Bronte uses quite a few doubles within the text to serve as
foils/comparisons. Discuss any of these.
There are so many that you should probably discuss one at a
time, replaying to the original thread about that double before you move on to
another one.
The two fire scenes in Jane Eyre serve as a double. Bronte has these two scenes play as a significant role in Jane Eyre to emphasize the roles Jane and Rochester have. The two scenes are very significant in the novel because we are able to see the power Jane has over Rochester and that Rochester is incapable in taking actions without Jane's assistance.
ReplyDeleteI see a mirrored image in the two families that Jane has at the start and end of the book. The Reeds serve as the family that has everything they want and has to deal with Jane, and the Rivers who have very little but are happy to have Jane with them. Both John’s treat Jane terribly despite her protests, and have two girls, one affluent and one with looks. And where aunt Reed kept Jane out of her inheritance, uncle John gave everything to her and none to his children. And at the start the Rivers would have been the family she wanted, but at the end she would have rather been with the Reeds to get wealth and be on the same social status as Rochester. Jane’s opinions and wants were drastically flipped, just like a reflection in a mirror.
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