... 68) at Lowood. She also says that if he would have treated her as an "especial favourite" (P.68), she would have found enemies. At this point Helen is being very sympathetic to Jane and is trying to calm her fears. As a result of saying to Jane that Mr. Brockelhurst is little liked, she is ... has felt all her life, whilst growing up with the Reed's. She made her feel wanted and takes away her loneliness. Miss Temple treats Jane and Helen with respect and compassion. For example, Miss Temple invites the two girls to tea in her room. She gives Jane an opportunity to speak in her ... do ...

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... portrayed as an-angel-in-house; one extreme image of female identity (Ibid, p.346). It could be stated that Charlotte Bronte has presented Helen as a sister for Jane. Although, Helen represents an angel figure for Jane, she leaves Jane as she dies young of disease. This could be a reference to Charlotte's sisters, ... During her time in school, she became imaginative and it resulted in Jane Eyre's stay at Lowood School, and the presenting Helen Burns, who dies at the school was a result of the deaths of Charlotte's two older sisters (Wendy & Craik, 1970,pp. 140-145). Therefore, if ... re...

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... while he tells the school that she is a liar, and disallows the other students to talk to her. However, she becomes friend with Helen Burns, a kind young girl who receive harsh punishments from Miss Scatcherd without saying a word. Helen is a contrast character to Jane in the view of the world. Jane always stands against for what she believes is right even with ... adults; she talks back to them when she thinks it is not right. As Christian, Helen always accepts every bad treatment and forgives everyone. Regrettably, Helen dies of consumption in the school during the typhus spread in th...

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... Lowood Jane is repulsed by Mr. Brocklehurst and his "two-faced" character. Even so, Jane fines her first true friend. Helen Burns, another student at the school. By instruction, Helen is able to prove her messages. When Jane is punished in front of the whole school, she tries to accept it. But ... goes as far to say, "If others don't love me, I would rather die than live." Helen's response, "You think to much of the love of human beings," (69). Through example Helen teaches Jane too. Helen is punished by, Miss Scatcherd because her finger nails were not clean. Jane wonders why she just ...

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... the kind and fair-minded superintendent of Lowood School, who plays an important role in the emotional development of Jane Eyre. Miss Temple is described by Helen as being "good and very clever" and "above the rest, because she knows far more than they do". This description is more significant because it has ... been said by Helen, and she herself is extremely mature. One of Miss Temple's most outstanding qualities is her ability to command (perhaps unconsciously) respect from everyone around her, "considerable ... respect and as an equal by Miss Temple, and her desire to be loved and c...

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... pushing the limits and crossing boundaries set by her role as a child, Jane is somewhat ostracized by her peers as a problem child and liar. Helen, who is like a counter-character to Jane, has mastered the ability to follow the ideal rules of acceptable behavior for the role of a child ... . Helen is able to calm Jane down and change her perspective on things. Helen is a sort of authoritative figure to Jane. She is like the older kid that Jane looks up to, who baffles Jane, ... but Jane still learns how to act from her. Jane is a little riled up when Helen tells her, "'Hush, Jane! you t...

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Quest for Love If others don't love me, I would rather die than live "I cannot bear to be solitary and hated, Helen. Look here; to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple, or any other whom I truly love, I would willingly submit to have the bone ... or "charity children."" Jane comes to be very good friends with Helen Burns. Jane actually comes to love Helen in the way one would love a sister. The sad thing about this relationship is that Helen dies due to a sickness that is spreading throughout the school. Even though Helen dies early on in their relationship with each other, Jane...

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... nothing to put Jane there. The girls are underfed, overworked, and forced to sit still during seemingly endless sermons. However , Jane's experiences of Lowood are not all bad. She befriended Helen Burns , a person who became quite close to her and in a certain way played an important role on her life. She had the opportunity to excel in many studies , particularly at ... herself declared "when we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard so as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again. " Helen's doctrine of endurance and love is incompatible wit...

