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And 'myself as frequently as possible. And her suffering is presented almost as a physical assault on the self: 'molested' is a surprising but effective word to choose, suggesting a sort of sexual assault. It amounts to a highly over-charged view of herself as victim, the complement of which is an over-ardent desire to achieve the opposite: she does not just desire friendship and approval, but craves it. Relating this to the novel as a whole , the impression formed in looking at the opening passage, that Charlotte Bronte has a tremendous gift for getting inside the mind of her heroine, is confirmed .

As the relationship with Clara also comes to an end, I would need to select a scene from the later stages of the novel to see whether this problem is in evidence again. When I had looked at all three relationships in this way I might at last feel that I had caught something ofthe true nature 24 HOW TO STUDY A NOVEL of the text - though even then my analysis would be incomplete, for I would have made no reference to Paul's equally tangled relationship with his father. But this is an element that is perhaps best pursued when I decide to concentrate on one or more aspects of the text.

He advanced with great rapidity a nd stood at her feet, looking up and barking hard; whereupon, without hesitation, she stooped and caught him in her hands, hold ing him face to face while he cont inued his quick chatter. H is master now had had time to follow and to see that Bunch ie's new friend was a tall girl in a black dress, who at first sight looked pretty. She was bareheaded, as if she were staying in the house - a fact which conveyed perplexity to the son of its ma ster, conscious of that immunity from visitors which had for some time been rendered necessary by the latter's ill-health.

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