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a Goulart Almeida 9 May 2008 Answers on Jane Eyre 5. As the two main male characters in the novel, Edward Rochester and St John Rivers share important characteristics and also point many differences as well. Both, Rochester and Rivers, present themselves to Jane Eyre as a way to end her search for attachment to another person that would treat her as an equal, since they proposed to Jane. Despite their intentions, we can see that the proposal came from two different points of view: Mr. Rochester intends to marry the main character out of love while Mr. St John intends to marry for mere practicality. The two male characters are very similar if we consider that both have their own impediments to reach true love one has a mad wife, and the other has his religious beliefs. It is also interesting to see that Edward Rochester- a man that lives a life full of lust, has mistresses and who planned to marry another woman while married is portrayed as passionate, full of true love for a governess, and suffers for her departure while St. John a religious, rightful, honorable man is portrayed as cold, stiff and lives hiding his true feelings for the sake of religious moralism. It seems that the author wanted to demystify, rather then criticize, the idea of the proper man for marriage since St. John is the embodiment of a suitable match, for all reasons mentioned before, but lacks emotion, and Edward Rochester who represents the opposite is full emotions and is not afraid to demonstrate it.

8. At ten years old, Jane was punished by her aunt she was sent to the red room. Jane was terrified of the room and its atmosphere. The colors of that room red and white are a clear reference to death symbolizing blood and the lividity of a corps. Her experience in the red room puts an impression on her that will continue throughout her life and will make her a stronger person to deal with the life obstacles. That experience also works as a foreshadow of the death that would surround Jane throughout the story as an example the death of Helen Burns at Lowood and the attacks of Bertha Mason.