In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, we learn Edward Rochester's many true qualities as he takes Jane for a ride. His purpose and role in the story is what really becomes clear in this section of the story. While knowing what a character's positive and negative traits are is helpful to fully understand them, it's better to know the character's role as well as their true purpose to truly understand what they're going through in the story. . Edward Rochester, although his appearance does not make up for his outward appearance, has the ability to win a woman's heart and that of many others. Some would say that Rochester is a man with weaker qualities than a woman. However, it is not what you see outside but what you can see inside him. His external traits can be seen as a man devoid of libertinism and lust, but his internal traits are what truly define the good and evil in him. Edward Rochester's role and his true purpose in the story is to be a man with a lot of romance and happiness. Nothing can stop Rochester fr...