Mothers

" 'She treats me like a visitor... I anticipated only coldness..." (Bronte, 97).

Jane is actually surprised to be treated like a worthy human being by this new character. Everywhere she goes she expects only coldness and dislike. Bronte has this character act like this to Jane not only because she s a nice character, but because she is a motherly women. Jane is an orphan who has never had a real motherly figure. Some of her teachers at school were kind to her, but they never filled the position that she lacked.