The location for Thornfield Hall is Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK Since Zeffirelli's use of Haddon Hall, subsequent versions of Jane Eyre have used it and it is now apparently synonymous with Thornfield Hall.
Jane goes back to find Rochester's house, Thornfield Hall, burnt down and Rochester crippled and blinded by a fire set by Bertha, who perished. John Rivers but her heart and soul is with Rochester. She receives a proposal of marriage from Parson St. She recovers in the parsonage, her aunt's original home, and discovers she is now wealthy through inheriting her long-lost uncle's fortune in Madeira. The marriage is stopped by Bertha's brother Richard Mason ( Edward de Souza) and lawyer Briggs ( Peter Woodthorpe). Rochester with his wife, Bertha ( Maria Schneider), who is mentally ill and is confined in an upstairs attic with a nurse, Grace Poole ( Billie Whitelaw). What Jane does not realize is that she must share the estate and, ultimately, Mr. They fall in love and the marriage date is set. Rochester and Jane develop a mutual affinity. Rochester is a Byronic anti-hero, tortured and tormented by family troubles, past injustices and secrets.
Despite her mild unprepossessing nun-like manner, Jane has strong hidden passions and shows her strong character by expressing her opinions and showing resolve in times of trouble.
Fairfax ( Joan Plowright) to work as a governess for Adèle (Josephine Serre). Jane Eyre (portrayed as the orphan child by Anna Paquin and as an adult by Charlotte Gainsbourg) is a plain, impoverished young woman hired by Mr.