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11 Cards in this Set
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Weather
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"clouds so sombre... rain so penetrating"
"He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse" "A Christmas frost had come at midsummer; a white December storm whirled over June" "Mr Rivers had started at the first of those musical accents, as if a thunderbolt had split a cloud over his head" |
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Fire and ice
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"presently I felt the reviving warmth of the fire; for I had become icy cold in my chamber" - warmth of Rochester's company
"The domestic fire is plainly associated with human vitality" - critical "(St. John) pursued, 'I am cold: no fervour infects me' 'Whereas I am hot, and fire dissolves ice" |
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Birds
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"his full falcon-eye flashing" - Rochester
"The caged eagle" - restrained, lack of freedom "I am no bird, no net ensnares me" |
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Religious
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"Blasphemy against Nature" - worships nature, almost refers to them both as one entity
"We are not to conform to nature" - Brocklehurst distances religion and nature "No relative but the universal mother, Nature" - alongside the universal father! Act as her parents and guide her |
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Birds
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"his full falcon-eye flashing" - Rochester
"The caged eagle" - restrained, lack of freedom "I am no bird, no net ensnares me" |
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Religious
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"Blasphemy against Nature" - worships nature, almost refers to them both as one entity
"We are not to conform to nature" - Brocklehurst distances religion and nature "No relative but the universal mother, Nature" - alongside the universal father! Act as her parents and guide her |
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Personification
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"She had indeed already come"
"universal mother, Nature" " 'My daughter, flee temptation' 'Mother, I will' " "Her disk was blood red" |
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Birds
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"his full falcon-eye flashing" - Rochester
"The caged eagle" - restrained, lack of freedom "I am no bird, no net ensnares me" |
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Religious
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"Blasphemy against Nature" - worships nature, almost refers to them both as one entity
"We are not to conform to nature" - Brocklehurst distances religion and nature "No relative but the universal mother, Nature" - alongside the universal father! Act as her parents and guide her |
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Personification
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"She had indeed already come"
"universal mother, Nature" " 'My daughter, flee temptation' 'Mother, I will' " "Her disk was blood red" |
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Warning
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"The old lightning-struck chestnut tree" - warns her the marriage will be bad, symbolises Bertha splitting the union
"It is the work of nature" - guides her back to Rochester, she waits "eager for the daylight" "Her disk was blood red" - ominous image, warning |
