Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre
Lowood Characters
Gateshead Characters
Thornfield Characters
Aunt Reed
John Reed
Uncle Reed
Servants
Moor House Characters
Helen Burns
Mr. Brocklehurst
Miss Temple
Probably looks like this
Gateshead
Lowood School
Thornfield
Moor House
Jane arrives as a governess
Rumors that the mansion is haunted
She is looking after Adele
Governess: ⚠ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governess
Mrs. Fairfax conducts her interview
Daughter of Celia Varens
Speaks no English, only French
Conflicts
Man vs Man
Edward Rochester
Mrs. Fairfax
Blanche Ingram
Grace Poole
❓ How common were governesses at that time?
Brother of Jane's mother
Made Aunt Reed promise to take care of Jane after his death.
Prologue: Jane's parents are dead. She is adopted by the Reeds, but her uncle dies too.
Dead parents
Only related to Jane by marriage
Chapter 1
Jane is 9 years old
She is attacked by her cousin John Reed
Jane attacks John to defend herself, and Aunt Reed punishes her by locking her in the Red Room
The Red Room
Room where Uncle Reed died
No one goes inside
Jane's home as an orphaned child, belonging to her mother's brother (uncle)
Man vs setting
The scene in the Red Room is evidence of this conflict. Jane is locked inside and becomes terrified when forced to confront mortality (the possibility of encountering her uncle's ghost).
Theme: Existentialism - man is alone, there are no spirits.
Chapter 2
Jane freaks out in the Red Room
Probably looks like this
Probably this kid
Abusive towards Jane!!
Heir to Gateshead
Georgiana
One more female cousin
Is artistic
Likes to read
There she is
Mentioned a few times
Not important enough to make it into the comic
"Mrs. Reed probably considered she had kept this promise; and so she had, I dare say, as well as her nature would permit her; but how could she really like an interloper not of her race, and unconnected with her, after her husband’s death, by any tie?" Chapter 2.5
Aunt Reed does not let Jane out
Bessie
Abbot
Doctor ?
Human Experience
Has a chimney that spirits might "come down"
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Man vs God
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