People
- Mrs. Fairfax (Main Housmaid, in charge of all that happens in the house)
- Adele (the pupil)
- John and his wife
- Leah (housemaid)
- Sophie (the french nurse)
- Mr. Rochester (proprieter)
These Characters relate to Jane because they are her fellow "support staff". In the same position, below the master and always serving others, except Adele. Adele is her pupil and mysterious as to her reason for being at thornfield, their main connection comes from speaking french, causing Adele to confide in her and readily adapt to her teaching methods. Mr. Rochester is not yet a full character because Jane has not seen much of him, but this is a form of foreshadowing their involvement.
Places:
- Why have the settings outdoor as oppose to in the mansion for the meeting of Jane and Mr. Rochester?
- I believe the author did this because these two will have a vital relationship in the story, so having the setting of their anonymous meeting somewhere more meaningful than just the setting of the house is more favorable. Maybe the setting at which they met is symbolic and eventually become more than a spot in the novel.
2. How do you think the atmosphere of Thornfield will be different now with the arrival of Mr.
Rochester?
- For everyone it might become more not necessarily cheery but a bit happier. Mr. Rochester seems to be a well-liked and respected person and the extra addition in the house will just make things better. Especially for Jane because she began to dislike "re-entering in Thornfield".
Summary:
- Although Jane is content with the company and living at Thornfield, she is still unsatisfied in terms of adventure and excitement. She begins feeling bored with her situation and is willing to take a letter to the post office that is two miles away simply to have a quick change of atmosphere. While on her walk, Jane considers her feeling of restlessness and how she must not be the only women to be feeling this as she believes women want to be out exploring the world as much as men do. Suddenly, a man on his horse falls down due to the layer of ice on the ground. Jane assists the man wherein he discovers that she is the governess of Thornfield yet she does not know who she is. Eventually they both set of on their ways. When Jane reaches Thornfield, she unexpectedly finds out the the man that had fallen was in fact Mr. Rochester! The moon that Jane continuously notices while on her walk can symbolize her hope for change and excitement in her life which she may soon receive. Also, the ice that has layered the ground could foreshadow some type of secret or truth that has yet to be exposed.
1.) What is significant of "'Like heath that, in the wilderness, The wild wind whirls away'?"
- The line captures the moment of Rochester's presence. He is as fleeting as the wind. As quickly as he appeared on the road, he departed. It captures Jane's uncertainty whether the event really happened. After he leaves her, she does not have anything but her memories to confirm that their meeting on the road actually happened. There meeting was also sudden. (Nicole)
- (Ryan): The significance of this quote is when Jane unknowingly meets Mr. Rochester for the first time, she does not remember much of it after the event has occurred. It was like a blur to her more than anything.
- When Jane meets Rochester on the road it is unexpected. She does not know the identity of the man she is helping. Therefore, her first impressions of Rochester are not predetermine. She really did not know about the character of him. It is important for the reader to know her view of Rochester since he is the one that is responsible for her presence at Thornfield. (Nicole)
- (Ryan): It was effective so that we can get Jane's impression of him before she actually knew who he was. If Jane knew that he was Mr. Rochester already, there might have been some bias to her opinion of him, so it was more effective and added more suspense for things to play out as they did.
- "...and no injudicious interference from any quarter ever thwarted my plans for her improvement..."
- injudicious: adj. showing lack of judgement; unwise; imprudent; indescreet.
- "...but neither had she any deficiency or vice which sunk her below it".
- deficiency: n. a lock or shortage
- "...and the duty of those charged with their education to concieve for them an idolatrous devotion..."
- idolatrous: adj. worshipping idols
- "I felt a conscientious solicitude for Adele's welfare and progress..."
- conscientious: adj. (of a person) wishing to do what is right, esp. to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.
- "...and a pleasure in her society proportionate to the tranquil regard she had for me..."
- proportionate: adj. corresponding in size or amount to something else
- "...looked out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line--that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit..."
- sequestered: adj. (of a place) isolated and hidden away.
- "...to let my heart be heaved by the exultant movement, which, while it swelled it in trouble, expanded it with life..."
- exultant: adj. triumphantly happy.
- "Nobody knows how many rebellions besides politcal rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth."
- ferment: v. 1. stir or be stirred up 2. to cause, develop, or evolve something.
- "...they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer..."
- stagnation: v. (of water or air) cease to flow or move.
- "...but she was not of a descriptive or narrative turn, and generally gave such vapid and confused answers..."
- vapid: adj. offfering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
Chapter 12
- People: Rebecca
- Places: Ryan
- Summary: Gloria
- Personal Reaction: Nicole
- Vocabulary: Monica
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