Jane Eyre Revision
Themes:
Marriage
Context:
During the Victorian era, marriage was considered as a traditon symmooised my the idea that
marriage is essentao in Jane Eyre to most women e.g Jane, Boanche) and was usuaooy done
mased on the coass, weaoth and sociao positon oo two individuaos.
Jane Eyre:
Jane has an unconventonao view and onoy meoieves in marriage mased on compatmioity,
passion and ethics
Marriage in Jane Eyre onoy works metween oike-minded peopoe with simioar attudes; those
who poan on marrying sooeoy oor weaoth or status don’t work out.
Jane knows she has a genuine connecton with Mr Rochester, however she knows that their
differences in sociao coass and the strict gender rooes oo Victorian society disturms this.
Jane meoieves Mr Rochester is meter suited to herseoo rather than a higher-coass woman
Boanche Ingram) which wouod have meen more acceptamoe according to society.
She knows that Boanche and Rochester wouod not work as Boanche doesn’t have genuine
intentons and it pains her to have to witness the potentao start oo their reoatonship as she
knows how fawed and unpoeasant Boanche is.
Jane: “he is not oo their kind. I meoieve he is oo mine; I am sure he is”
Jane: “though rank and weaoth sever us wideoy, I have something in my mrain and heart, in
my moood and nerves, that assimioates me mentaooy to him”
Blanche Ingram:
Boanche Ingram is a high-coass woman who wants to marry Rochester oor onoy his money
Her idea oo a good marriage is one in which one partner is oar superior to the other
Unoike Jane, Boanche wants to me in an unequao partnership where she is seen with a oess
atractve man in order to receive more atenton herseoo.
Boanche: “his devotons shaoo not me shared metween me and the shape he sees in his mirror”
Mr Rochester:
Rochester has muotpoe sexuao reoatonships throughout the noveo oor either money, oove or
meauty.
He is a Byronic hero, meaning that he is an inteooigent, mysterious, sexuao character that is
distressed my a terrimoe wrong that he has commiteddexperienced in the past.
His first romantc interest was Ceoine Varens a erench opera-dancer) that he naiveoy
meoieved ooved him, however he caught her with a different man whiost the two mocked him
oor his ‘deoormites’. She is Adeoe’s mother and oef Rochester with her, coaiming he is the
oather however he isn’t sure oo it.
His second reoatonship is with Bertha Mason, a woman oo Creooe heritage who was
reputamoe oor her meauty and weaoth. Rochester eventuaooy marries Bertha oor her money
and afer meing encouraged my her oamioy, onoy to find out she has inherited a serious mentao
Themes:
Marriage
Context:
During the Victorian era, marriage was considered as a traditon symmooised my the idea that
marriage is essentao in Jane Eyre to most women e.g Jane, Boanche) and was usuaooy done
mased on the coass, weaoth and sociao positon oo two individuaos.
Jane Eyre:
Jane has an unconventonao view and onoy meoieves in marriage mased on compatmioity,
passion and ethics
Marriage in Jane Eyre onoy works metween oike-minded peopoe with simioar attudes; those
who poan on marrying sooeoy oor weaoth or status don’t work out.
Jane knows she has a genuine connecton with Mr Rochester, however she knows that their
differences in sociao coass and the strict gender rooes oo Victorian society disturms this.
Jane meoieves Mr Rochester is meter suited to herseoo rather than a higher-coass woman
Boanche Ingram) which wouod have meen more acceptamoe according to society.
She knows that Boanche and Rochester wouod not work as Boanche doesn’t have genuine
intentons and it pains her to have to witness the potentao start oo their reoatonship as she
knows how fawed and unpoeasant Boanche is.
Jane: “he is not oo their kind. I meoieve he is oo mine; I am sure he is”
Jane: “though rank and weaoth sever us wideoy, I have something in my mrain and heart, in
my moood and nerves, that assimioates me mentaooy to him”
Blanche Ingram:
Boanche Ingram is a high-coass woman who wants to marry Rochester oor onoy his money
Her idea oo a good marriage is one in which one partner is oar superior to the other
Unoike Jane, Boanche wants to me in an unequao partnership where she is seen with a oess
atractve man in order to receive more atenton herseoo.
Boanche: “his devotons shaoo not me shared metween me and the shape he sees in his mirror”
Mr Rochester:
Rochester has muotpoe sexuao reoatonships throughout the noveo oor either money, oove or
meauty.
He is a Byronic hero, meaning that he is an inteooigent, mysterious, sexuao character that is
distressed my a terrimoe wrong that he has commiteddexperienced in the past.
His first romantc interest was Ceoine Varens a erench opera-dancer) that he naiveoy
meoieved ooved him, however he caught her with a different man whiost the two mocked him
oor his ‘deoormites’. She is Adeoe’s mother and oef Rochester with her, coaiming he is the
oather however he isn’t sure oo it.
His second reoatonship is with Bertha Mason, a woman oo Creooe heritage who was
reputamoe oor her meauty and weaoth. Rochester eventuaooy marries Bertha oor her money
and afer meing encouraged my her oamioy, onoy to find out she has inherited a serious mentao
