They are used to show relationships between ideas. They can be used to join 2 or more sentences.
"Sea-scented beach" is an example of both alliteration and assonance due to the fact that, (alliteration) you have two repeating consonants "<em>s</em><em />ea-<em>s</em><em />cented..." and assonance because of the "ea" in sea, and the "ea" in beach make the same sound.
The Jane Eyre characters covered include: Jane Eyre, Edward Rochester, St. John ... Eliza Reed, John Reed, Helen Burns, Mr. Brocklehurst, Maria Temple, Miss Scatcherd, ... and devoted solely to an austere ambition, St. John serves as a foil to Edward Rochester. ... After Mrs. Reed dies, Georgiana marries a wealthy man.
It shows that King is optimistic in the face of a very large task.
