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Transcript: Both pieces of literature feature an innocent, young woman, who has, at some point in the story, been forced away from her true love. For Jane Eyre, finding that Rochester had a wife hidden in on the third floor drove her away from him. The narrator of Rebecca fled from Maxim, only returning after he had weakened. Another thing about both novels is that they begin and end in similar fashions. The beginning of the tales foreshadows the end. Bringing it All Back In both of the novels, the male love interest had been previously married. Bertha and Rebecca were progressive women; especially, when it comes to their promiscuity. Rebecca cheated on her husband a lot. Bertha had a sexually charged past and contracted an std. These women are what constantly haunt the male leads in the two novels. They are reminded of their mistakes and the women who keep them from moving completely past them. The readings have elements of death, gore, and monsters. In Jane Eyre, the protagonist loses both her parents to disease and Rochester's wife dies in a fire she set. In Rebecca, both of the narrator's parents are dead and Maxim drowns his own wife. In both tales the heroines' love interest had both good and bad individual characteristics. Rochester loved Jane, and yet he never tells of his wife until he is found out. He means well by hiding Bertha away and he only wishes to move on with his life, though the way he goes about it is dishonest. Maxim loves the narrator, though he doesn't admit to murdering his wife. The act alone is horrible, but take into account he feels guilty and only did it because of her extreme infidelity. By: Kenya Reaves Thornfeild and Manderley The Dark Side Both Thornfeild, from Jane Eyre, and Manderley, from Rebecca, are gloomy settings. Thornfeild is the estate on which Rochester lives. It is the home that he inherited where he keeps his mentally insane wife hidden on the third floor. Manderley is the estate on which Maxim lives. This is the house where he lived with his promiscuous wife, who he murdered. The houses themselves possess human like qualities. Thornfeild has a mystery about it; especially, since the third floor is kept off limits. Manderley has a haunted feel, like the ghost of Rebecca lingers. Our Heroines Also, both novels have monster like characters. Jane Eyre has Bertha, who Jane describes to Rochester one morning as a vampire. Rebecca had Mrs. Danvers who is described as a beast by the narrator. Jane Eyre and Rebecca Both novels have a circular structure a few reoccurring elements. Both novels contain the element of fire. It represents not only death, but the rebirth of life. Flowers occur often in Rebecca as well. They also represent life and death, a beginning and an end. The Other Women Gothic Presentation
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