... the supernatural and the inexplicable, and it is exactly such an unexplainable occurrence that brings back together Jane and her Mr. Rochester at the novel's end. Before investigating these elements a definition of the gothic genre is essential. Jerrold E. Hogle talks about the typical features of the genre in his book. Distinguishing element for a gothic novel is that the act takes place ... with the romance between Jane and Rochester followed by her distressed escape to get away from him and Thornfield., a vital plot constituent of the Gothic novel, and often of the Bildungsroman is a...

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