Question

From Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Not a tear rose to Burns’s eye; and, while I paused from my sewing, because my fingers quivered at this spectacle with a sentiment of unavailing and impotent anger, not a feature of her pensive face altered its ordinary expression. “Hardened girl!” exclaimed Miss Scatcherd, “nothing can correct you of your slatternly habits: carry the rod away.”
What is Miss Scatcherd likely feeling during this scene?


She is angry that she cannot get a reaction from Helen Burns.

She is embarrassed that she has punished Helen Burns.

She is impressed that Helen Burns does not cry.

She is pleased that Helen Burns has learned a lesson from her punishment.

Answer 1

She is angry that she cannot get a reaction from Helen Burns.

Answer 2

She is angry that she cannot get a reaction from Helen Burns.

In the passage it is clear that Burn's does not cry, so Miss Scatchered s not getting a reaction out of her. It doesn't seem that Helen has learned anything from the punishment. Her exclamation of "Hardened girl!" shows her frustration to teach Helen a lesson.