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Confined Love can shine a light into mundane life, but can also swamp a traveller who longs for freedom. In gothic novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë depicts Jane’s different stages of life to display her growth from a little girl to a mature woman. Initially living in her aunt’s family as an orphan, Jane has never received parental love and is frequently being condemned. Often excluded from the family, Jane grows up with low self-esteem and a yearning for independence. After leaving her relatives, Jane’s education at Lowood promotes obedience and extreme frugality. Nonetheless, her natural inclination to liberty never diminishes. In front of Mr. Rochester, Jane tries to resist his control, but because she relies on immature forms of resistance, …show more content…

Rochester provokes Jane’s desire to be controlled, instead of being an independent identity. By using juxtaposition between “master” and “lover”, Brontë manifests Jane’s complex attitude toward Mr. Rochester; she feels obliged to accept his love with the identity of a servant, as she does not think she deserves his potent affection unless it is demanded by him. Brontë elaborates on such mentality as she builds up the imagery of a “sultan [bestowing] on a slave his gold and gems”. Detaching from the real situation, such fantasy is a projection of Jane’s desire, a mirror to her inner world. While the word “bestow” establishes a subordinate relationship by space, the comparisons of Mr Rochester and a king, Jane and a slave, implying that Jane wants to be under absolute control. Furthermore, Brontë utilizes metaphor to compare luxurious clothes with “gold and gems”, showing Jane’s uncomfortableness to live in the manner of upper class. Due to her depressing childhood in Gateshead and education in Lowood, Jane does not believe that she deserves to be loved or to live an affluent life. This disbelief in self-worth makes her unprepared for sudden and potent love from a wealthy man, resulting in a distorted

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