Rivers.Religion actstomoderate her behaviour but she never represses her true self. V.Literary motifs and allusions Jane Eyre uses many motifs from Gothic fiction,such as the Gothicmanor(Thornfield),the Byronic hero(Mr.Rochester)and 10 The Madwoman in the Attic(Bertha).whom Jane perceives as resembling"the foul German spectre-the Vampyre"(Chapter XXV)and who attacks her own brother in a distinctly vampiric way:"She sucked the blood:she said she'd drain my heart" (Chapter XX).The mystery ofThornfield manor with its dark secrets creates a typically Gothic atmosphere ofsuspense.When resolved,we then get the theme of madness,also commonin Gothic fiction,as is the motif oftwo characters,John Reed and Bertha Mason,who commit suicide.Although the novel contains no overt supernatural occurrences,hints ofapparently supernatural happenings are frequently mentioned such as Jane's prophetic dreams,her sense ofthe ghost ofher uncle,the lightning striking the chestnut tree on the night she agrees to marry Mr.Rochester,and Jane and Mr.Rochester beingableto hear each other's call over miles of separation when St John Rivers. Religion acts to moderate her behaviour but she never represses her true self. V. Literary motifs and allusions Jane Eyre uses many motifsfrom Gothic fiction, such as the Gothic manor (Thornfield), the Byronic hero (Mr. Rochester) and The Madwoman in the Attic (Bertha), whom Jane perceives as resembling "the foul German spectre—the Vampyre" (Chapter XXV) and who attacks her own brother in a distinctly vampiric way: "She sucked the blood: she said she'd drain my heart" (Chapter XX). The mystery of Thornfield manor with its dark secrets creates a typically Gothic atmosphere of suspense. When resolved, we then get the theme of madness, also common in Gothic fiction, as is the motif of two characters, John Reed and Bertha Mason, who commit suicide. Although the novel contains no overt supernatural occurrences, hints of apparently supernatural happenings are frequently mentioned such as Jane's prophetic dreams, her sense of the ghost of her uncle, the lightning striking the chestnut tree on the night she agrees to marry Mr. Rochester, and Jane and Mr. Rochester being able to hear each other's call over miles of separation when St John 10’