- In the chapter we can see Jane battling with emotions; jealousy at Blanche Ingram, denial that she does in fact love him, and struggling with the fact that she isn't allowed to love him.
- "Ere long, I had reason to congratulate myself on the course of wholesome discipline to which I had thus forced my feelings to submit..." (p.161)
This is similar to the teachings of Helen all those years ago to not react angrily to injustice, and when she held her emotions in check when she was unfairly called a liar by Mr Brocklehurst.
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Good succinct comments. In ch 8 I like the way you talk about how she is attracted to an opposite in Helen. So this is why she is attracted to Rochester?
You've also looked at language and the use of the weather - a continuing motif.
Good comments on how the narrative style chamnges in ch 11. Do we notice this elsewhere?
Your point about how when using mostly dialogue in ch13 Jane is not thinking about her actions is an interesting idea. And we are left to picture Rochester. This is good when thinking further about narrative voice.
You also pick up in the theme of injustice. Think about how this is presented elsewhere in the novel.
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