Both Uses of
susceptible
in
Jane Eyre
- She began muttering, "The flame flickers in the eye; the eye shines like dew; it looks soft and full of feeling; it smiles at my jargon: it is susceptible; impression follows impression through its clear sphere; where it ceases to smile, it is sad; an unconscious lassitude weighs on the lid: that signifies melancholy resulting from loneliness.†
p. 232.7
- I was not fond of pampering that susceptible vanity of his; but for once, and from motives of expediency, I would e'en soothe and stimulate it.†
p. 312.6 *
Definition:
easily influenced or harmed
or:
capable of being treated in a particular way
or:
capable of being treated in a particular way