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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Averted. Jane is neither unaware of nor willing to tolerate Mr. Rochester's faults, although she does think she can change him.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Averted. Jane is neither unaware of nor willing to tolerate Mr. Rochester's faults, although she does think she can change him.
* [[Bookworm]]
* [[Bookworm]]
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: She gets to call her old aunt out at least once.
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: She gets to call her old aunt out at least once.
* [[Cinderella Circumstances]]
* [[Cinderella Circumstances]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] : "I had green eyes reader, but for him they were newly dyed I suppose."
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] : "I had green eyes reader, but for him they were newly dyed I suppose."
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: As a child. She even tells Helen that she'd willingly get kicked by a horse if it would make Helen love her.
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: As a child. She even tells Helen that she'd willingly get kicked by a horse if it would make Helen love her.
* [[Loved I Not Honor More]]
* [[Duty First, Love Second]]
* [[Mama Bear]]: Towards Adèle.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Towards Adèle.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Subversion. Rochester sees Jane as this, but Jane strongly disagrees.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Subversion. Rochester sees Jane as this, but Jane strongly disagrees.
* [[Masculine Girl Feminine Boy]]: She's the Masculine Girl to Rochester's Feminine Boy, having much more moral strength, self-worth, and practicality, which are considered to be traditional masculine traits (especially during the Victorian Age).
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: She's the Masculine Girl to Rochester's Feminine Boy, having much more moral strength, self-worth, and practicality, which are considered to be traditional masculine traits (especially during the Victorian Age).
* [[May December Romance]]: Jane is ''eighteen''. Rochester is old enough to be her father.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Jane is ''eighteen''. Rochester is old enough to be her father.
* [[Orphans Ordeal]]
* [[Orphan's Ordeal]]
* [[Plain Jane]]: Arguably the [[Trope Namer]], although it's hinted that she's more attractive than she gives herself credit for.
* [[Plain Jane]]: Arguably the [[Trope Namer]], although it's hinted that she's more attractive than she gives herself credit for.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Romantic Two Girl Friendship]]: Had one with Helen Burns. It ended...[[Tear Jerker|tragically.]]
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Had one with Helen Burns. It ended...[[Tear Jerker|tragically.]]
* [[Second Love]]: To Rochester.
* [[Second Love]]: To Rochester.
* [[Spirited Young Lady]]
* [[Spirited Young Lady]]
* {{spoiler|[[Unexpected Inheritance]]: She ends up inheriting a large fortune from her paternal uncle, whom she never met in person.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Unexpected Inheritance]]: She ends up inheriting a large fortune from her paternal uncle, whom she never met in person.}}
* [[The Unfavorite]]
* [[The Unfavorite]]
* [[Well Done Son Guy|Well Done Daughter Girl]]: When she goes back to visit Mrs. Reed.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Daughter Girl]]: When she goes back to visit Mrs. Reed.


