Literary Device - Simile

"Page 273..." she mumbles under her breath, "Yes, here is a literary device for you. Similies are quite fun!"
She begins to read,
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"...I can never bear being dressed like a doll by Mr. Rochester, or sitting like a second Danae with the golden shower falling daily around me" (Bronte 273).
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"Whoa, wait," you are confused now. You understand the structure of the simile, but you have no idea who is saying it or how it applies to the novel.

"A little context might help you! This thought occurs when Jane is going wedding-dress shopping with Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester wants his bride to be beautiful and dressed in only the most expensive fabrics, but Jane dislikes the grandeur of his ideas. Jane wants to make it clear that she is not a doll with which he can play. There is a second simile in which she compares herself to the Greek goddess Danae. Danae was imprisoned due to a prophecy, but Zeus broke through her prison and impregnated her using a golden shower. This simile is slightly looser, however, in that she does not literally feel as though Mr. Rochester is going to impregnate her. It is better interpreted as her opposition to sitting idly while Mr. Rochester showers her with jewels and clothes."

Oh, you think, that makes sense now.

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Signet Classics, 2008. Print.