General Questions

1. In what ways, and with what effects, do the different settings of the novel contribute to its
presentation of Jane’s development?

2. How far do you agree that ‘the conflict between passion and duty is at the heart of the
novel’?

3. Explore how Brontë makes Helen Burns’s life and death so moving.

4. To what extent does Bronte question the morality of Mr Rochester’s behaviour in the
novel?