Jane Eyre 8
Blanche Ingram is the most important woman, other than Jane Eyre, in the novel. Arguably, she is the most important antagonist in this book. It is difficult to fathom how an absolutely horrid, conceited, venal, apathetic creature could be so vital to the book; but take her away, the motivation, conflict, and character itself crumbles. Consider this synopsis: Jane Eyre has not yet come to terms with her love with Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester is so infatuated with Jane that he can not contain himself and is ready to proclaim his love at any moment. Mr. Rochester must somehow occupy himself until he is certain of Jane's fervent love for him and what better way to test this than with jealousy? This feminine competitive jealousy can only be achieved by bringing in the stereotypical, perfect woman of the epoch. This woman is Blanche Ingram. Blanche produces enough tumult to spark Jane to get over her reticence and speak out to Rochester of the love she feels for him. A second scenario: Jane loves Mr. Rochester in her heart. Sh
Furthermore, Blanche is able to create conflicts which answer questions that are not clearly presented in the novel; for without her, Mr. Rochester cannot be perfectly certain that Jane, a dependent low-class governess, is not attracted to his money but only him. Through Blanche's outward and daring personality she is able to reaffirm Rochester's thinking of Jane's feelings and indirectly brings them together. Without Blanche's presence Jane would not have proclaimed her love for Rochester with such fervor and Rochester would not have been able to justify Jane's love with such conviction. It may be argued that Bertha is more vital to the story than Blanche but that is easily dismissed. Bertha in no way augmented Jane's infatuation towards Rochester. The only relevance that came from Bertha was to create some predicament in which Jane had to go through a change in life and reform into a different, perhaps stronger character. The actual voyage through this transition was actually quite unimportant. Bertha did, however, through making Rochester crippled,
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Approximate Word count = 721
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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