Jane Eyre | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Red Room - This space is the grandest, but rarely used, room in the house inside which the protagonist is locked and passes out from fear.

Gateshead Hall - This is where the protagonist lives with the Reeds as a child.

Painted China Plate - This object is coveted by the protagonist because she is forbidden to touch it.

Lowood Institution - This is the charity school to which the protagonist is sent by her aunt.

Brocklebridge Churchyard - This is where the protagonist's best friend is buried.

Thornfield - This is the...
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