Hannah (the Rivers’ servant)

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Hannah is the elderly, plainspoken housekeeper and servant of the Rivers family in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre," known for her initial suspicion of Jane and later kindness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fictional character
Housekeeper
Servant
Supporting character
ageDescriptor Elderly
appearsIn Jane Eyre NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Bildungsroman
Victorian novel
appearsInWorkBy Charlotte Brontë NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Diana Rivers NERFINISHED
Jane Eyre NERFINISHED
Mary Rivers NERFINISHED
St. John Rivers NERFINISHED
createdBy Charlotte Brontë NERFINISHED
employedBy Moor House NERFINISHED
employedByFamily Rivers family NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceLocation Moor House NERFINISHED
fullName Hannah NERFINISHED
gender Female
initialAttitudeTowardJane Suspicious
languageOfWork English
laterAttitudeTowardJane Kind
literaryPeriod Victorian literature NERFINISHED
loyalTo Rivers family NERFINISHED
medium Novel
narrativeFunction Represents rural working-class perspective
nationality English
occupation Housekeeper
Servant
roleInPlot Gatekeeper to the Rivers household
setting Northern England moorland
socialClass Working class
speechStyle Plainspoken
workPublishedInYear 1847

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Morton in Jane Eyre hasResident Hannah (the Rivers’ servant)
subject surface form: Morton (Jane Eyre)