15. Jane Eyre (pg. 235)
"I was thinking, sir (you will excuse the idea; it was involuntary), I was thinking of Hercules and Samson with their charmers--"
This is a reference to Hercules (who is of Greek mythology) and Samson (who is from the Bible). Both of these men are know from their strength and both were hurt by women. Jane says this when Mr. Rochester speaks of the “thrill up my (his) arm to my (his) heart.” Using character development, Bronte shows that Jane seeing it as comical to think that she can have power over a man and to give a man these sensations. This serves to make Jane a character that the reader can relate to and want to be like.
“The Life and Times of Hercules.” Hercules Greece’s Greatest Hero. Persues Project Digital Library. 2 September 2008. 29 November 2009. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/bio.html
“The Sampson Bible Story.” The Bible Stories Library. 2009. 29 November 2009.
http://www.bible-stories-library.com/samson-bible-story.shtml.
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