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.
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2. People think you are a good woman, but you are bad, hardhearted. You are deceitful!
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3. I declare she spoke to me once like something mad, or like a fiend—no child ever spoke or looked as she did.
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4. Jane, come with me to
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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.
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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.
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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.
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8. You have been charged with falsehood; defend yourself as well as you can.
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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.
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