Presentation by Joey Batts & Micah McDowell Group 4

​ an English genre of fiction characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudo-medieval setting. Came from Germany in the late 1700’s - early 1800’s ​ Popular among female writers ​ Other popular others: Edgar Allen Poe and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) ​

​ Dark, mysterious, evil tone ​ Gloomy, decaying setting (castles, palaces, chambers, haunted mansions) ​ Isolation ​ Women in distress Presence of ghosts, spirits, vampires, and other supernatural entities ​ Religion, usually Christianity or at least spirituality, is confronted. ​ Mysterious disappearances and reappearances Metonym of gloom and horror ​

"I heard ​ the rain still beating continuously on the staircase window, and the ​ wind howling in the grove behind the hall; I grew by degrees cold as ​ a stone, and then my courage sank." ​ (Chapter 2 ) “which I deemed the rushing of wings; something seemed near me;” (Chapter 2) Bronte’s uses the gothic element of a gloomy and scary setting by describing the weather while Jane is in the red room. Bronte’s diction sets the terrifying tone of the scene. Although ghost don’t actually make an appearance in Jane Eyre, Jane senses her uncle’s presence.

"'And you ought not to think yourself on an equality with the Misses Reed and Master Reed, because Missis kindly allows you to be brought up with them—” (Chapter 1) “Farther off were hills: not so lofty as those round Lowood, nor so craggy, nor so like barriers of separation from the living world; but yet quiet and lonely hills enough, and seeming to embrace Thornfield with a seclusion I had not expected to find existent so near the stirring locality of Millcote.” (chapter. 11) ​ Bronte uses the element of isolation in Jane’s character and social class as well the settings.

“Before I left my bed in the morning, little Adele came running in to ​ tell me that the great horse- chestnut at the bottom of the orchard ​ had been struck by lightning in the night, and half of it split ​ away.” (Chapter 23) Bronte uses this metonym to symbolize the relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester

“A great deal: you are good to those who are good to you. It is all I ever desire to be. If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should--so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.” (Chapter 6) Bronte exposes the hypocrisy in Christianity through Jane’s reluctant desire to obey and see God’s word as true.

How did Bronte employ the elements of : Women in distress Mysterious disappearances and reappearances Support your answers with specific scenes.