Mrs Reed & punishment
Posted by stacia on September 26, 1997 at 10:43:46:
In response to Why was she not punished?, written by Linda on September 26, 1997 at 09:07:21
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] ] ] Oh yeh....let me get to my point....Didn't you just love the way JE screamed at Aunt Reed after Mr. Brocklehurst came?
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] ] Yes, but does it make you feel better for long, or, like Jane did, do you eventually feel that you would have done better to have kept quiet? I think that this was an important life lesson for Jane and it helped determine her later conduct.
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i've always assumed it was because Mrs. Reed was frightened of this little girl, who she was supose to take care of, shouting at her, like a devil's incarnate. and Mrs Reed was to weak to take it.
my opinion. :).
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