 Now Helen Burns is another key character that plays a very formative role in Jane's early years especially when she reaches Lowood School. Now when Jane air reaches Lowood School she's full of vengeance, she's very angry at how mistreated she has been in the hands of the Reed family and she strongly believes that an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, in other words she strongly believes in seeking vengeance when wronged. However Helen Burns really teaches her in school, in Lowood School when she meets her, the powerful Christian virtues of forgiveness, perseverance and of course being the quintessential passive Victorian woman who endures. It's her duty to endure even if life really hits her, God will reward her in the end for enduring and not and turning the other cheek as opposed to fighting back and striking out. So Helen Burns has a very indelible mark on Jane air and hence why she's such an important character to remember key quotations for. Now the first quotation remember when it comes to Helen Burns's character is when she advises Jane the following. She says it is far better to endure a smart ellipsis than to commit a hasty action. A smart meaning you know it's far better to endure bad treatment or someone who has hit you or said something that hurts you endure forgive them rather than lash back out and of course here Helen Burns is basically responding when Jane air asks her how are you able to really keep your call when you're being hit by the teachers when you've done really nothing from my perspective. When you're being mistreated and she says it's far better to just forgive yourself. When you forgive and you exercise these Christian virtues that enables you to become a better person. Now the word level lances you want to do for this quotation is firstly the comparative adjective better and of course the adverb hasty this idea of enduring the dutiful Christian woman and these virtues are being taught to Jane and Jane does eventually learn these virtues and she proceeds to take them on as she grows older and becomes a governor. Now the next one and when I said governor I meant governess. Now the next quotation to remember when it comes to Helen Burns's character is when when Jane watches how she is treated and how she is hit however she describes a demeanor she is very very powerful and enduring it states composed the grave she stood. Now here she's very very controlled her passions are controlled this is Helen Burns even when she's being cursed at by her teachers even when she's being punished she composes herself and Jane Eyre really wants to emulate these virtues. Now the word level analysis you want to do for this quotation is the sibilance of course is part of the literations she instead and of course this is emphasizing just the admiration the pure sheer and utter admiration that Jane Eyre has for the strength of character that Helen Burns has. The other quotation on word level analysis you want to do is when Jane Eyre describes how Helen Burns she lifted her eyes ellipsis a martyr a hero and again here this shows how she sees Helen Burns almost as this messianic figure she's teaching Jane Eyre the really powerful Christian virtues of endurance and forgiveness. Now here the word level analysis you want to do is of course the listing of martyr and hero and this is hyperbole she's been described in very religious terminology okay and the final quotation relating to Helen Burns's character is when she tells Jane and she admonishes her and tells her stop seeking revenge stop being so angry she tells her you're too impulsive too vehement and here you want to focus on the repetition of the intensifiers too here she's telling Jane off and she's telling her you need to learn how to control your emotions to temper them and to stop being so angry and actually always opt for forgiveness. So that's it when it comes to remembering key quotations for the character of Helen Burns.