Setting and Social Context (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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5 main settings Jane visits in order
5 main settings Jane visits in order
Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Moor House, Ferndean
Gateshead life stage & main associations
Gateshead life stage & main associations
Childhood; exclusion, injustice, isolation
What red-room at Gateshead symbolises
What red-room at Gateshead symbolises
Emotional & social confinement, powerlessness
Type of institution Lowood represents
Type of institution Lowood represents
Harsh charity school for orphaned & poor girls
Thornfield life stage & associations
Thornfield life stage & associations
Young adult governess; love, secrecy, Gothic mystery
Governesses' social position in Victorian era
Governesses' social position in Victorian era
Between servants & family; awkward middle ground
Moor House location & life stage
Moor House location & life stage
Near Morton; crisis & renewal
Ferndean main associations
Ferndean main associations
Healing, equality, privacy
Definition of 'genteel poverty'
Definition of 'genteel poverty'
Respectable birth but lacking financial resources
What Mr Brocklehurst represents at Lowood
What Mr Brocklehurst represents at Lowood
Religious hypocrisy & harsh Evangelicalism