JE #1

“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” (75). Charlotte Bronte uses the “red-room,” in which Jane is locked up, as a symbol throughout the novel. This room, and the humiliation that came with it, is often referred to as Jane ages, especially in other such times of mockery. Her first memory of the red-room is at Lowood, when being scoffed at by Mr. Brockleworst. For Jane this room symbolizes what she has already defeated, as well as what lays ahead of her, of which she must conquer.