How Does Bronte Present Rochester As A Byronic Figure
In the novel of Jane Eyre, Mr Rochester is presented as a mysterious Byronic figure, who plays the role of the main protagonist's, or in this case Jane's, love interest. Bronte approves of Mr Rochester because he's interested in Jane. He is the first person to have taken an interest in her. Despite this, throughout the novel, he is presented as cold and distant. We see this in the extract when he begins by calling Jane, 'Young lady.' Although this may seem harmless to some, it is clearly quite a patronising term of address which Bronte strategically put in here. This shows that, from the very beginning he is seen as an authorative character who did not even bother to call Jane by her name. Another way in which Bronte does this is by using