== Mr. Edward Fairfax Rochester ==
== Mr. Edward Fairfax Rochester ==
* [[Anti Hero]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]
* {{spoiler|[[Arranged Marriage]]: To Bertha Mason.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Arranged Marriage]]: To Bertha Mason.}}
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[The Atoner]]
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* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Did You Think I Can't Feel]]
* [[Did You Think I Can't Feel?]]
* {{spoiler|[[Gold Digger]]: Married Bertha for her money, and also for her renowned beauty.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Gold Digger]]: Married Bertha for her money, and also for her renowned beauty.}}
* [[Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places]]: Céline is simply the only mistress Rochester names. He tells Jane there have been other women, but none of them were what he wanted in a long-tern relationship.
* [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places]]: Céline is simply the only mistress Rochester names. He tells Jane there have been other women, but none of them were what he wanted in a long-tern relationship.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: He plays many strange tricks on Jane to make her jealous {{spoiler|and to keep her from finding out about Bertha.}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: He plays many strange tricks on Jane to make her jealous {{spoiler|and to keep her from finding out about Bertha.}}
* [[Masculine Girl Feminine Boy]]: He's the Feminine Boy to Jane's Masculine Girl, being motivated and controlled by his emotions while Jane has a more practical, down-to-earth approach to solving problems.
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: He's the Feminine Boy to Jane's Masculine Girl, being motivated and controlled by his emotions while Jane has a more practical, down-to-earth approach to solving problems.
* [[May December Romance]]: With Jane.
* [[May-December Romance]]: With Jane.
* [[Tall Dark and Snarky]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]
* {{spoiler|[[Unexplained Recovery]]: Eventually recovers from the fire at Thornfield, which Bertha caused.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Unexplained Recovery]]: Eventually recovers from the fire at Thornfield, which Bertha caused.}}
* [[The Unfavorite]]: So Rochester claims. He had an older brother, who his father liked more. Certainly, his father did refuse to split the inheritance.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: So Rochester claims. He had an older brother, who his father liked more. Certainly, his father did refuse to split the inheritance.
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* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]}}
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Concealing Jane's existence from her existing relatives.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Concealing Jane's existence from her existing relatives.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: A very, very poor one to Jane.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: A very, very poor one to Jane.
* [[Rich Bitch]]
* [[Rich Bitch]]
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: She's Jane's aunt, but it still applies.
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: She's Jane's aunt, but it still applies.
* [[Widow Woman]]
* [[Widow Woman]]


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* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]
* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]
* [[Spoiled Brat]]
* [[Spoiled Brat]]
* [[Threw My Bike On the Roof]]
* [[Threw My Bike on the Roof]]
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Never had any love for the mother that gave him anything he wanted.
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Never had any love for the mother that gave him anything he wanted.


== Georgiana Reed ==
== Georgiana Reed ==
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: With Eliza, at least when they're older.
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: With Eliza, at least when they're older.
* [[The Hedonist]]
* [[The Hedonist]]
* [[Ojou]]
* [[Ojou]]
* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: She becomes quite a beauty and manages to marry well from it.
* [[She's All Grown Up]]: She becomes quite a beauty and manages to marry well from it.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]
* [[Spoiled Brat]]


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* [[Maid]]
* [[Maid]]
* [[Only Sane Woman]]
* [[Only Sane Woman]]
* [[Happily Married]]: She's this when she and Jane reunite after eight years.
* [[Happily Married]]: She's this when she and Jane reunite after eight years.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: She's a much better mother figure for Jane than Mrs.Reed, and Jane always remembered her fondly after leaving the Reed home.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: She's a much better mother figure for Jane than Mrs.Reed, and Jane always remembered her fondly after leaving the Reed home.
* [[Team Mom]]: The nanny at the Reed's home, and among the few that treated Jane more or less well.
* [[Team Mom]]: The nanny at the Reed's home, and among the few that treated Jane more or less well.


== Mr. Brocklehurst ==
== Mr. Brocklehurst ==
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* [[Cool Teacher]]
* [[Cool Teacher]]
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]
* [[Names to Trust Immediately]]
* [[Names to Trust Immediately]]
* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: The headmistress of a practically Spartan school, Miss Temple is nevertheless kind to the girls and insists that they be given decent food, and enough food at that, despite Mr. Brocklehurst's idea of an adequate budget.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: The headmistress of a practically Spartan school, Miss Temple is nevertheless kind to the girls and insists that they be given decent food, and enough food at that, despite Mr. Brocklehurst's idea of an adequate budget.
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]}}
* [[Onee Sama]]
* [[Onee-Sama]]
* [[Romantic Two Girl Friendship]]: With Jane.
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: With Jane.
* {{spoiler|[[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]}}


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* [[Apron Matron]]
* [[Apron Matron]]
* [[Cool Old Lady]]
* [[Cool Old Lady]]
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Jane.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Jane.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Mrs. Fairfax is always pleasant, despite the implications that she knows, and disapproves, of her master's behavior. Even when she talks to Jane about the marriage proposal, it is in the spirit of a friendly warning and nothing more, despite her alarm.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Mrs. Fairfax is always pleasant, despite the implications that she knows, and disapproves, of her master's behavior. Even when she talks to Jane about the marriage proposal, it is in the spirit of a friendly warning and nothing more, despite her alarm.


