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Outline Of Jane Eyre

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1. Jane Eyre: Jane is the protagonist of the novel, who stumbles upon Marsh End after leaving her dishonest fiancé, Mr. Rochester. While residing there, she journeys from penniless and ill to rich, happy, and loved. St. John Rivers: St. John is Diana and Mary’s brother and Jane’s cousin. He is a distant, logical clergyman who loves to the best of his ability and eventually asks Jane to marry him and accompany him to India. Diana Rivers: Diana is St. John and Mary’s sister and Jane’s cousin. She is originally a kind governess with a bright, assertive personality, but she is able to live at Marsh End when she receives the partial fortune left to Jane by their uncle. Mary Rivers: Mary is St John and Diana’s sister and Jane’s cousin. At first …show more content…

To actually go through a marsh paints an image of a dreadfully miserable journey. When Marsh End is first introduced, it is nothing but a light that Jane approaches. The last week of her life, she has endured terrible events. Her fiancé was already married to a madwoman and Jane, just as broken and torn as him, forced herself to leave so she would not give in to temptation. She then ended up penniless, begging for food in a nearby town. When she sees the light of Marsh End, she has already endured so much, but she musters up her strength and makes her way toward her last hope for food and shelter. Jane’s emotional turmoil and physical situation are much like a marsh. They are much more than unpleasant, but she drags herself through them. When she arrives at Marsh End, not only has the literal marsh come to an end, but her suffering has as well. She is accepted within and is nursed back to health, both physically and emotionally. She recovers from her physical illness as well as her emotional ailments, as Diana and Mary treat her like a sister. Jane no longer feels alone in this world because she has been accepted and she is loved. The marsh of her life, her moral rollercoaster with Mr. Rochester and her experience with no money and no home, has come to an end, and she is loved and accepted by the residents of Marsh

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