A Close Reading of Jane Eyre Chapter 10 PDF

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A close reading of Chapter 10 of Jane Eyre which was based on a previous midterm question. ...

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A Close Reading of Jane Eyre Chapter 10 Paragraph 1 

There is a lot of personal punctuation such as ‘I’, ‘My’.

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The description the teacher is positive while Jane describes everything as negative. Everything is repeated to show how important this teacher was to her, and how much she her to feel at home. This chapter shows how impactful her teacher was to her.

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The past tense is used to show what is gone and missing from Jane’s life.

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Subdued and content and disciplined show how Jane is trying to find her natural state, these temperaments are all different to each other.

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‘Imbibed’ she took, drank from the teacher. This coincides with nourishment and food imagery

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Punctuation shows that she’s thinking frantically, quickly.

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She’s very self-aware and her thoughts while frazzled are methodical.

Paragraph 2 

She’s looking back and forward, reflecting and thinking of the future at the same time. Tense is very important here. In looking forward she wants to expand her world, this shows us a comparison of her past. We see imagery of her being trapped in her world.

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There is repetition of breathing, imbibed which is very physical. There is also an elemental element to it with the imagery of food.

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The real world, the world outside Lowood where she can actually feel these emotions genuinely – hopes, fears etc

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Her natural element, the one she is trying to escape is a negative place.

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Looks out the window and paints with her words, we see what she sees. Why is the road white? This road is her path to freedom

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Positive, leading to a wild horizon, religious symbolisms higher power. There is obedience to a higher power here, regarding her temperament.

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Everything she wants is not manmade, she self-identifies with this wild unruly nature that’s natural in this state, and she’s longing for this. There is self-identification wth the wild almost

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She speaks for the first time here with the word ‘servitude’; this can be seen again to be religious.

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Looking out the window is positive, getting the air in to her body, airing out old thoughts feelings, wants something new in her person. Her and her thoughts are suffocating she needs this air as nourishment

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The last four lines wherein liberty is repeated multiple times create an emphasis on her need for freedom. Wants to follow her teacher and escape....