Which quote from the novel, jane eyre, best represents charlotte brontë’s theme of independence? a.“habitually obedient to john, i came up to his chair: he spent some three minutes in thrusting out his tongue at me as far as he could without damaging the roots…” b.“you ought to be aware, miss, that you are under obligations to mrs. reed: she keeps you: if she were to turn you off, you would have to go to the poorhouse.” c.“what do i want? a new place, in a new house, amongst new faces, under new circumstances…” d. i had had no communication by letter or message with the outer world: school-rules, school-duties, school-habits and notions, and voices, and faces, and phrases, and costumes, and preferences, and antipathies—such was what i knew of existence.

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The question states which quote represents her independence let's analyze each quote.

A)“Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair: he spent some three minutes in thrusting out his tongue at me as far as he could without damaging the roots…”    This quote is incorrect because it says she is obedient to John.

B)“You ought to be aware, Miss, that you are under obligations to Mrs. Reed: she keeps you: if she were to turn you off, you would have to go to the poorhouse.”    This quote is incorrect because it says that she is under obligations of Mrs. Reed.

C) “What do I want? A new place, in a new house, amongst new faces, under new circumstances…”     This is correct because she is talking about what she wants.

D)I had had no communication by letter or message with the outer world: school-rules, school-duties, school-habits and notions, and voices, and faces, and phrases, and costumes, and preferences, and antipathies—such was what I knew of existence.     This is incorrect because it says she has no communication with the outside world therefore not independent.

In conclusion the answer is C! Good luck!

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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