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A 3 page essay that analyzes the language used in a passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. The writer argues that this passage, which is from volume 1, chapter 2, demonstrates how Bronte's use of language works at multiple levels in order to construct characterization of Jane both as a child and as an adult. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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from volume 1, chapter 2 demonstrates how Brontes use of language works at multiple levels in order to construct characterization of Jane both as a child and as an adult.
The section begins with the adult Jane commenting on her state of mind as a child, "What a consternation of soul was mind that dreary afternoon!" (Bronte, 2002). The vocabulary
is clearly that of an adult and this perception is verified by the comment that her perspective comes from having the clarity of distance provided by the passage of years--she
will not say "how many years" that is. The adult narrator continues and explains how, as a child, she constituted a discord in Gateshead Hall and that she had "nothing
in harmony" with either her aunt, Mrs. Reed, or her children. The adult Jane does not appear to hold any sort of a grudge that her relatives held no affection
for her, as they could not "sympathize" with her, as she was the opposite of them in "temperament, in capacity,...a useless thing, incapable of serving their interest, or adding to
their pleasure" (Bronte, 2002). The adult Jane argues that had she herself been a different sort of child, then things might have gone differently. In the third paragraph of
this passage, the narration shifts and it is clear that the reader is experiencing the red room from the perspective of Jane as a child. While past tense is still
employed, Bronte, at this point, describes the conditions of the room, which conveys an immediacy that signals that the narrative voice has changed. "Daylight began to forsake the red-room;
it was past four oclock" (Bronte, 2002). Bronte relates carefully selected details to convey her setting and its effect on herself as a child. It is interesting that the language
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