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Jane Eyre
Agnese Freddo, Charlotte Benini, Claudia Di Maria, Diletta Morandini, Emma Festa.
The movie
The story in general
Plot
The movie "Jane Eyre" is directed by Robert Young.
It's set in the 19th century in Northern England.
The plot focuses on the story of Jane, a girl who struggles with her problems since her childhood.
The beginnig
The plot
The movie is about the coming of age story of Jane Eyre, a 10 years old orphan who lives at Gateshead hall with her aunt, Sarah Reed, and her three cousins: Eliza, Jhon and Georgiana.
One day Jane is sent the frightening room where her uncle died.
The next day, Mr Brocklehurst, the principal of Lowood school, visites Jane and the little girl is sent to his institute.
Her education
Her education
Despite the difficult conditions at Lowood, Jane prefers the school to life with the Reeds. Here she makes friends with Miss Temple, a kind teacher, and Helen Burns, a little girl.
After finishing school Jane starts teaching at Lowood but she wants to change her life.
Thornfield Hall
Thronfield Hall
She starts working as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she teaches a girl named Adèle. at Thornfield she meets Mr Rochester.
She soon finds out that Thornfield harbors a secret because during the night she hears a strange, manical laugh. She asks for explenations and they tell her that the noise comes from Grace Pool.
The fire and the suspects
The fire
One night Jane saves Mr. Rochester from a fire, which he claimed was started by Grace Poole.
The protagonist begins to understand that they did not tell her the whole truth about Grace Pool because she is still working in the castle.
The wedding day
Mr. Rochester proposes to Jane and she accepts with enthusiasm but, on the wedding day, she discovers that he is already married to Bertha Mason. She has gone mad and she is kept hidden on the third floor of the castle.
Jane goes away from Thronfield
The wedding day
The Rivers
The Rivers
The River brothers host Jane and soon become her friends.
One day Jane finds out her aunt has died and she has inherited a vast fortune from her uncle. She also finds out that the Rivers simblings are her cousins.
One night Jane hears Mr. Rochester's voice and she decides to go back to him.
The fire and the new life
Jane discovers that Bertha Mason has burned to the ground Thornfiels, and she has died in the fire. Mr. Rochester saved the servants but lost his eyesight and one of his hands.
Jane goes to his new residence and they get married. Rochester will also regain sight on one eye and he will be able to see their first son.
The fire
Jane Eyre
Characters
Jane is the narrator and the protagonist of the movie. She learns progressively to be stronger and stronger, and she learns to speack out against the cruel treatment of her aunt and of her cousin.
At the end of the movie, Jane is a powerful and indipendent girl, who achieved all she had wished for.
Helen Burns
Helen Burns is Jane's only friend at Lowood. She is honest, pios, loyal and compassionet. She is one of the first characters who will show love to Jane.
Helen Burns
Mr. Rochester
Mr. Rochester
Mr. Rochester is the master of Thornfield and he is also the man whit who Jane will fall in love. He is mysterious, arrogant, troubled, aloof and intelligent. He rapresent forgiveness: Jane, forgives him and marries him after discovering that he is married to Bertha.
Bertha Mason
Bertha Mason
Bertha Mason is described as the violent and insane ex-wife of Rochester but she never talks in the movie. All we learn abouth Berthais either through Rochester's description or Jane's point of view.
Aunt Reed
Aunt Reed
Mrs. Reed is Jane's selfish aunt. Jane will live with her for the first period of her life. Mrs. Reed rapresents hypocriy and injustice.
In the movie, she often calls Jane "evil" and "godless".
Jane, from her aunt, learns to be indipendent.
Settings
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The film "Jane Eyre" takes place in five settings: Gateshead Hall, Lowood School, Thornfield Hall, Moor House, and Ferndean. Each setting encompasses a different stage in Jane's life.
Settings
Gateshead Hall
GATESHEAD HALL
GatesheadHall is the Reed's home, where jane grows up with her aunt and her three cousins.
The name "Gateshead" has a meaning: this place is her "gateway", her entrance to the rest of the world, and the "head", the fount of all of her problems.
Lowood Institution
LOWOOD INSTITUTION
Is the place of Jane's education, but it also coincides with a miserable time in her life.
The name "Lowood" means "low wood" because is built in a low valley beside a wood, but also because is a low time in her life.
Thornfield
THORNFIELD
Is Mr. Rochester's house. it's a place full of mystery and the place were Jan finds love and temptatio.
Moor House
MOOR HOUSE
Is River's house on the moor, near the town of Morton. Here Jane tries to give meaning to her life again.
Ferndean
FERNDEAN
Is Mr. Rochester's rural mansion, the place for a new start for the couple and for Jane's life. At Ferndean, Jane finds mature love.
Themes
Themes
A common theme in the movie is the importance of indipendence, mostly for women.
Jane Eyre is a strong women, and she goes against the stereotypes of the time, as we can see in her relationship with Mr. Rochester.