One. What is the plot of the work? What is the main conflict? What is the climax? What is the resolution? Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte is about a young girl who is an orphan. She lives with her aunt and cousins, the Reeds, at Gateshead Hall. Mrs. Reed comes to hate Jane for absurd reasoning and allows her son John to torment youthful Jane. Being so poorly treated, Jane, exasperated by such cruelty rises against everyone in the house and tells them of their wrong doings. Mrs. Reed then punishes her by locking her in the red room, the bedroom where her uncle had died. This brings her to having a hysterical fit when she believes to have seen his ghost appearing. Bessie who was one of the very few people who were kind to
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Diana and Mary Rivers are revealed to be Jane’s cousins. They are kind, intellectual and warm hearted young ladies. Working as governesses they prove to be intelligent well-mannered women of age. They are forced to work as governess after their father loses his fortune. They both serve as a model for Jane to become an independent woman. Celine Varens who was once Rochester’s mistress had used him for his money. He soon discovers that she despised him as he overhears a conversation between her and her other lover. She eventually runs away to Italy with a musician after Rochester breaks off all ties and abandons her daughter, Adele, who she claims is to be Rochester 's child. Although he does not believe that he fathered her daughter Adele, he still brings her to England with him. These minor characters are important in the novel because they help the main characters grow through the struggles and love of …show more content…
First we are introduced to Jane living in the residence of Gateshead, in nineteenth century rural England. Here her childhood ends once she reaches her breaking point with the red room incident. The reason it is called the red room would be mainly because of the mood it brought onto her, angry yet scared. She then moves to Lowood Institute where she gets an education. At Lowood the setting would be described as a valley very low besides the woods. This setting affects Jane in many ways such as helping her gain faith in God and hope in life itself. The school being mainly revolved around religion and bible study allows her to come to a spiritual level. She then goes to seek more for herself landing her at the steps of Thornfield. The setting being filled with gardens and woods brings Jane to a new chapter in her life where she meets her first love. Thornfield brings mystery and temptation forcing her to come face to face with her love for Rochester. The Moor House allows Jane to self-reflect on all that’s happened. In the little town of Morton she discovers that she is not as alone as she grew up to believe, learning about newfound relatives. Here she is able to become an independent woman with a fortune of her own. With Thornfield being burned to the ground she finds herself in Ferndean, the last setting of the novel. With all that’s happened to this point she finds this to be a new start.
Diana and Mary Rivers are revealed to be Jane’s cousins. They are kind, intellectual and warm hearted young ladies. Working as governesses they prove to be intelligent well-mannered women of age. They are forced to work as governess after their father loses his fortune. They both serve as a model for Jane to become an independent woman. Celine Varens who was once Rochester’s mistress had used him for his money. He soon discovers that she despised him as he overhears a conversation between her and her other lover. She eventually runs away to Italy with a musician after Rochester breaks off all ties and abandons her daughter, Adele, who she claims is to be Rochester 's child. Although he does not believe that he fathered her daughter Adele, he still brings her to England with him. These minor characters are important in the novel because they help the main characters grow through the struggles and love of …show more content…
First we are introduced to Jane living in the residence of Gateshead, in nineteenth century rural England. Here her childhood ends once she reaches her breaking point with the red room incident. The reason it is called the red room would be mainly because of the mood it brought onto her, angry yet scared. She then moves to Lowood Institute where she gets an education. At Lowood the setting would be described as a valley very low besides the woods. This setting affects Jane in many ways such as helping her gain faith in God and hope in life itself. The school being mainly revolved around religion and bible study allows her to come to a spiritual level. She then goes to seek more for herself landing her at the steps of Thornfield. The setting being filled with gardens and woods brings Jane to a new chapter in her life where she meets her first love. Thornfield brings mystery and temptation forcing her to come face to face with her love for Rochester. The Moor House allows Jane to self-reflect on all that’s happened. In the little town of Morton she discovers that she is not as alone as she grew up to believe, learning about newfound relatives. Here she is able to become an independent woman with a fortune of her own. With Thornfield being burned to the ground she finds herself in Ferndean, the last setting of the novel. With all that’s happened to this point she finds this to be a new start.