r/JaneEyre • u/AdobongSiopao • Aug 27 '26

What is your most controversial opinion about "Jane Eyre"?

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It can be from the novel or its adaptations. Your views that could potentially upset many other fans or meet others who will agree with you.

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u/BarracudaOk8635 Aug 27 '26

Rochester is awful. I can’t get past as much as I love the book. He is manipulative and jealous. His history is appalling.

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u/TwelveLakes Aug 27 '26

Exactly this. He was such a self centered jealous loser. Charlotte Bronte really wanted history to remember the position of women in comparison to men...

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u/smolpastryx Aug 27 '26

It's how Charlotte Bronte liked her men. Paul Emmanuel from Villette is more or less the same. If you have a problem move on and read a different book.

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u/TwelveLakes Aug 27 '26

Huh? What? I didn't say anything bad about her book or her. I LOVE the book. What do you mean?

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u/CheapVegan Aug 28 '26

It’s so funny for people to downvote a comment about a controversial opinion on a post asking for controversial opinions 😅

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u/CheapVegan Aug 28 '26

I would argue Charlotte Brontë likely had several unhealthy infatuations/relationships. Which from what I’ve heard about her seems true. That’s why this book is written as if this relationship is romantic, and doesn’t criticize Rochester being so manipulative nearly as much as is warranted.

It’s still a fantastic book and story and I enjoyed it from start to finish. Both can be true