Characters: Rochester Flashcards
What are the significance of Rochester’s eyes?
Jane is first drawn to his eyes , these are the features that allow him to have such an impact on her. When he goes blind this power is removed
He is what by Jane?
Fascinated
His conduct in attempting to marry Jane is what?
Legally and morally questionable
He is haunted by what? Give examples
His past - Adeles mum , Bertha , his family
What is the significance of his blindness?
It is a metaphor for his loss of arrogance and pride
What do his actions in the fire do?
Redeems him from his previous moral conduct
Attempts to save Bertha in spite of what?
The misery she has caused him and the fact that his life would be all that he wanted without her
What is an alternative interpretation of Rochester’s behaviour?
He is being extremely cruel to Jane out of the own pride of his ego
Equal to Jane in what?
Wit and intelligence
What makes us believe Rochester is extremely vulnerable?
He has to make sure Jane feels something for him before he reveals his own love
Mr Rochester is a very ___________ figure
Enigmatic
What is the significance of Rochester’s name regarding Bertha?
Rochester used to be an underground rail road in which slaves would go to escape between 1840- 1860 , yet regarding Bertha and the possibility of her being a slave in the past , Rochester’s marriage to her would be a possibility of freedom but instead enforces more confinement. Jane eyre was written in 1847 which makes me wonder whether the connotation between names was a purposeful move by Brontë to depict the dehumanised way in which Rochester treat Bertha
What is the significance of Rochester’s name regarding Jane?
Regarding Rochester’s name it could imply that without him Jane wouldn’t have been able to reach freedom as a woman.
