Mr. Rochester A Byronic hero is derived from the works of Lord Byron. Like Byron himself‚ a Byronic hero is a melancholy and rebellious young man‚ distressed by a terrible wrong he committed in the past. It is marked by splendid personal qualities‚ has a hidden sin and many other versatile attributes. Charlotte Bronte describes Mr. Rochester as having many of these same traits in her book‚ Jane Eyre. From the moment Jane meets Mr. Rochester‚ she sees that he is a mysterious person. When they first
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Jane’s relationship with Rochester is the largest defiance against her class level. To begin‚ when Jane finally permits herself to think of her feelings‚ she thinks of how foolish she is. She tells herself “[y]ou have nothing to do with the master of Thornfield‚ further than to receive the salary… [h]e is not of your order” (Brontë 147). Jane’s reaction is to make herself out to be very lowly and unworthy of someone of high stature like Mr. Rochester. Jane’s love for Mr. Rochester is seen throughout the
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relationship between Jane and Rochester‚ in Jane Eyre is an intriguing‚ captivating and unconventional one‚ right from their first meeting. Throughout the novel‚ Bronte conveys the struggles in which Jane is faced with‚ in order to have a genuine loving and equal relationship with Rochester‚ without betraying her own personal beliefs and principles. Also the issues of social class standing‚ social rules‚ gender roles and religion in the nineteenth century Victorian culture present as obstacles to Jane in her
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Charlotte Bronte’s character Mr. Rochester is clearly an unusual love interest for a romantic novel. He has an abrupt‚ selfish and arrogant nature‚ and is far from handsome. Mr. Rochester is stern‚ rude‚ and demanding and has a dark and somewhat mysterious personality. However‚ with the gothic atmosphere of Jane Eyre‚ it seems almost suiting for the hero to embody many such attributes of a Byronic hero One of the most prominent literary character types of the Romantic period‚ the Byronic hero is
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Interview: MR ROCHESTER By Samir Mustavi Class 10BT‚ Term 1‚ 2012 “Bigamy at its worst‚ blind man loses all‚ now to tell all.” Good afternoon‚ my name Samir Mustavi‚ and I have come from the future to interview the great aristocrat of the once great Thornfield Hall‚ Mr Edward Fairfax Rochester. This man fought hard for love when he met his ward’s new governess‚ Jane Eyre‚ although having a few secrets of his own. Rochester attempted bigamy through attempting to marry Jane and leave his mentally
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Mr. Rochester in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre; serves to underpin the fantastical nature of the bildungsroman story. In passage 3‚ Rochester’s lamentations while “sitting by the window” is reminiscent of Jane sitting in Lowood and wishing more from the world. This is expanded when Rochester describes Jane’s voice as being “spoken amongst mountains”; as Jane originally looked to the mountains and “longed to surmount” them. This parallel shows the similarities between the new Rochester and Jane‚ it
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even horror book. But in fact‚ this comes from Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte‚ with a plot nothing like what one might think from this passage. This shows that no matter what the plot of story is; in this case two peoples journey to find love‚ there is some mystery that keeps the reader guessing. Jane experiences several of Berthas crazy escapes from the attic‚ but is completely unaware of who or what she is. This lack of knowledge of Janes brings in a sense of suspense and terror to the
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Erica Chandler 29 January 2013 Dr. Smith Reading Response: Jane Eyre Vol. III Religion plays a prominent role in the life of Jane Eyre‚ and arguably the two most religious characters she encounters are Helen Burns and St. John Rivers. Both play similar—if slightly different—parts in Jane’s own personal faith. Both portray a noble and self-sacrificial Catholicism. But while Jane may admire these characters and try to emulate the qualities they possess‚ she ultimately bends toward her own style
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parallels between how the author portrays his/her own society‚ and the reader’s own perspective of contemporary society. This is evident in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë where at many points within the novel‚ Brontë‚ through the character of Jane Eyre voices her then radical opinions on society common to that era‚ through which contemporary readers can then draw parallels to with aspects of their own society. It is rather obvious to the reader that Brontë‚ through the character of Jane Eyre
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first encounter this relationship between Jane and Rochester during their first dramatic meeting. She encounters him when he falls off his horse and she is required to give him assistance. Jane’s first impression of his face is that ‘He had a dark face‚ with stern features and a heavy brow’. This may portray the dimness in his face awaiting to be enlightened by a woman which‚ in this case Jane. Further on in this chapter‚ unaware of who he is‚ on her return home‚ Jane is amazed to discover that the
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