Jane Eyre | Study Guide

Charlotte Brontë

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Overview

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Author

Charlotte Brontë

Year Published

1847

Type

Novel

Genre

Romance

Perspective and Narrator

Jane Eyre is written as a first-person narrative in the voice of the protagonist.

Tense

Jane Eyre is told primarily in the past tense with some short sections of present tense.

Diagrams

Aunt/ Niece Employee/Employer, Soulmates Edward Rochester Landowner; seeks redemption through love Unwitting rivals Cousins, Potential spouses Friends Bertha Mason Madwoman secretly confined in third- floor room Mrs. Sarah Reed Values money over love and duty St. John Rivers Parson; seeks glory through religion Helen Burns Student at Lowood; role model Governess Adèle Varens French daughter of Rochester's former mistress Jane Eyre Orphan; seeks independence, self-respect, love Guardian Married
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Summary

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Characters

Jane Eyre Edward Rochester Adèle Varens Bertha Mason Mrs. Sarah Reed St. John Rivers Helen Burns

Symbols

Fire The Madwoman Dreams Moonlight

Themes

Passion Gender and Class Religion and Self-Control
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