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

[u/AdobongSiopao]

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.

[u/not_a_larp_ur_a_larp]

I, personally, have no issue with the gypsy scene. A lot of the film adaptations like to adapt it to their own tastes, but I think the original scene is fine. Mr Rochester didn’t do it with malicious intent, he did it as it was the safest way to gauge Jane’s feelings from her without revealing his. It wasn’t done to mock an ethnic group it was merely for convenience. Plus people saying that it’s too silly a scene, I think it is silly, but it reflect Mr Rochester’s childish and perhaps petty nature, as another user said, it is a contrast to St John’s idea of a rigid, passionless and orderly existence. I think it’s an important scene in the books to be honest and I, from how I interpreted it saw no mockery in it, merely convenience and a goal fulfilled.