Quote Worksheet for Jane Eyre                        Name______________________________________________

 

Under each quote, write the name of the speaker and who the quote was spoken to.

Also, be able to explain when & why the quote was spoken. Also, what specific importance does the quote have on Jane’s life.

 

1.I told you I am independent, sir, as well as rich; I am my own mistress. (Ch 37; p. 438)

 

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2. People think you are a good woman, but you are bad, hardhearted. You are deceitful!  (Ch 4; p. 39)

 

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3. I tell you I could not forget it; and I took my revenge: (Ch 21; p. 242)

 

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4. Jane, come with me to India; come as  my helpmate and fellow laborer. (Ch 34; p. 404)

 

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5. I am so sorry to grieve you, but you are so young, and so little acquainted with men, I wished to put you on your                                 

                guard. (Ch 24; p. 267)

 

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6. ….it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you. I see the necessity of departure

                and it is like looking on the necessity of death. (Ch 23; p. 255)

 

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7. I should be glad if the teachers were requested to keep a strict eye on her…to guard against her worse fault,

                a tendency to deceit. (Ch 4; p. 35)

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8. You have been charged with falsehood; defend yourself as well as you can. (Ch 8; p. 73)

 

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9. ….a door is so fastened and it is well to have a drawn bolt between one and any mischief that may be about.

                                (Ch 16; p. 157)

 

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10. I sometimes have a queer feeling in regards to you…it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly

                knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame.  (Ch 23; p. 254)

 

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11. …let me have one moment to draw breath & reflect. (Ch 33; p. 387)

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12. I see I have the means of fretting him out of his melancholy for some time to come.(Ch 37; p.442)

 

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