... the delicate balance between passion and reason that she has been searching for. Mr. Rochester follows his heart over his head in Jane Eyre, though many would advise him otherwise. Mr. Rochester follows passion over practicality, and falls in love with his governess, Jane, though it is highly socially unacceptable. Edward Rochester was meant to be, "provided for by a wealthy marriage- (290). Being on the upper end ... of the middle class, it was meant for Rochester to marry a woman of a noble class such ... ...

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... school. At the end of the eight years, she has become a teacher at Lowood. At the age of eighteen she seeks independence and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall. Over time, Jane falls in love with its master, Edward Rochester, who eventually proposes to her. On their wedding day, the sermon is abruptly halted by the announcement that ... finds Thornfield to be a "blackened ruin" due to a fire which has left Rochester blind with only one arm and killed his wife. Jane goes to Rochester's new home, and they are married. Jane's physical' journeys contribute significantly to plot developmen...

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... which each suitor holds for her. Finally, Ferndean is the place of warmth without burning, the coolness of the evening without the chill. This is the scene of Jane's reconciliation and reunion with Mr. Rochester. Jane Eyre comes in the tradition of the Gothic novel, which was inaugurated by Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story, along with many other literary pioneers. The ... other horrors. The Byronic hero with his sensational past, the mad wife locked up in an attic and supernatural occurrences are some of the features of the Gothic novel. In Jane Eyre Edward Rochest...

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... or from Hay- (Bronte 129). As faith would have it, the man who fell off his horse and into Jane's life, was the inheritor of Thornfield, Mr. Edward Rochester. Mr. Rochester is similarly described in Jane Eyre as having granite-hewn features (Berg 58). According to Jane: "He had a dark face, with stern features and a heavy brow; his eyes and gathered eyebrows looked ireful ... 1). He gives Adele, who is an 8-year-old French girl that Jane tutors, the present she has been anxiously awaiting. During this period of Rochester's abrupt kindness, he is also uncharacteristically chatty with Jan...

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• Grade Level: High School