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Gothic Elements in Jane Eyre
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Women Threatened by Male figures
- Jane struggles to have equality and fight oppression
- Class hierarchy + patriarchal domination
- Mr. Brocklehurst, Edward Rochester, St. John Rivers
- Threaten her desire for equality and dignity
- Escape Brocklehurst
- Reject St. John Rivers
- Only be equals with Rochester after marriage
Forbidden Love
- Love affair between Jane and Rochester
- Frowned upon due to social class
- Adds suspense
- Do Jane and Rochester end up together?
- Can they be together?
- Depressing to think
- Not an easy love story (complicated)
Setting/Ancestral Family Home
Desolate Area
- Thornfield Manor
- Castle like setting
- Thornfield family history
- Family has history of extreme and violent behavior (Fairfax)
Creepy
- Isolated mansion
- Unspecific size
- Many unused rooms
- Gives gloomy and Gothic vibe throughout novel
Gothic
Gloomy Weather
- Tree was struck by lightning and split in half
- Foreshadowing after proposal
- Eerie and windy weather during wedding
- Foreshadowing dark things that will occur (Bertha)
- Bertha=large Gothic element
Supernatural Elements
- Ghosts
- Jane’s encounter with ghost of Uncle Reed in red-room
- Mistaking Rochester’s dog for a “Gytrash”
Unexplainable Events
- Fire
- Wedding veil ripped
- Creepy laughter
- Creates suspense
All makes book Gothic
Vendetta against Protagonist
- Bertha
- Rochester's violent and insane wife
- Dark secret
- Against Jane and Rochester's marriage
- Foreboding sense throughout novel
What makes a book Gothic?
- Castle like setting, ancestral family home
- Desolate area
- Antagonist has vendetta against protagonist
- Unexplainable events
- Supernatural elements
- Gloomy atmosphere (due to weather)
- Unrequited, forbidden love
- Women threatened by male figures
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