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Sophia Englehardt
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Mrs. Reeds bitterness and acridity towards Jane as a child do not affect Jane's abiding want to
apologize for what little harm she had done. During Jane's first arrival at Gateshead while visiting her
sick aunt, she introduces herself to Mrs. Reed and is immediately greeted with a livid response. Mrs.
Reed is very sick so she's somewhat delirious of who she's talking to when she gets worked up after
hearing the name Jane Eyre. She says to Jane, “What did they do with her at Lowood? The ever broke
out there, and many of the pupils died. She, however, did not die: but I said she did—I wish she had
died!” (345) Even to this day, as both Jane and her aunt have grown older, Jane is the only one that is
mature and wise about their relationship, while Mrs. Reed continues to hold a bitter grudge while
admitting that she wishes Jane has died at Lowood. Soon after, Jane asks why Mrs. Reed had disliked
her so much and Mrs. Reed told her that she “had a dislike to her mother always; for she was my