Chapter 15
Bertha's fire in Rochester's bedchamber--literalized passion and danger.
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From Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Brontë organizes the novel around oppositions of fire (Rochester, passion, Bertha's arson) and ice (St. John, repression, the moors).
Chapter 34
St. John's iciness: "By degrees, he acquired a certain influence over me that took away my liberty of mind... I fell under a freezing spell."
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Thornfield consumed by fire--the destruction needed before Jane and Rochester can reunite.
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