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in <strong>Jane</strong>’s picture goes with a number of s<strong>to</strong>rms in the “real” world of the novel (127).<br />
“A woman’s shape”: The woman represents the Evening Star, that is, the planet<br />
Venus as it appears in the evening before other stars come out (127).<br />
“A colossal head”: The shape seems <strong>to</strong> be of a Scandinavian god, as the Romantics<br />
loved northern literature, but not one that we can name from knowing the s<strong>to</strong>ries<br />
(127).<br />
Latmos: A mountain now in Turkey, where there is a ruined ancient Greek city.<br />
Rochester must indeed have travelled widely if he has seen it (128).<br />
Chapter 14<br />
“Amuse yourself with disembowelling it”: An implied metaphor. Bowels are the<br />
intestines of a person or animal. Rochester is comparing Adèle <strong>to</strong> a flesh-eating<br />
animal like a hyena (130).<br />
“Tiens-<strong>to</strong>i tranquille, enfant; comprends-tu?” Keep quiet child; do you<br />
understand?<br />
“Oh, ciel! Que c’est beau!”: Oh, heavens! It’s beautiful!<br />
“tête-à-tête”: “Head <strong>to</strong> head” i.e. in one-on-one conversation.<br />
Brat: Badly behaved child, or an insulting term for any child.<br />
Lustre: Chandelier (it is called by this name on p. 134):<br />
http://www.art-et-cristal.com/6-lustres/lustre-01-282x424.jpg<br />
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