TEST REVIEW

TEST March 26, 2010

Jane Eyre


Character Identification:
JANE
MRS. REED
BESSIE
MR. LLOYD
GEORGIANA
ELIZA
JOHN
HELEN
MR. BROCKLEHURST
MS. TEMPLE
MS. SCATCHERD
UNCLE REED
MRS. FAIRFAX
ADELE
GRACE POOLE
ROCHESTER
Setting Description/Significance

MRS. REED’S HOME
RED-ROOM
LOWOOD SCHOOL
TRIP TO THORNFIELD
THORNFIELD
TRIP TO /FROM HAY

- Red room as a symbol of Jane’s being “locked in” to her class role as an orphan. The overarching metaphor is that when one is “locked in,” to a role, they are simultaneously “locked out” of opportunities. When we meet Jane as an orphan staying with Mrs. Reed, we understand her as a romantic character who desires more than what her “locked in” position can provide.

- Know that the novel contains Gothic elements, romantic conventions, and know that it is an example of a social critique (of the Victorian Era)

- Gothic / horrifying elements: some examples: 1) Jane gets locked in the red-red room 2) Jane sees her ghastly reflection in a mirror and gets creeped out 3) setting is remote and desolate, often taking on a life of its own

- Romantic conventions: some examples: 1) Jane has a strong will and stands up for her self in the face of injustice (tells Mrs. Reed she is a liar, and that she does not love her) 2) Cannot understand how Helen “bears” her punishments 3) Determined young woman who desires to go out beyond the experiences of Lowood and adventure 4) Knows she can be more than she is 5) The way she feels after she meets Rochester on the road for the first time (before she realizes it’s Rochester!)

- Social Criticism: some examples 1) Jane challenges social preconceptions 2) challenges ideas about social class 3) challenges ideas about gender 4) challenges ideas about injustice
***In other words, Jane’s character is the antithesis of the typical Victorian “ideal” woman

- Reciprocal Determinism- The idea that one’s personality influences and shapes environment in the same way that environment influences and shapes personality.

- What are the “Big Five Traits?” To what degree do we see these personality traits in Jane? Be able to discuss Jane’s personality traits and the ideas of reciprocal determinism when you are presented with quotes.

- Describe the Lowood Institute. Know the students, the teachers, the master. What are the day-to-day tasks? For what do the students get punished?

- Who is Helen? What is her role in Jane’s life? How does her death influence Jane’s personality? Be able to discuss friendship as an art, a phenomenon, an equation, and/or a science.

- Be able to discuss how acts of kindness towards Jane affects her. Know the scenes where Helen offers advice to Jane, where Ms. Temple talks with Helen and Jane over shared bread, tea, and cake, and the scene where Ms. Temple clears Jane’s name to the entire school.

- Be able to discuss the “setting as character” idea. How does the setting take on a life of it’s own? Especially be ready to discuss how Rochester’s introduction (as a background fact of the setting) symbolizes his importance in the novel and to Jane

- CONNECTION TO A SEPARATE PEACE: You will be asked to compare the two friendship dynamics: Helen and Jane compared to Gene and Finny

Grammar Topics and Writing:
- simple subject
- simple predicate
- understood subject
- compound subject
- compound predicate
- direct object
- compound direct object
- indirect object
- compound indirect object
- parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, interjection, preposition, conjunction)
- triple s squared method for paragraphing

HW Due Friday, March 5, 2010

Choose one theme from today's discussion and notes to write about. Explain how your chapter "speaks" to this theme. What does it "say"?