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... a doctrine of poverty and privation to his students while using the school's funds to provide a wealthy and opulent lifestyle for his own family. At Lowood, Jane befriends a young girl named Helen Burns, whose strong; martyr like attitude toward the school's miseries is both helpful and displeasing to Jane; after massive typhus epidemic sweeps Lowood ... Helen dies of consumption. The epidemic also results in the departure of Mr. Brocklehurst by attracting attention to the insalubrious conditions at Lowood. Jane's life improves dramatically and she spends eight ... distinguished and d...

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... Aunt Reed. While she was there, they were abusing her physically. Afterwards,Aunt Reed sent Jane to Lowood school where Jane she made a friend with Helen. Later, Helen died and Jane decided to leave the school. Jane ended up working for Rochester, she was taking care of the kid. While she was working for ... novel, Jane was in Lowood school. Jane felt comfortable there and her life was heading the right way, especially when she met Helen, who she considered her best friend. Unfortunately, Helen was seriously ill and passed away. Afterwards, she understood that it was time to move on and...

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... control her temper. However, despite the poor conditions, in Lowood, Jane began to feel accepted. Miss. Temple, who runs the school, and Helen Burns, a fellow classmate, helped her become a stronger person. Helen taught her to not worry much about what others think of her. Lowood was a school formed to educate orphaned children. Jane described the people ... in bringing up these girls, was not to accustom them to luxury and indulgence, but to render them, hardy, patient, and self-denying" (95). Helen befriended Jane and taught her who to react to different situations, such as when Mr. B...

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... is an equal. She is surrounded by people who are in similar situations as her and that are treated the same as her. She also makes a good friend in Helen Burns who influences Jane's personality. Her arrival to a new environment allows Jane to transition from a hindered and alienated orphan to a freer and stronger woman. Not only does ... Helen help Jane became a better person through her actions, but through her words as well, when she says, "Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could ... is weak and silly to say you CANNOT BEAR what it is your fate to be required to bear, " (pg...

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... be independent. Bronte was the same way. While Jane is at Lowood several students pass away from typhus fever. One of the students that passes away is, her best friend Helen Burns. Helen is a couple years older than Jane is and she looks up to her extremely. Bronte's two older sisters passed away from tuberculosis (Bronte, 1). A best friend is a sister one never ... had. Since Jane does not have any siblings Helen is the symbol for a sibling. She signifies the loss a loved one and learning from it. Jane truly loves her as a sister. Bronte's older sisters were role models to her. Bronte ...

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... Jane was about ten years of age Mrs. Reed sent her to Lowood School. Jane meets two friends at Lowood, Mary Ann Wilson, and Helen Burns. Helen influences Jane's spiritual beliefs, and Jane's views on certain ideas. Then, Helen dies in the epidemic of illness at the school due to the harsh treatments. Jane spends eight years of her life at Lowood School ... , like Lowood, it had very poor conditions and harsh treatment on the girls. Charlotte's two older sisters died most likely because of the harsh treatment at Cowan's Bridge. So did Helen Burns, Jane's friend, at Lowood School. Also, bo...

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... Reeds. Mr. Broklehurst, the schools headmaster, is a cruel, hypocritical, and abusive Jones 2 man, and most of the teachers are strict and uncaring. She meets a young girl, Helen Burns, and a strong friendship begins. Shortly after, however, Helen dies and Jane is, again, left alone without anyone to really love her. Jane stays at Lowood until she is eighteen and decides to find a new ... without one bit of love or kindness, but I cannot live so: and you have no pity" (Bronte p27). The second obstacle Jane encounters is the death of Helen Burns. Before her death Jane confides in Helen a...

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... book Charlotte Bronte creates a image of new woman of the 19th century.. 1.Jane Eyre's Rebellious Spirit When Jane was at Lowood, she once said to Helen: "When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard: I am sure we should so hard as to teach the ... evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also", but believed in "Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.". Helen Burns said "Heathens and savage tribes hold that doctrine, but Christian and civilized nations disown it." She considered Jane as "but a little untaught girl"(P58). .....

