Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'Jane Eyre'

What do you know already about the characters in 'Jane Eyre'?

 

      

 

There are lots of characters in 'Jane Eyre'. Some of the main characters we meet in the novel are:

 

Jane Eyre

The Reed Family

Bessie

Mr Brocklehurst

Miss Temple and the teachers at Lowood

Helen Burns

Mrs Fairfax

Adele

Edward Rochester

Blanche Ingram

Bertha Mason and Mr Mason

St John Rivers

The Rivers sisters

 

In the exam, you may be asked to write about how a particular character is presented in an extract from 'Jane Eyre'.

 

You will also need to know the novel well enough to write about how a character is presented in the novel as a whole.

 

The following activity will help you to revise some of the key information about the characters in 'Jane Eyre'.

 

You should always refer to your own text when working through these examples.  These quotations are for reference only.