1. Female Characters in Jane Eyre
... that this entirely true as after Bertha's incendiary tendencies lead her to set Rochester's bed alight, Jane extinguishes the "tongues of flame [that] darted round the bed"; this represents the ultimate prevailing of Jane over Bertha, as Bertha is a literal and legal impediment to her and Rochester's betrothal. Furthermore, another character with teeming passions is the young Helen Burns ... ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate