"Apple of discord" allusion?

Question

"The very name of love is an apple of discord between us" (C. Bronte's "Jane Eyre", ch. 34).

I love this part in the book, when Jane is trying to tell St. John that his idea of love and hers are far too different, but I don't know what this means.

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Answer 1

http://www.answers.com/topic/apple-of-discord

Stay in your tower, dear Lady!

Answer 2

Apples Of Discord

Answer 3

It is recounted that Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. However, Eris, goddess of discord, was uninvited. Angered by this snub, Eris arrived at the celebration, where she threw a golden apple (the Apple of Discord) into the proceedings, upon which was the inscription "for the fairest one".

Three goddesses claimed the apple: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. They asked Zeus to judge which of them was fairest, and eventually Zeus, reluctant to favor any claim himself, declared that Paris, a Phrygian mortal, would judge their cases.

With Hermes as their guide, all three of the candidates appeared to Paris on Mount Ida. After bathing in the spring of Ida, each attempted with her powers to bribe Paris; Hera offered to make him king of Europe and Asia, Athena offered wisdom and skill in war, and Aphrodite, offered the love of the world's most beautiful woman, Helen of Sparta.

Paris accepted Aphrodite's gift and awarded the apple to her, receiving Helen as well as the enmity of the Greeks and especially of Hera.

.....so, "The very name of love is an apple of discord between us" means that Jane knows that she and St. John have different ideas about what love is.

Answer 4

It's possible, but I'm not 100%

Answer 5

That's an interesting question