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Jane Eyre — Quotes

6 quotes with full 6-part analysis

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PROGRESS

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independen…”

NEGATIVE DEFINITION / DECLARATIVE ASSERTIONTRIPARTITE SELF-DEFINITION

Jane Eyre · Chapter 23

2
PROGRESS

“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and h…”

RHETORICAL QUESTION / ENUMERATIOSOUL & HEART — SPIRITUAL EQUALITY

Jane Eyre · Chapter 23

3
PROGRESS

“Reader, I married him”

DIRECT ADDRESS / METANARRATIVEBREVITY AS POWER

Jane Eyre · Chapter 38

4
STAGNATE

“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day”

NEGATIVE OPENING / ATMOSPHERIC PATHETIC FALLACYIN MEDIAS RES — THE ORDINARY START

Jane Eyre (narrator) · Chapter 1 (Opening Line)

5
PROGRESS

“I would always rather be happy than dignified”

COMPARATIVE PREFERENCE / BINARY REJECTIONUNDERSTATEMENT AS REBELLION

Jane Eyre · Chapter 34

6
PROGRESS

“I resisted all the way: a new thing for me”

DECLARATIVE SIMPLICITY / TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENTCOLON AS AWAKENING

Jane Eyre (narrator) · Chapter 2

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