Charlotte Bronte uses several techniques to engage the audience and make the story of Jane Eyre effective. One of the techniques includes tragedy. Tragedy was consistently used throughout the book. Some of the tragedies included: the disease spread at Lowood, killing her only friend, Helen, the fire in Mr.Rochester's bedroom that almost killed him, the terrible few days Jane spent starving on her own, and lastly, the fire that completely destroyed Thornfield Hall and injured Mr.Rochester. "'He is stone-blind,' he said at last. 'Yes-he is stone-blind-is Mr.Edward' "(Bronte, page 521, paragraph 2). Another technique used was mystery. The entire ordeal about Mr.Rochester's mad wife is a complete mystery until the very end. The strange laughs of Grace Poole, the fire in Mr.Rochester's bedroom, Mr.Mason's stabbing, the torn veil, and eventually the burning of the entire Thornfield Hall all revolved around the mystery of Bertha Mason. One last technique used in Jane Eyre would be romance. The romance between Jane and Edward Rochester definitely kept me interested and wondering what was going to happen to their relationship next. A totally bizarre part of the story was the weird "romance" between Jane and St John. I thought St John's wanting of Jane to be his wife was really strange and honestly gross. I did not understand their weird relationship and was so relieved when Jane decided to leave and not go to India with him.
Bronte, Charlotte. The Illustrated Jane Eyre. New York: Viking Studio, 2006. Print.
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