Jane Eyre (2011)

Sandy McDade: Miss Scatcherd

Quotes 

• Mr. Brocklehurst : [Helen is about to be beaten by Ms. Scatcherd]  I see you are mortifying this girl's flesh.

  Miss Scatcherd : Sir, she was not...

  Mr. Brocklehurst : It is your mission to render her contrite and self-denying. Continue.

  [Ms. Scatcherd begins beating Helen with a rod. Jane drops her chalkboard as a distraction] 

  Mr. Brocklehurst : And you, girl.

  [He has Jane stand on her stool] 

  Mr. Brocklehurst : This is the pedestal of infamy, and you will remain on it all day long. You will have neither food nor drink for you must learn how barren is the life of a sinner. Children, I exhort you to shun her, exclude her, shut her out from this day forth. Withhold the hand of friendship and deny your love to Jane Eyre, the liar.