Characterization: Blanche Ingram (pt.2)

"'No,' I heard her say: 'She [Jane] looks too stupid for any game of the sort'"(185).

This second quote occurs a couple weeks after Blanche first states her opinion of governesses to Mr. Rochester. Miss Ingram says this to Mr. Rochester after proposing to invite Jane to play in the tableaux game Mr. Rochester and his rich friends were going to play. She still loudly proclaims her dislike for Jane, if not in a more obvious way this time. Her haughty words are evident of her prejudices against the poor and especially Jane. Her character is described my Mr. Rochester as being similar to a robot, emotionless, and only motivated by money and status. This is ironic because her character is not only flat to readers, but to other characters in the novel.