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... of retaliation, which resulted in her departure from Gateshead and enrollment at Lowood School. At Lowood, Jane met Helen Burns, a girl who becomes Jane's friend and first confidante. With her tender, ethereal qualities, Helen preached to Jane the importance of patience and fortitude. Because of Helen's Christian lessons of endurance, forgiveness, and meekness, Jane accepted her situation at Lowood and made progress in ... ...

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... the coarse of the events, Jane will never admit to doing something she hasn't done and lets the truth shine through. Also, when Jane is sent to Lowood, she befriends Helen Burns. When Helen falls ill with typhus- her last words to Jane areI believe, I have faith, I am going to God.? Jane is able to draw strength from ... Helen's faith, which ultimately makes her stronger. Lastly, when Jane realizes she will only be happy if she is united with Rochester, she has the strength to leave St. John and ... ...

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... lean on her until he is able to mount his horse again. Jane exposes an underlying character trait of caring and sensitivity when she lays with her dying friend, Helen, at Lowood. On Helen's deathbed, she lay with her and the two of them fall asleep in each other's arms. It is also assumed that Jane, showing her sense of devotion to ... her close friend, sends the marble tablet that is delivered to Helen's resting place fifteen years after her death. Jane shows her strong feelings through her words with other people in the story. One instance is John Reed throws the book at ... ...

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... lean on her until he is able to mount his horse again. Jane exposes an underlying character trait of caring and sensitivity when she lays with her dying friend, Helen, at Lowood. On Helen's deathbed, she lay with her and the two of them fall asleep in each other's arms. It is also assumed that Jane, showing her sense of devotion to ... her close friend, sends the marble tablet that is delivered to Helen's resting place fifteen years after her death. Jane shows her strong feelings through her words with other people in the story. One instance is John Reed throws the book at ... ...

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... in the Bible which lasted an hour."" Jane's life at the school is cruel, but she does have a friend in Miss Temple and Helen Burns, which makes things more bearable. However, Bronte highlights the bad punishments by contrasting Helen's acceptance of all the punishments and Jane's inability to do so. Because if Jane accepted all the punishments then they would not seem ... , we should strike back again very hard-. Jane naturally wants to fight against anything unfair and thinks she "must resist those who punish me unjustly-. This is much different to Helen, as she believes in suffering no...

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... , don't cry,"" and Jane is wondering, "how could she divine the morbid suffering to which I was prey?- (Ch. 3) The last stanza of the ballad shows almost the exact description of Helen Burns' conviction that death will bring the utmost happiness and comforts, "There is a thought that for strength should avail me; Though both of shelter and kindred despoiled; Heaven is a home ... wash water was frozen. Jane sees these punishments as generally just being mean and thinks that such mean people do not deserve courtesy or to be obeyed. Jane explains to Helen Burns her view that obeying mean pe...

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... depressing times in Jane's life, the first person narration is more effective. For example, when Helen dies in Jane's arms at Lowood it was one of Jane's first experiences with death and Helen had a huge impact on how Jane looked at the world. If the scene with Helen and Jane had been in a third person narration, I don't think it would have been as ... ...

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... allow,"" Mrs. Reed points out. Lowood is also a place of severe cold. It is a place where Jane learns, at the fireside of Miss Temple, to curb her emotions. Inspired by Helen Burns and her saintliness, Jane learns to endure her life at Lowood with patience. Mr. Brocklehurst, misguided by Mrs. Reed, warns the teachers of the capacity for deceit of which ... Mr. Brocklehurst makes a vicious and false report about her in front of everyone. In her stay at Lowood, her capacity for endurance is tested to a great extent. Her good friend Helen Burns offers her advice on how she can evade pain. ...

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... the best food ever. Miss Temple was the school's headmistress, she was kind and Jane liked her very much. While at school, Jane made friends but her best friend was Helen Burns. Helen was Jane's opposite, she was very quiet and liked to play it by the rules. Jane was loud and liked a little adventure. Unfortunately ... , Helen died in her sleep one night from Typhus fever. Jane was very distraught over this. Jane spent all of her teen years at Lowood and was placed at Gateshead immediately ... ...

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