Jane Eyre was published in 1847. Originally titled Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, the novel is about the main character, Jane Eyre, and her journey from childhood to Rochester's wife. The book contains many elements of the Gothic, including supernatural, horrific and other forms and elements. The excess contained in the book includes that of sexual excess, since Jane is attracted to Rochester by sexual passion, as well as that of the romantic, there is also what Rochester considers to be Bertha's sexual excess. This essay will aim to discuss how these are contained within the Christian framework of the novel. Jane Eyre contains many gothic techniques. The pathetic fallacy appears quite extensively in various parts of the book. The pathetic fallacy is a personification of nature, which is often used as a foreshadowing of future events, or perhaps as a means of expressing an emotion that the character is not capable of expressing. For example, what could be considered the first instance of the Gothic in the novel, the Red Room. Jane was sent to the Red Room as punishment following an incident with her cousin and is locked there. “Daylight began to abandon the red room; It was after four o'clock and the dark afternoon was tending towards dark twilight. I heard the rain still continually beating on the staircase window, and the wind howling in the grove behind the hall; I gradually became stone cold, and then my courage sank. The change in weather and temperature foreshadows the change in atmosphere that is about to occur, the red room is about to leave from a place Jane has just been sent to. being punished, in a scared, haunted room that Jane is afraid of, after believing that the ghost of her deceased uncle was in the room - although her eldest, n...... middle of paper...... The reasonable, “moral and just” side is not always the best. That we can remain reasonable by choosing passion. The story is not so much anti-Christian but anti-intolerance. This shows the differences between people that need to be understood and that we can't all conform as Mr. Brocklehurst would like us to. “In the broadest sense, Jane Eyre is a novel of protest. It is a protest against anything that could stifle or repress the individual, against the inhumane treatment of human beings. »11 In conclusion, the gothic and excess of Jane Eyre are not only contained within the story's Christian setting, but also contribute to its Christian message. , that conformity is not Christian, but rather “ecclesial”; a method of religious establishment to suppress its people. There is a strong message, not only of love and tolerance, but also of understanding others, their needs, their beliefs and their desires..