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* [[Deliberately Cute Child]]
* [[Deliberately Cute Child]]
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[Morality Pet]]: To Rochester.
* [[Morality Pet]]: To Rochester.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: She believes her mother has died, but Rochester seems to imply that her mother just dumped her and ran off.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: She believes her mother has died, but Rochester seems to imply that her mother just dumped her and ran off.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]
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== Blanche Ingram ==
== Blanche Ingram ==
* [[Alpha Bitch]]
* [[Alpha Bitch]]
* [[Child Hater]]: She has no patience for Adèle and is making plans to pack her off to boarding school almost immediately after setting foot in Rochester's home.
* [[Child-Hater]]: She has no patience for Adèle and is making plans to pack her off to boarding school almost immediately after setting foot in Rochester's home.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: To Rochester.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: To Rochester.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: She's "as dark as a Spaniard" with brown hair and eyes.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: She's "as dark as a Spaniard" with brown hair and eyes.
* [[Gold Digger]]
* [[Gold Digger]]
* [[Identical Stranger]]: {{spoiler|Turns out she looks just like Rochester's wife, Bertha Mason.}}
* [[Identical Stranger]]: {{spoiler|Turns out she looks just like Rochester's wife, Bertha Mason.}}
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Oh yes.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Oh yes.


== Grace Poole ==
== Grace Poole ==
* [[The Caretaker]]: {{spoiler|to Bertha Rochester.}}
* [[The Caretaker]]: {{spoiler|to Bertha Rochester.}}
* [[Lady Drunk]]: It's implied that she ''really'' enjoys her whiskey.
* [[Lady Drunk]]: It's implied that she ''really'' enjoys her whiskey.
* [[Maid]]
* [[Maid]]
* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]: For a long time Jane believes her to be the "ghost" of Thornfield.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]: For a long time Jane believes her to be the "ghost" of Thornfield.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Arranged Marriage]]: To Rochester. Let's just say they weren't a great match.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Arranged Marriage]]: To Rochester. Let's just say they weren't a great match.}}
* [[Criminal Doppelganger]]: {{spoiler|Bertha and Blanche look a lot alike, so much so that Rochester even says Bertha was a beauty in the style of Blanche Ingram.}}
* [[Criminal Doppelganger]]: {{spoiler|Bertha and Blanche look a lot alike, so much so that Rochester even says Bertha was a beauty in the style of Blanche Ingram.}}
* [[Hard Drinking Party Girl]]: Bertha was quite the drinker when she was younger.
* [[Hard-Drinking Party Girl]]: Bertha was quite the drinker when she was younger.
* [[In the Blood]]
* [[In the Blood]]
* [[Jerkass]]: It's implied that she was this {{spoiler|even before she went insane}}.
* [[Jerkass]]: It's implied that she was this {{spoiler|even before she went insane}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Madwoman in The Attic]]: The [[Trope Namer]], as the trope was originally named after her.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Madwoman in the Attic]]: The [[Trope Namer]], as the trope was originally named after her.}}
* [[Primal Stance]]
* [[Primal Stance]]
* [[Pyromaniac]]
* [[Pyromaniac]]
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Her promiscuity was just the first of her problems.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Her promiscuity was just the first of her problems.
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* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: To be fair, it was probably quite a painful wound, but he was ready to give up and die {{spoiler|after Bertha attacks him.}}
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: To be fair, it was probably quite a painful wound, but he was ready to give up and die {{spoiler|after Bertha attacks him.}}
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Jane describes him as being right out of it:
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Jane describes him as being right out of it:
{{quote| "...I like his physiognomy even less than before: it struck me as being, at the same time, unsettled and inanimate. His eye wandered, and had no meaning in its wandering: this gave him an odd look, such as I never remembered to have seen. For a handsome and not unamiable-looking man, he repelled me exceedingly...". }}
{{quote|"...I like his physiognomy even less than before: it struck me as being, at the same time, unsettled and inanimate. His eye wandered, and had no meaning in its wandering: this gave him an odd look, such as I never remembered to have seen. For a handsome and not unamiable-looking man, he repelled me exceedingly...". }}


