“Abbot, I think, gave me credit for being a sort of infantine Guy Fawkes” (22).
Guy Fawkes was the first member in a group of conspirators caught having planted gunpowder in a cellar room under Parliament. Fawkes was extremely xenophobic and claimed that he wanted to “blow the Scotsman present back to Scotland” (Herber). Abbot compares Jane to Guy Fawkes because both were believed to constantly scheme up plots, though there is no proof that either ever did. Brontë uses a real person that was well known during the 19th century to show how Jane’s acquaintances feel about her. It also shows that Jane is intelligent if she knows about a man that died 200 years before her birth and understands what he is infamous for.
Guy Fawkes was the first member in a group of conspirators caught having planted gunpowder in a cellar room under Parliament. Fawkes was extremely xenophobic and claimed that he wanted to “blow the Scotsman present back to Scotland” (Herber). Abbot compares Jane to Guy Fawkes because both were believed to constantly scheme up plots, though there is no proof that either ever did. Brontë uses a real person that was well known during the 19th century to show how Jane’s acquaintances feel about her. It also shows that Jane is intelligent if she knows about a man that died 200 years before her birth and understands what he is infamous for.
Works Cited: Herber, David. "Guy Fawkes: A Biography." Britannia History. Britannia. 30 Nov. 2008 http://www.britannia.com/history/g-fawkes.html
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