Jane Eyre--Choose Your Own Adventure

Select one of the following prompts and write an initial post (at least 200 words--as always include and cite direct text support). 

•  What similarities do you see between Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre? How might these two novels have “grown” from the same soil? How are they different, structurally and in terms of tone and message?
• Why did Bronte blind and cripple Rochester? Should she have done so? Defend or challenge her choice.
• Discuss some specific instances of binary opposition in the novel.
• Evaluate the character of Rochester. Is he a Byronic hero? Is he a tragic hero? If so, what is his tragic flaw?
• Discuss the treatment of madness or insanity in the novel. 

Please post by Friday evening 2/20. Post at least one substantial reply to a class member by Sunday evening 2/22.