ENGL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bertha Mason, English National Identity, Pseudoscience
17 May 2017
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Pg 283, 286: notion of equality; proposal is in the moment when jane asserts her equality. Lightning splitting the chestnut tree: divine displeasure; prediction of doom. Symbolizes: storm associated with rage and passion; idea that bertha splits rochester and jane. Jane splitting in two: her reason has split away; she"s only focusing on passion. Jane returns to the tree, almost like a reader and decodes what it means as a symbol. Jane"s achievement of reason and self-governance is question. She almost let"s herself be captured again (she begins as a captive/slave but as she grows she becomes a self-governing individual) *** essay write on name changes throughout the book. Pg 290: jane rochester ; jr will replace her personal name je. Young mrs rochester : a possessive spin, her name is only in relation to his. Jr: makes her lesser than, her equality is taken away.
