Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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In Ch 23, what does bird imagery in 'I am no bird' emphasise about Jane?
In Ch 23, what does bird imagery in 'I am no bird' emphasise about Jane?
Her rejection of captivity & control
When does Jane say the revolutionary statement 'I care for myself'?
When does Jane say the revolutionary statement 'I care for myself'?
When leaving Rochester after discovering his marriage
What does 'Women feel just as men feel' (Ch 12) explicitly challenge?
What does 'Women feel just as men feel' (Ch 12) explicitly challenge?
Gender inequality
'Conscience, turned tyrant, held Passion by the throat' uses which literary technique?
'Conscience, turned tyrant, held Passion by the throat' uses which literary technique?
Personification
What does St John claim about Jane becoming a missionary's wife in Ch 34?
What does St John claim about Jane becoming a missionary's wife in Ch 34?
God & nature intended it
What is the red-room (Ch 2) associated with as a Gothic space?
What is the red-room (Ch 2) associated with as a Gothic space?
Death (Mr Reed died there) & punishment
In which chapter does Jane first hear hints of Bertha: 'Something gurgled and moaned'?
In which chapter does Jane first hear hints of Bertha: 'Something gurgled and moaned'?
Chapter 20
What type of language describes Bertha: 'A wild animal... snarling, snatching, almost a fiend'?
What type of language describes Bertha: 'A wild animal... snarling, snatching, almost a fiend'?
Animalistic & demonic terms
What does 'Reader, I married him' (Ch 38) emphasise through its active voice?
What does 'Reader, I married him' (Ch 38) emphasise through its active voice?
Jane's agency in marriage
What achieves equality in Jane and Rochester's marriage at the novel's end?
What achieves equality in Jane and Rochester's marriage at the novel's end?
Jane's financial independence & Rochester's physical dependence