AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
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GCSE English Literature · key term
Remaining faithful to moral principles, including when doing so is difficult or costly.
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Remaining faithful to one’s moral principles, even when doing so is difficult or costly.
Revise: Plot overviewThe crucial point is not that her love disappears, but that she chooses integrity despite it.
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Faithfulness to personal moral principles, including when keeping them involves difficulty or loss.
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The quality of acting honestly and consistently according to moral principles.
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Maintaining moral principles and self-respect, including when doing so brings difficulty or suffering.
Revise: Jane EyreJane’s refusal combines Christian principle with personal integrity. She believes that living as Rochester’s mistress would violate the law of God and destroy the equality she wants. His account of discarded mistresses also makes her fear that he would eventually cease to respect her.