inner thoughts.

Jane eyre LitChart. Cours6 A3ALIT. Cours7 A3ALIT. Jane Eyre Opening annotated. "Jane Eyre," Vocabulary from Chapters 31-38 - Vocabulary List. Homage respectful deferenceI shall never more know the sweet homage given to beauty, youth, and grace—for never to any one else shall I seem to possess these charms.

"Jane Eyre," Vocabulary from Chapters 31-38 - Vocabulary List

Bliss a state of extreme happinessWhether is it better, I ask, to be a slave in a fool’s paradise at Marseilles—fevered with delusive bliss one hour—suffocating with the bitterest tears of remorse and shame the next—or to be a village-schoolmistress, free and honest, in a breezy mountain nook in the healthy heart of England? "Jane Eyre," Vocabulary from Chapters 19-25 - Vocabulary List. Mete a line that indicates a boundaryYour fortune is yet doubtful: when I examined your face, one trait contradicted another.

"Jane Eyre," Vocabulary from Chapters 19-25 - Vocabulary List

Chance has meted you a measure of happiness: that I know. I knew it before I came here this evening. She has laid it carefully on one side for you.Although the words "carefully on one side" suggest the idea of a boundary, "mete" is used as a verb here to show that the personified Chance had chosen "to distribute" a measure of happiness for Jane to stretch out her hand and claim. But to do so at this point would require crossing moral, legal, and social boundaries. Lassitude a feeling of lack of interest or energyThe flame flickers in the eye; the eye shines like dew; it looks soft and full of feeling; it smiles at my jargon: it is susceptible; impression follows impression through its clear sphere; where it ceases to smile, it is sad; an unconscious lassitude weighs on the lid: that signifies melancholy resulting from loneliness.

"Jane Eyre," Vocabulary from Chapters 19-25 - Vocabulary List. Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 11-17 - Vocabulary List. Ensconce fix firmly And then they had called her to a sofa, where she now sat, ensconced between them, chattering alternately in French and broken English; absorbing not only the young ladies' attention, but that of Mrs.

Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 11-17 - Vocabulary List

Eshton and Lady Lynn, and getting spoilt to her sequester keep away from others Anybody may blame me who likes, when I add further, that, now and then, when I took a walk by myself in the grounds; when I went down to the gates and looked through them along the road; or when, while Adele played with her nurse, and Mrs. Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 - Vocabulary List. Habituate familiarize psychologically or physically The action was more frank and fearless than any I was habituated to indulge in: somehow it pleased her.

Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 - Vocabulary List

Neutralised made neutral in some respect Should any little accidental disappointment of the appetite occur, such as the spoiling of a meal, the under or the over dressing of a dish, the incident ought not to be neutralised by replacing with something more delicate the comfort lost, thus p coherently in a coherent manner I resolved, in the depth of my heart, that I would be most moderate--most correct; and, having reflected a few minutes in order to arrange coherently what I had to say, I told her all the story of my sad childhood.

Corrode cause to deteriorate due to water, air, or an acid Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. Character Map JE. Cours5 A3ALIT. 04 loeuvre integrale et la sequence. La comprehension ecrite. AP 2018.pdf. FULL BOOK QUIZ CURIOUS INCIDENT SEPT 24 2018. The Curious Incident...