ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Edward Fairfax Rochester (often referred to as Mr Rochester) is a character in Charlotte Brontë ’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre . The brooding master of Thornfield Hall, Rochester is the employer and eventual husband of the novel’s titular protagonist Jane Eyre. He is regarded as an archetypal Byronic hero.

Detailed explanation-2: -Edward Rochester is the master of Thornfield Hall and as a consequence, has a large fortune. Brontë describes Rochester as aloof, intelligent, rugged and witty. The reader first meets him when he falls off his horse, accusing Jane of bewitching it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Brontë characterizes Rochester as a Byronic hero, but alters his characterization through repentance to create a new type of character: the repentant Byronic hero. A Byronic hero is a man who is honorable and intelligent, but one who has made a mistake in the past and still carries that burden.

Detailed explanation-4: -Despite his stern manner and not particularly handsome appearance, Edward Rochester wins Jane’s heart, because she feels they are kindred spirits, and because he is the first person in the novel to offer Jane lasting love and a real home.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jane Eyre The orphaned protagonist of the story. Edward Fairfax Rochester Jane’s lover; a dark, passionate, brooding man. Sarah Reed Jane’s unpleasant aunt, who raises her until she is ten years old. John Reed Jane’s nasty and spoiled cousin, responsible for Jane’s banishment to the red-room. More items