All 3 Uses of
embodiment
in
Jane Eyre
- As I saw them with the spiritual eye, before I attempted to embody them, they were striking; but my hand would not second my fancy, and in each case it had wrought out but a pale portrait of the thing I had conceived.†
p. 147.1 *embody = a physical representation of a concept
- In pondering the great mystery, I thought of Helen Burns, recalled her dying words — her faith — her doctrine of the equality of disembodied souls.†
p. 273.6disembodied = removed from physical representationstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disembodied reverses the meaning of embodied. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- Surely —" I stopped: I could not trust myself to entertain, much less to express, the thought that rushed upon me — that embodied itself, — that, in a second, stood out a strong, solid probability.†
p. 443.6embodied = physically represented