Mr Rochester character

• Mr. Rochester


  The other protagonist that Jane Eyre ultimately falls in love with when she goes to work at Thornfield Hall
• Mr. Rochester


  • Presented as a tormented, baronic figure with something innate from his past, which is revealed to be his past marriage to Bertha
  • An intriguing and complex character, not conventionally handsome but alluring
• Narrator's description of Mr. Rochester's appearance: 'His figure was enveloped in a riding cloak, ellipsis he had a dark face with stern features'
• Enveloped


  Verb describing how his figure was cloaked
• Dark and stern


  Adjectives describing his features
• Description of Mr. Rochester's character: 'He was proud, sardonic, harsh to inferiority'
• Syndeton


  Structural technique of listing the adjectives to show his sternness and harshness
• Mr. Rochester's confession: 'an agony of unward contempt masters me'
• Masters me


  Alliteration emphasizing his inner torment
• Mr. Rochester's marriage to Bertha


  He was forced into it by his father due to the large payment and inheritance, but is now trapped in this marriage as Bertha has gone mad
• Mr. Rochester justifying his marriage to Jane: 'For the world's judgment I wash my hands thereof'
• World's judgment


  Hyperbole showing he doesn't care what society thinks of him marrying his social inferior
• Mr. Rochester describing his wife Bertha: 'I had but a hideous demon'
• Hideous demon


  Metaphor to describe his mad wife Bertha
• Mr. Rochester on his disability: 'Divine justice pursued its course, disasters came thick upon me'
• Divine justice, disasters


  Alliteration emphasizing how he sees his disability as God's punishment for his past sins and immoral behaviour