Jane Eyre

years after helens death jane has a stone marker with the word resurgam craved upon it what is the significance of this

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It is said that the engraving "Resurgam," Latin for the phrase "I will rise again," is significant because of the comparison of Helen to Christ in the novel.

Note; the novel alludes to Jane having the stone placed on Helen's grave. It is never presented as a fact.

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