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Jane Eyre
The
orphaned protagonist of the story. When the novel
begins, she is
an isolated, powerless
ten-year-old living with an aunt and cousins
who dislike her. As the novel
progresses, she grows in strength. She
distinguishes herself at Lowood School
because of her hard work and
strong
intellectual
abilities.
As
a
governess
at
Thornfield,
she
learns
of
the
pleasures
and
pains
of
love
through
her
relationship
with
Edward
Rochester. After
being deceived by him, she goes to Marsh End,
where
she regains her spiritual focus
and discovers her own strength when
she
rejects St. John River??s marriage proposal. By
novel??s end she
has become a powerful,
independent woman, blissfully married to the
man she loves, Rochester.
Edward Rochester
Jane??s
lover;
a
dark,
passionate,
brooding
man.
A
traditional
romantic
hero,
Rochester
has
lived
a
troubled
wife.
Married
to
an
insane
Creole
woman,
Bertha
Mason,
Rochester
sought
solace
for
several
years
in
the
arms
of
mistresses.
Finally,
he
seeks
to
purify
his
life
and
wants
Jane
Eyre,
the
innocent
governess
he
has
hired
to
teach
his
foster
daughter,
Ad¨¨le
Varens,
to
become
his
wife.
The
wedding
falls
through
when
she
learns
of
the
existence
of
his
wife.
As
penance
for
his
transgressions,
he is
punished by the loss of an eye and a hand when
Bertha sets fire
to
Thornfield.
He
finally
gains
happiness
at
the
novel??s
end
when
he
is reunited with Jane.
Sarah Reed
Jane??s unpleasant aunt, who raises her
until she is ten years old.
Despite
Jane??s attempts at reconciliation before her
aunt??s death,
her
aunt
refuses
to
relent.
She
dies
unloved
by
her
children
and
unrepentant of her mistreatment of
Jane.
John Reed
Jane??s nasty and spoiled
cousin, responsible for Jane??s banishment
to the red-room. Addicted to drinking
and gambling, John supposedly
commits
suicide
at
the
age
of
twenty-
three
when
his
mother
is
no
longer
willing or able to
pay his debts.
Eliza Reed
Another one of Jane??s
spoiled cousins, Eliza is insanely jealous of
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