Diction

"Some say there is enjoyment in looking back to painful experience past; but at this day I can scarcely bear to review the times to which I allude: the moral degradation, blent with the physical suffering, form too distressing a recollection ever to be willingly dwelt on. I blamed none who repulsed me"(334). 

The diction in this quote vividly paints a picture of how unpleasant and horrible her time as a beggar was after leaving the safety and comfort of Mr. Rochester's manor. Her word choice displays not only how society felt about her begging but also how she felt herself about being a beggar. Despite belonging to the lower social classes for the majority of her life, Jane had never been so low as to beg for food and jobs, lowering her social status to the lowest it could possibly be. Words such as "painful", "degradation", "suffering", "distressing", and "repulsed" display how terrible her time as a beggar was, and help create a hopeless and sad picture. Most of her suffering was at the hands of others, however, Jane's view also points to the way in which society viewed vagrants, having only been a beggar at that time in her life.