How does Bronte create sympathy for Rochester in these chapters, considering he has caused the main character such pain? From the novel, Jane Eyre.

Immediately Bronte paints Rochester as a victim, just as she has done with Jane. His love for Jane is genuine and sincere, thus we become sympathetic. Jane's naive spirit allows Bronte to satirize the attitude and actions of the aristocratic society of Victorian England, something that was not always found as acceptable, especially from a woman. Bronte, especially in chapter 23, uses elements such as the weather to create contrasts between what is happening in the world, I. e. summer blooms and warm weather, and what is happening to the characters lives, I. e. the cold distance that is created between Rochester and Jane upon the revelation of his prior marriage.