In Caroline Stone’s essay The Sheets are on Fire: An Exploration of Sexuality in Jane Eyre, Stone covers how Jane Eyre was an astonishing trailblazer when it was first published, creating a unique quasi-genre, and its underlying use of fire as a symbol for anything from the burning of Rochester’s bed to a burning in some characters loins.
As shown throughout the book there is insane amounts of sexual and romantic tension between Jane and Mr. Rochester. One of the scenes in Jane Eyre where the tension is so thick you could nearly cut it with a knife comes after Jane saves Rochester from a fiery demise. ““What, are you quitting me already, and in that way?” and then “He paused; gazed at Jane: words almost visible trembled on his lips—but his
As shown throughout the book there is insane amounts of sexual and romantic tension between Jane and Mr. Rochester. One of the scenes in Jane Eyre where the tension is so thick you could nearly cut it with a knife comes after Jane saves Rochester from a fiery demise. ““What, are you quitting me already, and in that way?” and then “He paused; gazed at Jane: words almost visible trembled on his lips—but his