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Mr. Rochester
The other protagonist that Jane Eyre ultimately falls in love with when she goes to work at
Thornfield Hall
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Mr. Rochester
Presented almost as a
baronic
figure, tormented by something innate within him, perhaps from his
past
which is his past marriage to Bertha
A really
interesting
and
complex
character
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Narrator's description of Mr. Rochester's appearance: 'His figure was enveloped in a
riding cloak
, he had a
dark face
with stern features'
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Enveloped
Verb
describing how his figure was
cloaked
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Dark
and
stern
Adjectives describing his
features
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Description of Mr.
Rochester's
character: 'He was proud, sardonic,
harsh
to inferiority'
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Proud, sardonic, harsh
Adjectives in a structural technique of asyndetic listing to show his
sternness
and
harshness
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Mr. Rochester's words: 'In
agony
of
inward contempt
masters me'
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Masters me
Alliteration
emphasizing his inner
torment
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Mr. Rochester's marriage to
Bertha
He was unable to find a way to
divorce
her, she was characterized as a
demon
who caused his downfall
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Mr. Rochester justifying his
marriage
to Jane:
'For the world's judgment I wash my hands thereof'
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The world's judgment
Hyperbole
showing he doesn't care what society thinks of him marrying his
social inferior
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Mr.
Rochester
describing his wife Bertha: 'I had but a
hideous demon'
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Hideous
demon
Metaphor
to describe his mad wife
Bertha
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Mr. Rochester on his disability:
'Divine justice
pursued its course,
disasters
came thick upon me'
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Divine justice, disasters
Alliteration emphasizing how he sees his disability as
God's punishment
for his
past sins
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