Uma Jane Eyre prismática : uma análise de construção da protagonista a partir da estruturação das personagens Helen Burns e Bertha Mason-Rochester

Abstract

This article aims to present a study on the complex emotional and social development of the protagonist of the novel "Jane Eyre: an autobiography" (1847). From the construction of the female characters Helen Burns and Bertha Mason-Rochester, as well as their relationship with the hero. For that, it was necessary to read the aforementioned book, biographical elements of the author and academic works relevant to the discussion. That being said, it was possible to observe that the aforementioned characters function as extreme “doubles” of Jane. The youngest one represents a model related to religion and the role of the Victorian woman to be pursued, while the second woman corresponds to the most violent aspects of the protagonist that must be corrected. The results showed that the title-character could not reach her full maturity, choosing only to follow in the footsteps of one or another of her "doubles", it was necessary for Jane to live with and learn with them in different periods of her life. And, ultimately, we understand that those women had to be destroyed in order for the hero to emerge as an individual who ascended socially and emotionally.