Raised by Aunt and Servant

Lowood/ Cowan Bridge

Inspiration behind Helen Burns, Mr.

Brocklehurst, and Miss Temple

Occupations

Unrequited Love

Published in 1847 under psuedonym

Immediate Success

Morality Questioned

Changed the Novel

Adaptations/Productions

Setting

› Red Room

› Thornfield Hall

› Weather/Atmosphere

Supernatural

› Bessie’s Tales

› Jane’s Dreams

› Magic

Fragmentation› Rochester’s Life› Thornfield Hall

Unity› Ferndean Manor› Marriage of Jane and Rochester

Byronic Hero

Possesses a Secret

Primogeniture

Victimized

Virtuous

Lineage Issues

Incest

Return of the Repressed

Madwoman

Vampire

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