Lady Ingram is a minor character in Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre." She is the wife of Mr. Ingram and the mother of Blanche Ingram, and is depicted as a selfish and shallow woman who is more concerned with wealth and social status than with the well-being of others.
Lady Ingram is introduced early in the novel when Jane is invited to spend time at Mr. Rochester's country home, Thornfield Hall. At the time, Mr. Rochester is courting Blanche Ingram, and Lady Ingram is eager for the match because of Mr. Rochester's wealth and social status. She is rude and dismissive towards Jane, treating her as an inferior because of her lower social class.
Despite her apparent dislike for Jane, Lady Ingram is shown to be a skilled social climber who is willing to use others to further her own ambitions. She encourages her daughter's relationship with Mr. Rochester, hoping that it will lead to an advantageous marriage, and is even willing to overlook Mr. Rochester's questionable past and questionable behavior.
As the novel progresses, Lady Ingram's true nature is further revealed. When Mr. Rochester's past is revealed and he is no longer a desirable marriage prospect, Lady Ingram quickly turns her attention elsewhere, showing her lack of loyalty and genuine affection for her daughter. She is also shown to be petty and jealous, as she becomes angry and resentful when Mr. Rochester begins to show interest in Jane, a woman of lower social standing.
Overall, Lady Ingram is depicted as a selfish and superficial woman who values wealth and social status above all else. She is an example of the corrupting influence of society's obsession with class and status, and serves as a foil to the moral and compassionate characters of the novel, such as Jane and Mr. Rochester.
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Ingram in a position of wealth and by comparing her to her jewelry. Le sue esperienze di vita le hanno insegnato che il denaro non porta la felicità e l'unica cosa che desidera davvero è una famiglia amorevole. Grace is described as stately and somber. An orphan, she is treated cruelly by her cousin John and aunt Mrs. Fortemente determinato ad andare in Diana e Mary Rivers Le due sorelle di John. She also says that Ms. And references are exactly what Jane lacks when she walks out of Thornfield with 20 shillings in her pocket, a sum she immediately spends on a coach that will take her as far away as possible.
Brocklehurst, the girls are beaten, but Jane befriends fellow pupil Helen Burns, who dies of Eight years later, Jane, now 18, leaves Lowood for a position at Thornfield Hall. Rochester is not likely to return soon, I suppose? On closer examination, you detected something in his face that displeased, or rather that failed to please. Diana is a kind and intelligent person, and she urges Jane not to go to India with St. Rochester proposes marriage to Jane and becomes intent on transforming her into his view of ideal beauty. Sarah Gibson Reed Moglie di Mr.
Fairfax said she should not be surprised if he were to go straight from the Leas to London, and thence to the Continent, and not show his face again at Thornfield for a year to come; he had not unfrequently quitted it in a manner quite as abrupt and unexpected. Signior Eduardo, are you in voice to-night? John, she becomes engaged to the wealthy Mr. Later in her life, Jane attempts reconciliation with her aunt, but the old woman continues to resent her because her husband had always loved Jane more than his own children. The footman who brought the coal, in going out, stopped near Mr. Brocklehurst is a clergyman and the headmaster of the Lowood Boarding School. In questa sua nuova famiglia Jane è resa oggetto di continui maltrattamenti da parte di una fredda zia e anche da parte degli altri bambini della casa, suoi cugini.
Presently advanced into view Miss Ingram. Fairfax, entering in rustling state. Did you not, my lady-mother? Adele speaks fluent French and broken English. Reed of the arrangement and sabotages the plan. The room and the house were silent: only now and then the merriment of the billiard-players was heard from above.
All their class held these principles: I supposed, then, they had reasons for holding them such as I could not fathom. She is, however, rescued by the clergyman, St John Rivers, who takes her home and nurses her back to health with the help of his two sisters. Nonostante questa disgrazia, dopo un breve periodo di stenti, Jane riprende in mano la propria vita, seguendo le proprie convinzioni senza lasciarsi sviare. This article is part of A Year of Great Books, a Slate Academy. Reed, loves and spoils him. In the middle of the night during Mr.
This revelation causes Jane to leave Mr. I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously arrived, green and strong! Maria Temple Maria Temple is a kind teacher at Lowood, who treats Jane and Helen with respect and compassion. Jane has to watch while the man she loves, Rochester, teams up with Blanche Ingram for an elaborate game of charades. Sophie Sophie is the French nurse who cares for Adele Varens. John Rivers, e delle sue due sorelle. Jane viene inserita nel romanzo quando la piccola Adèle viene portata in Inghilterra dal padre Mr Rochester.
Fairfax treats her well and expresses happiness at finally having equal company. Colonel Dent Colonel Dent is Mrs. In their house at Gateshead Hall, Jane is ill-treated by her three first cousins and aunt alike and never feels at home. Besides, she added, a message might possibly come from Mr. Miss Ingram, who had now seated herself with proud grace at the piano, spreading out her snowy robes in queenly amplitude, commenced a brilliant prelude; talking meantime. It is revealed by Mrs. Jane is still amazed by Grace Poole's erratic behavior, yet no one else in the house seems to notice her odd habits, her isolation, or her drinking.
Is there a fire in the library? A ceremony followed, in dumb show, in which it was easy to recognise the pantomime of a marriage. She was dressed in pure white; an amber-colored scarf was passed over her shoulder and across her breast, tied at the side, and descending in long, fringed ends below her knee. Jane helps care for Mr. Miss Ingram returned to us through the arch. Una vecchia persona gentile e caritatevole. Jane visits Rochester, now blind, and the two are reunited. She had a slight figure, a pale, gentle face, and fair hair.
