Reed points out. .
Lowood is also a place of severe cold. It is a place where Jane learns, at the fireside of Miss Temple, to curb her emotions. Inspired by Helen Burns and her saintliness, Jane learns to endure her life at Lowood with patience. Mr. Brocklehurst, misguided by Mrs. Reed, warns the teachers of the capacity for deceit of which Jane's aunt has accused her. The intervention of Mr. Lloyd helps Jane to clear her name publicly. .
Thornfield is place of warmth, both physical and emotional. Here the reader sees the danger of all-consuming fire. It is here that Jane meets with the first crisis in her adult life. It comes soon after the cancellation of the wedding between Jane and Mr. Rochester when he offers to make her his mistress. Moor House is the location where Jane is threatened by physical, emotional and spiritual chill. St. John in this section advises Jane to merge her identity with his: "A part of me you must become."" She is almost tempted to give up the struggle for integrity. That is the threat which each suitor holds for her. .
Finally, Ferndean is the place of warmth without burning, the coolness of the evening without the chill. This is the scene of Jane's reconciliation and reunion with Mr. Rochester. .
Jane Eyre comes in the tradition of the Gothic novel, which was inaugurated by Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story, along with many other literary pioneers. The principal object of such novels is the evocation of terror by exploiting mystery and a variety of other horrors. The Byronic hero with his sensational past, the mad wife locked up in an attic and supernatural occurrences are some of the features of the Gothic novel. .
In Jane Eyre Edward Rochester represents the Byronic hero with a secret past. The Byronic hero is a man proud, moody, and cynical, with defiance on his brow and misery in his heart, yet capable of deep and strong affection. At Jane's first meeting with Mr.