Fairfax, and the sense that something is amiss in the enormous manor. Rochester is absent a good deal of the time, although represented by the foreboding atmosphere of Thornhill, the enigmatic loyalty of Mrs. No version I know of has ever made Rochester as unattractive as he is described in the book.
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Whether in any version he is old enough to accomplish what he has done in life is a good question, but this film is correct in making their age difference obvious Jane in every sense must be intimidated by her fierce employer. In the novel, Jane is scarily 20 and Rochester is … older.
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Mia Wasikowska is 21 and Michael Fassbender is 34. The classic “Jane Eyre” is the 1944 version with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. How he came into the possession of a young girl as his “ward” is an excellent question, one among many that could probably be answered by Thornfield's dedicated housekeeper, Mrs. She is employed by the intimidating Rochester ( Michael Fassbender) to supervise the care of his “ward,” Adele Varens (Romy Settbon Moore), who is being raised in his isolated manor, Thornfield. Jane is described in the novel as a plain girl is that where the phrase “plain Jane” comes from? Here she's played by Mia Wasikowska (of Tim Burton's “ Alice in Wonderland”), who is far from plain but transforms herself into a pale, severe creature who needs to be watered with love.
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This is not the opening we expect, with Jane already fully grown, but later in flashbacks, we'll be reminded of her Dickensian girlhood, her cruel aunt, her sadistic boarding school, and her need as a girl without means to earn her own way as a governess. The film opens with Jane Eyre fearfully fleeing across the bleak moors, where even nature conspires against her. This atmospheric new “Jane Eyre,” the latest of many adaptations, understands those qualities, and also the very architecture and landscape that embody the gothic notion.