"In a few weeks I was promoted...I learned the first two tenses of the verb Etre...on the same day" (88).
It is interesting to find that Charlotte Bronte has Jane learn the verb "Etre," right after she has talk with Helen and starts learning new ways to cope with negativity and to rise above cruelty. Etre is french for the verb, to be. In other words Jane "learned the first two tenses of the verb to be." It may be a play on words. Bronte has Jane learn a valuable lesson, which can be summed up as, no one is in charge of how one reacts or makes ones' choices, but that person. After Jane learns this lesson, she learns how "to be."
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look at the other comments about concordance analysis style on the other comments -- beyond that, this is a very interesting insight -- the play on words... something that only your experience could bring
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