JE critics for end of years

Rochester and Jane Eyre

“Rochester is often the only character who consistently encourages Jane’s repressed self, acting as an agent of her growth” - Martel

Rochester’s ending

“The crippled Rochester is the novel’s sacrificial offering to social convention” - Eagleton

Jane and St John

“Rivers’ despotism would be oppressive” - Eagleton

Social class

Bronte “successfully breaks down the barriers and proves what people from the lower classes can possibly achieve” - Wells

JE development

“She must demonstrate her self-sufficient independence of Rochester as a way of keeping him tied to her” - Eagleton

Jane’s independence

“Coming to her husband in economic independence and by her free choice, Jane can become a wife without sacrificing who she truly is.” - Rich

Jane’s meeting with Rochester

“Jane moves deftly between male and female roles in her courtship of Rochester.” - Eagleton

Rochester and Bertha

married for “status, for money, anything but love” - Zhuo

Rochester’s wedding presents

“Jane is wary of Rochester’s insistent wedding presents because they represent a Victorian imprisonment of the woman’s identity.” - Martel

Jane and Reeds

“Jane is furious with the Reeds because they treat her as a servant when she isn’t one.” - Eagleton

Red room brah

The colour red “stands for those earth-factors Jane represses: raw instinct, uncontrolled inner urges and sexual passion” - Knapp

Rivers

“She finally belongs to a family” - Andersson

Inheritance

“money in the form of inheritance might be seen to behave like a gift, and this is precisely how Jane uses it” - Tadeshuk