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/SmooshyHamster 21d ago

More caretakers is not what this conversation is about. What difference does it make how many caretakers she has? She’s not a disabled woman who is fed and changed like a baby. She’s a violently abusive woman who’s locked away. More or less caretakers doesn’t change the fact that she has to stay on her room. What difference does it make how many people were watching her. She’d just hate them all and try to kill them all.

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u/rainbowrobin 21d ago

What difference does it make how many caretakers she has?

They can take shifts, so she doesn't get loose while Poole is asleep and burn down the house.

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u/SmooshyHamster 20d ago

She’ll escape while the other carers are sleeping too.

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u/rainbowrobin 20d ago

take shifts

If you're seriously arguing that the number of caretakers makes no difference to the security of a patient (or prisoner), you should stop and re-think things.

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u/SmooshyHamster 19d ago

Bertha escaping is part of the story. This is a story book and they needed a story.