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Jane's strong personality
Section B: 19th century prose. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. In the extract, Jane has come to say goodbye to Mrs Reed before her departure from Gateshead to Lowood School.
Explore how Bronte presents Jane's strong personality, in this extract and elsewhere in the novel.
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Marking points
- 1 Covers Jane in the extract and elsewhere.
- 2 Analyses Bronte's methods with references.
- 3 Addresses relevant context and SPaG.
- 4 May use the listed indicative ideas or other valid evidence.
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A strong answer would analyse Jane's direct accusation of Mrs Reed, her insistence on truth and memory of the red-room, then connect this to wider moments where Jane's strength appears in moral independence, endurance and refusal to live without love or freedom.
Why this answer loses marks
Jane tells Mrs Reed what she thinks, so she is strong.
This uses the extract idea but needs elsewhere in the novel and Bronte methods/context.