Jane Eyre Research Paper

The character of Jane Eyre has emerged as one of the strongest heroines in all of literature. In a well written essay consider the importance of empowerment as it pertains to the central character and the novel as a whole.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was originally released in 1847. This novel was written during a time where women were only homemakers, wives, and mothers. Throughout the story, the central character, Jane Eyre lives much of her life in a struggle to be comfortable, free, and happy. She is a constant outcast that battles to be loved. Jane’s desire for true love and to fit in gives her empowerment. The empowerment of true love she experiences is important because it leads her back to the love of her life, where she is never an outcast and genuinely comfortable, happy, and free.

As an orphaned girl, Jane began to be an outcast within her own family. Having lived with her uncle’s wife and their children that often mistreated her, she endured a rough childhood. An aunt, who was supposed to treat Jane as if she was one of her own, often locked her in a room as punishment when she had done nothing wrong. Jane’s cousins tormented her just to get her in trouble. She was blamed as the root of their problems and sent away. She was made a

She was sent away to a school, in which she hoped life would be better. While at school, Jane was also made an outcast by the headmaster, who told the entire school she was a liar and they could not talk to her due to the fact that she dropped her slate. How could she ever fit in now? Despite that incident she made two friends by the name of Helen Barns and Miss Teal. Helen and Miss Teal treated Jane with kindness. Jane finally began to feel a sense of belonging and love, but it was shortly ripped away from her by the death of Helen Barns and the departure of Miss Teal. She was once again an outcast, with no one who loved her. She desired a secure sense of