... and darkened' just as Bertha has a 'blackened inflation of the lineaments.' To draw on Susan Meyer once more, she states, 'By making these sly, intermittent allusions to non-white races when describing the British aristocracy, Bronte gives the 'dark races' the metaphorical role of representing the presence of oppression in the novel.' This 'presence of oppression' is ... , suppressed and deep' and 'mirthless'. Secondly, there are satanic associations; 'demoniac' and 'goblin-laughter'. Thirdly, they are associated with savage animals; 'wild beast', ...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... bad mental health, many things occurred in her childhood to worsen the situation. Her parents had owned slaves who were now all free. As a girl, she was followed, being called a '"'white cockroach'"'. Being followed scares her and could cause paranoia later in her life. She had no friends, hated by the English for living with the blacks and hated by the ... servant named Grace Poole. One major incident in Jane Eyre is the fire where Jane ends up saving Rochester"'"s life. She had heard someone scratching on her door and making noise so she went out in the hall to see who it was. There w...

• Word Count: 887
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School