All 16 Uses of
contrast
in
Jane Eyre
- "Will you walk this way, ma'am?" said the girl; and I followed her across a square hall with high doors all round: she ushered me into a room whose double illumination of fire and candle at first dazzled me, contrasting as it did with the darkness to which my eyes had been for two hours inured; when I could see, however, a cosy and agreeable picture presented itself to my view.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)contrasting = differing
- Yet it was merely a very pretty drawing-room, and within it a boudoir, both spread with white carpets, on which seemed laid brilliant garlands of flowers; both ceiled with snowy mouldings of white grapes and vine-leaves, beneath which glowed in rich contrast crimson couches and ottomans; while the ornaments on the pale Parisian mantelpiece were of sparkling Bohemian glass, ruby red; and between the windows large mirrors repeated the general blending of snow and fire.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)contrast = notable difference
- "You live just below — do you mean at that house with the battlements?" pointing to Thornfield Hall, on which the moon cast a hoary gleam, bringing it out distinct and pale from the woods that, by contrast with the western sky, now seemed one mass of shadow.
Chpt 12 (definition 2) *by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
- I was tormented by the contrast between my idea and my handiwork: in each case I had imagined something which I was quite powerless to realise.
Chpt 13 (definition 1)contrast = notable difference
- The contrast struck me at the time and —
Chpt 15 (definition 1) *
- She wore an amber-coloured flower, too, in her hair: it contrasted well with the jetty mass of her curls.
Chpt 16 (definition 1)contrasted = differed notably in brightness or tone
- It looked a lovely face enough, and when compared with the real head in chalk, the contrast was as great as self-control could desire.
Chpt 16 (definition 1)contrast = difference
- What was the gallant grace of the Lynns, the languid elegance of Lord Ingram, — even the military distinction of Colonel Dent, contrasted with his look of native pith and genuine power?
Chpt 17 (definition 1)contrasted = differed
- I think (with deference be it spoken) the contrast could not be much greater between a sleek gander and a fierce falcon: between a meek sheep and the rough-coated keen-eyed dog, its guardian.
Chpt 18 (definition 1)contrast = difference
- The hay was all got in; the fields round Thornfield were green and shorn; the roads white and baked; the trees were in their dark prime; hedge and wood, full-leaved and deeply tinted, contrasted well with the sunny hue of the cleared meadows between.
Chpt 23 (definition 1)contrasted = differed notably in brightness or tone
- My fixed desire was to seek and find a good and intelligent woman, whom I could love: a contrast to the fury I left at Thornfield —
Chpt 27 (definition 1)contrast = something notably different compared (to something)
- I made you talk: ere long I found you full of strange contrasts.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)contrasts = differences (things not normally seen together)
- More desolate, more desperate than ever, it seemed from contrast.
Chpt 28 (definition 1)contrast = notable difference
- "Only it forces rather strongly on the mind the picture of what MIGHT HAVE BEEN," said Mr. Rivers, "and contrasts it somewhat too vividly with what IS."
Chpt 30 (definition 2)contrasts = compares (in a way that shows differences)
- To his sisters, meantime, he was somewhat kinder than usual: as if afraid that mere coldness would not sufficiently convince me how completely I was banished and banned, he added the force of contrast; and this I am sure he did not by force, but on principle.
Chpt 35 (definition 1)contrast = notable difference
- The picture you have just drawn is suggestive of a rather too overwhelming contrast.
Chpt 37 (definition 1)contrast = difference
Definitions:
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(1) (contrast as in: there is a contrast) a difference -- especially a notable difference; or the side-x-side arrangement of things that draws attention to an unmissable difference
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(2) (contrast as in: contrast their writing styles) point to differences between; or compare to show differences