Character Analysis - Jane Eyre For a variety of reasons, Jane Eyre is the most clearly intelligible character in the Gothic fiction by the same name. We view her development by her own assessment retrospectively. It is vital however to realize the vast differences between our protagonist and the narrator. We witness Jane’s development as she encounters the unknown in a life of adversity and mysticism. Our narrator, on the contrary, is an adult, …showed first 75 words of 432 total…

…showed last 75 words of 432 total…and Rochester begs Jane to run away with him to southern France. Jane realizes that becoming his mistress will compromise her integrity so she leaves Rochester. She encounters a long lost cousin, St. John Rivers, a missionary, who becomes convinced that Jane is his ideal wife. Jane rejects marriage without love just as love without marriage is unacceptable with Rochester. She ultimately achieves happiness when she reencounters Rochester and they are finally united in matrimony.