"How many literary devices were you hoping to find?" she asks.
"Two would be preferable."
Flipping the book open, she finds another literary device:
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"The gaping wound of my wrongs, too, was now quite healed; and the flame of resentment extinguished" (Bronte 231)
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"What device is this?"
"A metaphor! Shall I explain?"
You nod.
"Jane has just arrived at Gateshead, her childhood home, to visit her dying aunt, Mrs. Reed. Jane's childhood was not easy, and she built many resentments towards Mrs. Reed and the house as a whole. She had not visited for nine years. During the nine-year span, Jane matured and gained a new perspective on her childhood. She was now able to move past the grudges she had against Mrs. Reed. By describing resentment as a flame, Bronte conjures up a very relateable emotion. Resentment burns slowly in one's chest, and only forgiveness can extinguish the flame."
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Signet Classics, 2008. Print.
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