PRESENTACIÓN BÁSICA

JANE EYRE

1. MAIN TOPIC
2. CHARACTERES
3. SETTING
4. PLOT
5. AUTHOR
6. PERSONAL OPINION

Index

MAIN TOPIC

It is about a love story where the protagonist named Jane falls in love with a man named Rochester. Although they had difficulties to be together, we can see how in the end of the book they promise eternal love by getting married

She is the protagonist of the book and was orphaned. she lived with her aunt and cousins, who treated her badly and sent her to boarding school where she met her friend Helen hers. She is honest and smart and worked as a governess at Thornfield Hall. She eventually she would marry Mr. Rochester.

She is Jane's aunt, who mistreated her and even locked her in the red room. Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Reed reveals that she hated Jane because her husband loved Jane more than any of her biological children.

He is the one who gave him food and shelter with the help of his sisters, after Jane fled. He is reserved and often controls his interactions with others.

JANE EYRE

JOHN RIVERS

EDWARD ROCHESTER

Mrs. REED

CHARACTERES

He lived in Thornfield and is Jane's boss, she was in love with him. Later he and Jane would marry

Thornfield is where she found work as a governess. In addition, there she educated Adela and became friends with Miss Fairfax. Later, she fell in love with Mr. Rochester, whom she would eventually marry.

Lowood

Thornfield

Gateshead

Lowood was the institute where Jane studied and where she met Elena Burns, who would eventually die there.

SETTING

Gateshead was where she was mistreated by her family and where she met her friend Bessie.

It is about an orphan girl named Jane who lived with her aunt and cousins ​​in Gateshead Hall. Her aunt hates her and makes everyone treat her badly so that she faces abuse.Her family takes her to a religious school for orphaned girls, where the students are not well cared for. Helen Burns is the one who leaves her better clothes, her teacher was Mrs. Temple. Jane is a very good student and she stays until she is 16 and becomes a teacher until she is 18, she becomes a governess and gets a job as a governess with a girl named Ádele Varens. When she crosses paths with Mr. Rochester she is attracted and mutual.They gained trust in each other and Rochester proposed to her. On the wedding day, Jane finds out that Rochester is a married man, so she becomes angry and runs away. Jane had no money and received help from her relatives in Rivers. When Jane's uncle dies, she leaves him her entire fortune and learns that the Rivers are her cousins.Years after her escape, she returns to Thornfield as she learns that Mr. Rochester's house had been burned and he was inside it, so she lost her sight and a hand. In the end they marry and after 10 years of marriage Mr. Rochester is recovering his sight.

PLOT

AUTHOR

Charlotte Brontë was born on April 21, 1816, in Yorkshire, England. After her mother died, she was sent to Cowan Bridge boarding school with her two older sisters, who were also writers. Charlotte worked as a teacher and governess before collaborating on a poetry book with her two sisters, Emily and Anne. Her experiences at this school as poor living conditions are reflected in the first part of her novel, Jane Eyre, which was published in 1847. She died on March 31, 1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire, England.

AUTHOR

Charlotte Brontë was born on April 21, 1816, in Yorkshire, England. After her mother died, she was sent to Cowan Bridge boarding school with her two older sisters, who were also writers. Charlotte worked as a teacher and governess before collaborating on a poetry book with her two sisters, Emily and Anne. Her experiences at this school as poor living conditions are reflected in the first part of her novel, Jane Eyre, which was published in 1847. She died on March 31, 1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire, England.

PERSONAL OPINION

In my opinion it is a sad book, which has marked me a lot, due to all the horrors that this prone girl has had to live since her childhood.