Author .::. Ninka

Majority of people read "Jane Eyre" novel when aged approximately at 12, that’s why I won’t write anything about it. I’ll only say, that now I’m 28, I read the novel a month ago and I liked it so much, that I had to watch the movie, about which I’m writing at the moment. If something also prevented you from reading the book, try to do it now.

Though, I can’t help adding one comment. It concerns Mr. Rochester (the main character): he possesses one feature, distinguishing him from any other classical character of this genre. A typical love-novel main hero is usually a cynical taciturn green (or any other color)-eyed brunet. The hero’s cynicism and eyes may really seem to be attractive, but what concerns taciturnity… I suppose it’s the result of vise-versa impossibility. When the hero starts his discourse, we hear only rubbish, and all his charm turns to dust.
That’s why he’s usually obliged to commit a pair of deeds, according to which we can judge of his nobility and strong moral principles; meanwhile comments to the action should be revealed in a cramped and smooth form in order not to spoil the impression. It’ll be even better to withhold comments up to the final scene of offering the lady his hand and heart and die, or at least wait for the answer silently. In short, I’m writing it all to say that Mr. Rochester is not a man of this kind. In "Rochester-Jane Eyre" alliance it is he who is constantly speaking, managing to leave a very positive impression about himself at the same time; while the majority of his deeds seem to be rather doubtful. I mean that the power of his words charm Jane and also the reader. All this seems to be a very serious author’s achievement for me (an amateur literary critic, but a great lover of romantic stories).

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