Quotation: “Loose Bessie’s hand child you cannot succeed in getting out by these means, be assured. I abhor artifice, particularly in children it is my duty to show you that tricks will not answer you will now stay here an hour longer and it is only on condition of perfect submission and stillness that I shall liberate you then.”
Comment or Connection: It is in my opinion that this interaction shapes most of Jane’s way of interacting with the world throughout the rest of the book. She is taught early on that her aunt and by connection victorian society will not tolerate anything other then “perfect submission and stillness” so in her future interactions she often vails her beliefs with a false submission.
Question: How different would the story pan out if Jane completely rejected all concepts of submission and stillness?
