https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0 How does the author use [literary elements] to convey the narrator’s sense of constraint and imprisonment? en-us 2017-12-19 21:49:24 UTC 2017-12-20 17:25:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dartstarget.png dana_hall2 https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217398404 Diction - How does the author's word choice convey the narrator's sense of imprisonment? 

• Long, complex sentences:
• "Afar, it offered a pale blank of mist..."

]]> 2017-12-20 00:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217398404 dana_hall2 https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217398503 Point of View - How does the author's use of point of view convey the narrator's sense of imprisonment? 

• first person point of view
• only narrator's side of story is known
• seems like a victim 

]]> 2017-12-20 00:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217398503 https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217548653 Characters- How do the characters and their interactions create a feeling of imprisonment and constraint?

• Mrs. Reed-- Purposefully places limitations on what the narrator is allowed to do, and keeps her at distance
• 3 Children-- Narrator is constantly compared to them and it causes her to feel inferior
• Bessie-- Her scolding of the narrator also places limitations on her and makes her feel inferior
• Narrator "Jane"-- She places herself in isolation and encloses herself off from the other characters

]]> 2017-12-20 17:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217548653 https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217548744 How does the conflict within the story enhance the theme of constraint and imprisonment?

- Jane v. the Reed family (specifically Mrs. Reed)
- Tense relationship with Mrs. Reed makes Jane feel the desire to escape
     - synonymous with a feeling of being imprisoned; the desire to escape that imprisonment.

]]> 2017-12-20 17:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217548744 https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217549370 "What is the root of the constrained and imprisoned sentiment that the narrator is feeling?
- Dialogue reveals that Ms. Reed is removing Jane from the rest of the family due to her cavalier behavior
- "She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie and could discover by her own observation that I was endeavoring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition..."]]> 2017-12-20 17:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217549370 https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217549710 Setting-- How does the setting contribute to the feeling of imprisonment and constraint?

• Does not go out to walk anymore
• Cloudy and rainy –> stays inside
• Only goes out in the light
• Likes to sit by the window or in the bay window in the art room
• It is stormy outside and ready for a "lamentable blast".

]]> 2017-12-20 17:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217549710 https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217551034 "What symbolism or mythological factors (if any) contribute to an interpretation of constraint and imprisonment?"
- The weather literally imprisons Jane within the house and prevents her from having fun although she is happy of it
- Jane sees her happy family, but makes the most of being excluded from it]]> 2017-12-20 17:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_hall2/qlx2zfrjh5b0/wish/217551034