Jane Eyre Movie Comparison Essay

The movie adaptation of Charlotte Brontё’s Jane Eyre, directed by Cary Fukunaga, illustrates the difference between inner and outer beauty, but also the importance of both as well as how people present ourselves affects the views of others. This planter box and its contents is a representation of the main character, Jane, and how she was described as plain and even wicked, while she was actually kind - hearted and righteous. Each flower represents her personality and character and how it changes in each stage of her life. The box represents Jane’s personality, and how the world confines it. Finally the words depicted on the outside of the box, show other’s views of Jane and how little Jane let’s it affect her. Beauty and status are both major themes in Jane Eyre, and this creative explores both.

The flowers have each been chosen for their meanings and their beauty, even if it is subjective. The violets depict modesty, a trait which Jane developed and was enforced at Lowood Institute. It was also a trait that Mr Rochester appealed to in his

In Jane’s childhood, Jane was often bullied for her status and her beauty, or lack of it, and was beaten by her cousin, John Reed which was ignored by John’s mother. Moving to Lowood Institute, Jane found no more better treatment than that which she had received at the Reeds, although she was able to find solace in Helen Burns and Miss Temple, her status, along with the status of the other girls at the Institute, meant that the conditions were poor and Jane was forced to no longer not care about her status. While she had always believed herself not to be beautiful, she had never paid heed to societal roles. At Rochester’s mansion, Thornfield Manor, Jane finds company in Adele and in Mrs Fairfax, but only comes to see her own beauty once she has formed a relationship with Mr. Rochester, a kindred spirit in their low