... partly there as an effort to terrify the reader. The novel encloses ghosts and shady secrets as well as supernatural experiences. Robert B. Heilman, one of the critics investigating the gothic features in Jane Eyre, states that Bronte steps away from the old Gothic. Her purpose of using the gothic features is therefore not to frighten the reader but rather to explore the inner ... of the supernatural (2). All of these factors emerge in the novel Jane Eyre. Both Gateshead Hall and Thornfield Hall have a gothic environment and unexplainable incidents occur in both houses. Nevertheless, th...

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... . Rochester and Jane commute almost telepathically is a prime example of Jane Eyre having many of the elements of a gothic novel. In Jane Eyre there is also the lunatic, hidden wife of Mr. Rochester, Bertha - another notable element of Gothic literature. Primarily, however it is the red-room that is undeniably a key element in gothic literature. A specific setting, like a secret room and such, are in almost every gothic piece of literature. It is there where supernatural events ... take place Jane Eyre is no exception ... ...

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... confidence, but modernist writers are not too sure about anything, no more certainty in the modern world. Moreover, Jane Eyre is a Gothic novel, which compose of supernatural elements. Gothic novels are stories that made up of wild passions and supernatural terrors, mostly about an innocent girl encounter with wicked creature or wicked man with dark environment. In Jane Eyre, we could feel the wicked throughout part two. For example, we get the ... feeling that Jane as the innocent girl came to the mysterious place with a strange owner and his secret ... ...

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... in Germany and became popular in England during the late eighteenth century. The combination of supernatural occurrences, melancholy mystery, and remote scenery painted a drab backdrop for Jane Eyre in the midst of Europe's almost romanticised tuberculosis epidemic during the Victorian Era. Jane Eyre's gothic setting sets up the theme for perseverance and female rebellion in a time of Victorian Patriarchy, as well as illustrating the main barrier between Jane and Mr. Rochester. One of the first gothic elements ... we encounter in the novel is the red ... ...

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