...kingdom is not of this world ; my mission is to mortify iu these girls the lusts of the flesh, and teach them to clothe themselves with shame-facedness...plaits which vanity itself might have woven: these, 1 repeat, must be cut off; think of the time wasted of" — ' Mr. Brocklehurst was here interrupted....

...cutting short the hair «f all the girls. " Madam," he pursued " I have a Master to serve, whose kingdom is not of this world ; my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh, and teach them to clothe themselves with shame-facedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly...

...Miss Temple seemed to remonstrate. "•Madam," he pursued, "I have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world: my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh; to teach 15 them to clothe themselves with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly apparel;...

...off." Miss Temple seemed to remonstrate. "Madam," he pursued, "I have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world: my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh; to teach 15 them to clothe themselves with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly apparel;...

...off." Miss Temple seemed to remonstrate. " Madam," he pursued, " I have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world : my mission is to mortify in...persons before us has a string of hair twisted in plaite which vanity itself might have woven : these, I repeat, must be cut off; think of the time wasted,...

...other people's. 'I have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world', Mr Brocklehurst says; 'my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh.' Humility, a Christian grace, is 'peculiarly appropriate to the pupils of Lowood', Mr Brocklehurst believes...

...patriarchal religion as justification: '"Madam,' he pursued, 1 have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world: my mission is to mortify in...itself might have woven: these, I repeat, must be cut off.'"3 That his standards are hypocritical is demonstrated by Brocklehurst's inconsistent taste in...

...naturally," returned Miss Temple, still more quietly. "Madame ... 1 have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world: my mission is to mortify in...might have woven: these, I repeat, must be cut off. ..." — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair. Realism and Character...

...not to conform to nature: I wish these girls to be the children of Grace'. He commands the teachers 'to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh;...clothe themselves with shamefacedness and sobriety'. Charlotte's sense told her it was not the divine will that the bodies of her schoolmates be subdued;...

...off.' Miss Temple seemed to remonstrate. 'Madam,' he pursued, 'I have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world: my mission is to mortify in...shamefacedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and cosdy apparel; and each of the young persons before us has a string of hair twisted in plaits which...