Jane Eyre was published in 1847. Originally titled Jane Eyre: an autobiography, the novel is about the protagonist, Jane Eyre, and her journey from childhood to Rochester's wife . The book contains many elements of the Gothic, including the supernatural, the horrific, and other Gothic forms and elements. The excess contained in the book includes the sexual, as Jane is attracted to Rochester by sexual passion, in addition to the romantic, there is also what Rochester considers Bertha's sexual excess. This essay will aim to discuss how these are contained in the Christian structure of the novel. Jane Eyre contains many Gothic techniques. The pathetic fallacy features quite heavily 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 way to express an emotion that the character is unable to express themselves. 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 was locked there. Daylight began to leave the red room; It was after four o'clock and the cloudy afternoon was turning to gloomy twilight. I could hear the rain still beating continuously on the window of the staircase, and the wind howling in the grove behind the entrance hall; I gradually became stone cold, and then my courage sank. being punished, in a scared, haunted room that Jane is afraid of, after believing that the ghost of her dead uncle was in the room, even though her eldest son, n... middle of paper... the The side sensible, “moral and right”, is not always the best side. May we remain sensible in choosing passion. The story is not so much anti-Christian but anti-intolerance. It shows the differences between people that need to be understood and that we cannot all conform as Brocklehurst would like.' In the broadest sense, Jane Eyre is a protest novel. It is a protest against everything that suffocates or represses the individual, against the inhuman treatment of human beings.'11 In conclusion, the Gothic and excess in Jane Eyre are not only contained in the Christian structure of the story, but help its Christian message. , that conformity is not Christian, but rather "ecclesial"; a method of religious institution to repress its people. There is a strong message, not only of love and tolerance but of understanding others, their needs, beliefs and desires.