Jane Eyre III

Remember that the First Draft of Essay 1 must be turned as a hard copy on the due date, AND it must first be submitted to turnitin.com so that you can attach a printed turnitin receipt to the bottom of the essay you submit. Finally, a Grading Rubric sheet, downloadable from this webpage, must be printed and stapled to the top of the whole packet.

If you will miss class on the due date, arrange to submit it earlier. Leaving it under my office door is an option, as is delivering it to staff in the Humanities Division office on the third floor.

REMEMBER: If I do not have your paper in hand on the due date, you will be last priority for conferencing and may not receive a conference at all. For this reason, it is important to meet the deadline.

The questions below are not homework. They are to help you prepare for discussion next week. One or two of these questions will be the basis for the weekly in-class writing.

For week of Feb 16-20

1. What connections can you make between the incidents of the Thornfield episode and events from earlier in the novel? That is, what characters, events, or situations get repeated/echoed in chapters 21-27 from chapters 1-10?
2. In Chapters 21-27, where does Jane's behavior still make her seem like a victim child abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect? Cite a passage that shows it. IMPORTANT: last time this question went around, many responded by citing examples of people abusing her. I am asking how HER behavior is typical of someone who is a victim: her reactions, opinions, thoughts, etc.
3. What kinds of social commentary (complaints or suggestion about the way people or institutions are in her time) can be seen in Chapters 21-27? Cite a passage.
4. Do chapters 21-27 promote rebellion and passion or constraint, caution, and assimilation. Give reasons for thinking so.
5. What does the scene of Jane's return to Gateshead add to the story in terms of Jane's character or Bronte's overall arguments?
6. With respect to Chapters 21-27, choose one particular moment in the text and show how it could be used to support either extreme argument: 1) that Rochester is a perfect, "right" match for Jane; 2) that Rochester is a dangerous/unhealthy/inappropriate object for Jane's attentions.
7. Jane never expresses any outrage toward Rochester for his actions, yet that doesn't mean she has none. Cite lines that indicate that Jane doesn't want to marry Rochester or has feelings of discomfort regarding him EVEN BEFORE she finds out the truth about Bertha Mason.