== St. John Eyre Rivers ==
== St. John Eyre Rivers ==
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: To Diana and Mary. He's also this to Jane, although he later gets [[Kissing Cousins|other ideas...]]
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: To Diana and Mary. He's also this to Jane, although he later gets [[Kissing Cousins|other ideas...]]
* [[Bishonen]]: Jane describes him as being basically one.
* [[Bishonen]]: Jane describes him as being basically one.
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Alone]]: It's mentioned at the end that he died alone as a missionary in India.}} [[Tear Jerker|Pass the tissues...]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Alone]]: It's mentioned at the end that he died alone as a missionary in India.}} [[Tear Jerker|Pass the tissues...]]
* [[The Fundamentalist]]: St. John is just as hardcore religious as Brocklehurst, only he is entirely sincere about it. He believes he must be a missionary and that to do less is to ignore God's plans for him. {{spoiler|He goes so far as to accuse Jane of refusing God by refusing to marry him.}}
* [[The Fundamentalist]]: St. John is just as hardcore religious as Brocklehurst, only he is entirely sincere about it. He believes he must be a missionary and that to do less is to ignore God's plans for him. {{spoiler|He goes so far as to accuse Jane of refusing God by refusing to marry him.}}
* [[Knight Templar]]
* [[Knight Templar]]
* {{spoiler|[[Long Lost Relative]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Long-Lost Relative]].}}
* [[The Missionary]]
* [[The Missionary]]
* [[Promotion to Parent]]
* [[Promotion to Parent]]
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== Diana and Mary Rivers ==
== Diana and Mary Rivers ==
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Both become loving (adoptive) siblings to Jane.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Both become loving (adoptive) siblings to Jane.
* {{spoiler|[[Long Lost Relative]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Long-Lost Relative]]}}
* [[Nice Girl|Nice Girls]]
* [[Nice Girl|Nice Girls]]
* [[Sibling Team]]
* [[Sibling Team]]
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== Rosamond Oliver ==
== Rosamond Oliver ==
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]
* [[Daddys Girl]]
* [[Daddy's Girl]]
* [[Dogged Nice Girl]]: To St. John.
* [[Dogged Nice Girl]]: To St. John.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]


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* {{spoiler|[[Bus Crash]]: Jane, as well as the readers, never get to meet him. He dies and leaves his fortune to Jane.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bus Crash]]: Jane, as well as the readers, never get to meet him. He dies and leaves his fortune to Jane.}}
* [[The Ghost]]
* [[The Ghost]]
* [[Long Lost Relative]]: To Jane.
* [[Long-Lost Relative]]: To Jane.
* [[Self Made Man]]
* [[Self-Made Man]]


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Latest revision as of 08:59, 5 October 2014


Characters of the novel Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Mr. Edward Fairfax Rochester

Mrs. Sarah Reed

John Reed

Georgiana Reed

Eliza Reed

Bessie Lee

Mr. Brocklehurst

Maria Temple

Helen Burns

Mrs. Alice Fairfax

Adèle Varens

Blanche Ingram

Grace Poole

Bertha Antonietta Mason aka Bertha Rochester)

Richard Mason

  • Big Brother Instinct: Saves his sister's honour by stopping the wedding of Rochester to Jane, which would have been illegal as Bertha is still alive.
  • Chick Magnet: Rochester's female guests take quite a shine to him.
  • Extreme Doormat: Is one to Rochester.
  • Minor Injury Overreaction: To be fair, it was probably quite a painful wound, but he was ready to give up and die after Bertha attacks him.
  • Uncanny Valley: Jane describes him as being right out of it:

"...I like his physiognomy even less than before: it struck me as being, at the same time, unsettled and inanimate. His eye wandered, and had no meaning in its wandering: this gave him an odd look, such as I never remembered to have seen. For a handsome and not unamiable-looking man, he repelled me exceedingly...".

St. John Eyre Rivers

Diana and Mary Rivers

Rosamond Oliver

Mr. John Eyre

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