Jane Eyre

Introduction + Context

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38

Themes

All Themes Love, Family, and Independence Social Class and Social Rules Gender Roles Religion Feeling vs. Judgment The Spiritual and the Supernatural

Characters

All Characters Jane Eyre Edward Fairfax Rochester St. John Rivers Bertha Mason

Symbols

All Symbols The Red-Room Fire and Ice Eyes Food Portraits and Pictures

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Parody Personification Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Verbal Irony

Quizzes

All Quizzes Prologue Quiz Chapter 1 Quiz Chapter 2 Quiz Chapter 3 Quiz Chapter 4 Quiz Chapter 5 Quiz Chapter 6 Quiz Chapter 7 Quiz Chapter 8 Quiz Chapter 9 Quiz Chapter 10 Quiz Chapter 11 Quiz Chapter 12 Quiz Chapter 13 Quiz Chapter 14 Quiz Chapter 15 Quiz Chapter 16 Quiz Chapter 17 Quiz Chapter 18 Quiz Chapter 19 Quiz Chapter 20 Quiz Chapter 21 Quiz Chapter 22 Quiz Chapter 23 Quiz Chapter 24 Quiz Chapter 25 Quiz Chapter 26 Quiz Chapter 27 Quiz Chapter 28 Quiz Chapter 29 Quiz Chapter 30 Quiz Chapter 31 Quiz Chapter 32 Quiz Chapter 33 Quiz Chapter 34 Quiz Chapter 35 Quiz Chapter 36 Quiz Chapter 37 Quiz Chapter 38 Quiz

Download Teacher Edition

Sign In Sign up for A⁺

AI Tools

Ask LitCharts AI
Discussion Question Generator
Essay Prompt Generator
Quiz Question Generator

Guides

Literature Guides
Poetry Guides
Shakespeare Translations
Literary Terms

Sign In Sign up for A⁺ Sign up

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

Upgrade to A⁺

Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

All Themes
Love, Family, and Independence
Social Class and Social Rules
Gender Roles
Religion
Feeling vs. Judgment
The Spiritual and the Supernatural

All Characters
Jane Eyre
Edward Fairfax Rochester
St. John Rivers
Bertha Mason

All Symbols
The Red-Room
Fire and Ice
Eyes
Food
Portraits and Pictures

All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Parody
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator
Verbal Irony

Theme Wheel Theme Viz

Download this Chart (PDF)

Download the Teacher Edition

Download this Chart (PDF)

Jane Eyre: Prologue Quiz 2 questions

Company

About Us Our Story

Support

Help Center Contact Us

Connect

Facebook Twitter

Legal

Terms of Service Privacy Policy Privacy Request

Home About Contact Help

LitCharts, a Learneo, Inc. business

Copyright © 2026 All Rights Reserved

Terms Privacy Privacy Request

Save time. Stress less.

AI Tools for on-demand study help and teaching prep.
Quote explanations, with page numbers, for over 50,101 quotes.
PDF downloads of all 2,247 LitCharts guides.
Expert analysis to take your reading to the next level.
Advanced search to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
Quizzes, saving guides, requests, plus so much more.

Expert analysis to take your reading to the next level.
Advanced search to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
Quizzes, saving guides, requests, plus so much more.