Jane Eyre

Novel | Charlotte Brontë

Short Note on Thornfield Hall

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Describe Thornfield Hall NU Thornfield Hall is the great house in Charlotte Bront s Jane Eyre It is the home of Mr Rochester Jane works there as a governess Thornfield is a place of beauty mystery and secrets It changes Jane s life forever A Place of Beauty and Comfort When Jane first sees Thornfield she feels happy The house is large and beautiful It has gardens wide rooms and old furniture Jane says Thornfield is a fine old hall rather neglected of late years perhaps but still it is a respectable place She enjoys teaching Ad le here She also finds a new life freedom and peace in this house Thornfield seems like a safe and warm home A Place of Mystery and Secrets Though lovely outside Thornfield hides secrets Jane hears strange laughs and cries at night She wonders who makes them She says It was a curious

laugh distinct formal mirthless This sound frightens her Later she learns the truth Bertha Mason Rochester s mad wife is hidden there Thornfield becomes a symbol of mystery and hidden pain A Place of Fire and Change The story of Thornfield ends with fire Bertha Mason sets the house on fire The fire destroys everything Jane later sees only ruins She notes No roof no battlements no chimneys all had crashed in Rochester loses his sight while saving his servants For Jane Thornfield was a house of love but also of suffering The fire changes her and Rochester s destiny Thornfield Hall is more than a house It is a symbol of love mystery and tragedy It gives Jane happiness but also pain In its beauty secrets and fire Thornfield shapes Jane s journey and prepares her for true love and equality

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