Fire, Passion & Love
Fire is a noteworthy and extraordinary element connected to all living creatures. It is an element full of contrasts. Fire in our hearts makes them feel alive, but it also causes a death. Fire is intimidating but tempting; it is pleasant but torturous, as well. It is a comfort, but torment. (Bachelard, 1968) This element reflects in itself both- the good and the evil, thus we can claim “it shines in Paradise” as well as “it burns in Hell.” (Bachelard 1968, tá jedna strana že fire) In many novels, fire and passion are strongly united due to their interconnection. To feel passionate goes hand in hand with a hot blush appearing on our cheeks. Moreover, passion contains the energy which smoulders in the fire. The metaphorical …show more content…
It is also a linking element between Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre as it occurs in both novels. Thornfield, the symbol of the birth of Jane’s and Edward’s love, but also symbol of hidden secret reduces to ashes. Evidently, we do not know Bertha is dead until Jane visits in the local tavern. The host informs her about the great fire in the Thornfield and Bertha’s death. Her identity was mysterious throughout the whole novel, and now, as the mysterious first Mrs. Rochester died, the reader is informed about it from the host, as if there was no big importance attached to it. Was her character so unimportant we don’t know any other details about her death? On the other hand, it is clear that Brontë’s fire serves as a symbol of purification. If Bertha was really insane, the fire purifies her from the prison embodied in Thornfield. Referring to the fire as the purgatory, during Jane’s stay in Lowood she throws the lettering SLATTERN to the fire in order to purge her friend Helen. Obviously, in both of these deeds the fire plays the important role to purify their …show more content…
Jean Rhys inspired by Brontë employs the element of fire in her novel, as well. First, fire destroys Antoinette’s beloved Coulibri and it causes the death of her brother Piér whose crib was on fire. Antoinette mentions torches carried by black people which may symbolise various religious processes in order to achieve the purification. Obviously, these black people wanted to purify their land from Antoinette’s family and other former slaveholders. In addition, the most breathless is the description of flaming parrot Coco who is all burning, screaming, and finally fails to fly and falls down full of flames. Seeing parrot dying is a bad sign, and this horrible scene could mark Antoinette for her entire
Fire is a noteworthy and extraordinary element connected to all living creatures. It is an element full of contrasts. Fire in our hearts makes them feel alive, but it also causes a death. Fire is intimidating but tempting; it is pleasant but torturous, as well. It is a comfort, but torment. (Bachelard, 1968) This element reflects in itself both- the good and the evil, thus we can claim “it shines in Paradise” as well as “it burns in Hell.” (Bachelard 1968, tá jedna strana že fire) In many novels, fire and passion are strongly united due to their interconnection. To feel passionate goes hand in hand with a hot blush appearing on our cheeks. Moreover, passion contains the energy which smoulders in the fire. The metaphorical …show more content…
It is also a linking element between Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre as it occurs in both novels. Thornfield, the symbol of the birth of Jane’s and Edward’s love, but also symbol of hidden secret reduces to ashes. Evidently, we do not know Bertha is dead until Jane visits in the local tavern. The host informs her about the great fire in the Thornfield and Bertha’s death. Her identity was mysterious throughout the whole novel, and now, as the mysterious first Mrs. Rochester died, the reader is informed about it from the host, as if there was no big importance attached to it. Was her character so unimportant we don’t know any other details about her death? On the other hand, it is clear that Brontë’s fire serves as a symbol of purification. If Bertha was really insane, the fire purifies her from the prison embodied in Thornfield. Referring to the fire as the purgatory, during Jane’s stay in Lowood she throws the lettering SLATTERN to the fire in order to purge her friend Helen. Obviously, in both of these deeds the fire plays the important role to purify their …show more content…
Jean Rhys inspired by Brontë employs the element of fire in her novel, as well. First, fire destroys Antoinette’s beloved Coulibri and it causes the death of her brother Piér whose crib was on fire. Antoinette mentions torches carried by black people which may symbolise various religious processes in order to achieve the purification. Obviously, these black people wanted to purify their land from Antoinette’s family and other former slaveholders. In addition, the most breathless is the description of flaming parrot Coco who is all burning, screaming, and finally fails to fly and falls down full of flames. Seeing parrot dying is a bad sign, and this horrible scene could mark Antoinette for her entire