... used to convey a Gothic and supernatural setting. Through the use of these literary devices, Jane Eyre becomes both cabbalistic and prophetic. Bronte's character Grace Poole is surrounded by a obscure haze from the reader's first introduction to her, an effective device used in order to create a mysterious ... thinking past her exterior appearance whilst simultaneously adding to the suspense of the situation. Bronte again uses the outwardly evident normalcy of Grace Poole in contrast to the earlier mysterious descriptions of her to further develop the suspense surrounding her character a...

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• Grade Level: High School

... attend the wedding. Because of the difficulties of an early birth coupled with her sickness of tuberculosis on March 31, 1855 at the age of 39 Charlotte died- (Snodgrass, Cliff Notes). "Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is a story based on an orphan who lost both her mother and father to disease; she is left in the care of her of Mrs. Reed ... Thornfield, where they witness the insane Bertha Mason scurrying around on all fours and growling like an animal. Rochester keeps Bertha hidden on the third story of Thornfield and pays Grace Poole to keep his wife under control. Knowing that it is imp...

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• Grade Level: High School

... they could translate. Jane greatly liked the idea that her going to school , would get her away from Gateshead. Mr. Brockelhurst said that Lowood is a school were humility is a Christian grace peculiarly appropriate. He also said that consistency is very important in Lowood. Plain fare, simple attire, unsophisticated accommodations, hardy and active habits play an important role in the school . Lowood ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School