Jane Porter

Also known as Jane Clayton, Lady Greystoke, Lady Greystoke, Jane Clayton

Jane Porter is a fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly film. Jane, an American from Baltimore, Maryland, is the daughter of explorer and anthropologist Archimedes Q. Porter. She becomes the love interest, later the wife of Tarzan and subsequently the mother of their son, Korak.

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Jane Porter (later Jane Clayton, Lady Greystoke) is a fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly film. Jane, an American from Baltimore, Maryland, is the daughter of explorer and anthropologist Archimedes Q. Porter. She becomes the love interest, later the wife of Tarzan and subsequently the mother of their son, Korak.

Jane's character develops over the course of the series. Introduced as a well-educated but naive young woman, she is initially a damsel in distress, frequently placed in dangerous situations from which Tarzan must rescue her. Subsequent stories show her gradually learning combat and survival skills from her husband and enduring harsh regions like the Congo Basin, to the point where she becomes fully capable of surviving entirely on her own.

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Also known as Jane Clayton, Lady Greystoke, Lady Greystoke, Jane Clayton

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“A cheerful temper spreads like the dawn, and all vapors disperse before it. Even the tear dries on the cheek, and the sigh sinks away half-breathed when the eye of benignity beams upon the unhappy.”
— "Content"
“How different is...the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity!”
— "Compassion"
“Life is a warfare; and he who easily desponds deserts a double duty—he betrays the noblest property of man, which is dauntless resolution; and he rejects the providence of that All-Gracious Being who guides and rules the universe.”
— "Despondence"
“The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber .”
— "Vanity and Flattery"
“There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.”
— "Courtesy"
“Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery, never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion.”
— "Suspicion"

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