Question

In chapter 2 of Jane Eyre, Jane recalls the horror of being enclosed in the red room: “My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire. ”In this context, the word habitual means

Answer 1

The correct answer to the meaning of the word habitual in the mentioned excerpt from chapter 2 of Jane Eyre is CUSTOMARY.

Her mood of humiliation, self-doubt and forlorn depression had been established for a long time so it became customary.

Jane is punished by being locked in the Red Room, which is so ominous for her because he uncle died there. In this excerpt, we learn that her mistreatment dampened her anger.