Jane Eyre Post 1

YOU MUST RESPOND BY MIDNIGHT ON Wednesday, October 28 to receive full credit!

By now, most of you should have read chapters 1-3 of Jane Eyre. Please pick ONE of the following questions to formulate your blog response. In order to respond, you must click the little word "Comments" then scroll down and enter your information. You may post under "Anonymous," but PLEASE remember to attach your first name, last initial, and class period so that I can give you credit for responding.

Choose ONE of the following prompts and respond to this blog.

1. Do some basic research on gothic literature and gothic novels (see links to articles to the right of this page). Based on your findings, how might Jane Eyre represent the qualities in a gothic novel?

2. Child abuse prompt is no longer available. Please respond to #1 or #3. Thank you.

3. Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, and it deals with the methods an author uses to convey his/her message to an intented audience. In doing this, authors use a variety of appeals. The main three types of appeals are ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos is an appeal to ethics; logos is an appeal to logic; pathos is an appeal to emotions. Is Bronte trying to convince her audience of anything? Based on your understanding of the text so far, what issues does Bronte seem to be taking up in her writing? What appeals does she make to influence her audience?

Please remember to cite any information you borrow from an outside source by mentioning the source and/or using quotation marks to indicate when words are not your own.

For ALL PROMPTS, please be sure you are using SPECIFIC DETAILS and quotes from the passage to support your claim(s).