Hey! This article actually makes sense!

Literary criticism in this field actually making sense? There is an explanation: this article was written by a classicist. ^_^

Usually, English Lit. scholars look at the idea of Dionysiac states in Jane Eyre and might say how Mr. Rochester is teh sex like Dionysos. "Pimpin' it across Europe" as someone once said...

And so, I laughed when I read that Mr. Rochester "Is the Master, but the Master goes by another name. Mr. Rochester is Dionysos." But then... yes. The Liberator God, the god of moist nature- including semen- yes, but all growing things. And that is where we see him most often: raking swaths in the fields, examining the flowers and fruits in the garden. Even Hay Lane, in summer is over-loaded with roses in the hedgerows.

Love grows (and other things) where Mr Rochester goes. ;)

Gee, I wonder who Apollo is in that case... *ahem*

Oh, and yes, The Master... Dr.Who. I geddit. And I laughed some more. (But- but Michael Jayston was the Valyard not the Master! *pouts*).

This MA thesis just got much more amusing. ^_^

-Sophie