Jane Eyre is a fiercely independent, passionate young woman that is constantly looking for her place in life. Similar to Charlotte Brontë’s life, Jane Eyre regularly relocates to a different place in search of her destiny. Every place she stays (Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Moor House and Ferndean) has a significant meaning and represents Jane’s development in the book.
Gateshead is where we first glimpse into Jane Eyre’s life. It is the home in which Jane grows up in before she is relocated to Lowood School. The gate in Gateshead can signify the beginning of Jane’s journey as if she was opening up the gate to her life; head could mean that this is the place where Jane starts to become independent as if she is holding her head up high for
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Thornfield is a place full of hardships and bittersweet love. It quite literally means a field full of thorns signifying the pain Jane will endure crossing it, but I like to think of it as a beautiful part of her life. When I think the of a field, I think of a picturesque field full of flowers and green grass; so although it is filled with thorns, it has a sort of sharp and melancholic beauty, which I think is represented by the fire of love that ignites later on. Thornfield marks the beginning of a new life for Jane Eyre. She is finally experiencing some independence as she takes on a job as a governess, caring for Adele, the young French ward of Mr. Rochester, master of Thornfield Hall. She can also express herself freely with Mr. Rochester as he does not mind so much her bluntness, honest, passionate opinion. Jane also discovers that the mansion is full of mystery as she hears strange laughter during her stay, and strange events seem to ensue. Eventually at Thornfield, with the arrival of Blanche Ingram, Jane’s bubble is burst, as she is degraded for being a governess. Blanche Ingram and several other ladies criticize her without expressly talking to Jane, “You should hear mama on the chapter of governesses: Mary and I have had, I should think, a dozen at least in our day; half of them detestable and the rest ridiculous […] ‘my dearest, don’t mention governesses; the word makes me nervous. I have suffered martyrdom …show more content…
When referring to Moor House, the house symbolizes that she has a home and when referring to Marsh End, marsh can symbolize that although she has a home, she is close to a marsh/swamp, which is eventually going to affect Jane. This is where Jane is the unrestricted before she settles down. The Moor house offers her the most independence and individuality she could have and also a real family to call her own. Throughout her sojourn at the Moor House, she finds a job as a schoolteacher and is able to support herself. During this time, Jane also discovers that she is rich as she inherits 20000£, a very sizable fortune. This is where the significance of Moor in Moor House comes in. Moor used to be a word that meant an Arabian. When thinking of a Moor, I think of the Arabian Nights, a series of tales that tell about fabulous riches and love. Later on, when St. John proposes to Jane this is when the “Marsh End” come into play. Jane is entering Marshy waters and is near the end of her stay at Moor House. She rejects St. John’s proposal and leaves to return to the one she truly loves, Mr.
The beginning of the novel starts out with a picture of a peaceful home that is very similar to the Moor House Jane lives in while visiting her cousins. It even states in line 2 that Bronte feels like the place is familiar. There is “marshland stretched for miles” ( ln 1) outside the home like the land of England in Jane Eyre. This common setting is also connecting how much Charlotte Bronte is like her character Jane. Dunn describes Bronte as “passionate [and] assertive” (ln 12) which is much like Jane Eyre’s character. Bronte is also said to not “come back to complain or haunt” (ln 20), and she lives in a “mod...
Jane Eyre, written in 1847 by Charlotte Bronte, relates a tale of tragedy, mystery, and gothic romance. Covering the multiple issues of England in that time, Bronte writes of orphan treatment, social class, and Britain’s controversial law of prohibiting divorce in all circumstances. Orphaned at a young age and unwanted by her guardian Mrs. Reed, Jane searches for higher prospects in education at Lowood, eventually earning a position as a governess at Thornfield. Complications disrupt her life, when she becomes engaged to her employer, Mr. Rochester, and soon after discovers that he is already married to a lunatic. Leaving Thornfield, Jane finds a home with St. John and his two sisters. Eventually, she returns to her former employer, discovering Thornfield in ashes, Mrs. Rochester dead, and Mr. Rochester blind and free from wedlock. Flooded with motifs, Jane’s continual struggles between her passions and responsibility prevail as the main theme of Bronte’s entrancing narrative.
In the novel Jane Eyre, it narrates the story of a young, orphaned girl. The story begins shortly after Jane walk around Gateshead Hall and evolves within the different situations she face growing up. During Jane’s life the people she encounter has impact her growth and the character she has become.
Every great story includes a morally ambiguous character, often either a Byronic hero whom everyone loves despite his utterly depressing nature and moral flaws (such as Hamlet in Hamlet and Sidney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities) or a strict, principled character who unfortunately earns the readers’ hostility as his moral ambiguity is somewhat deeply offensive to many. The example of the latter is St. John Rivers, a morally ambiguous character in Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, who is a compassionate man but has a quite misogynistic characteristic that he vainly attempts to have a loveless marriage with Jane Eyre, expecting her to be subservient. Nevertheless, despite his moral flaws, as St. John makes a moral determination that surprisingly resembles that of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte allows the protagonist to project her own image onto St. John, the morally ambiguous character of the novel. As a consequence, St. John Rivers contributes to the work as a whole by drawing the very meaning of the text, Jane’s quest for love and self-respect, and allowing Jane Eyre to appreciate herself in her entirety and realize the true meaning of self-respect.
Jane Eyre has been acclaimed as one of the best gothic novels in the Victorian Era. With Bronte’s ability to make the pages come alive with mystery, tension, excitement, and a variety of other emotions. Readers are left with rich insight into the life of a strong female lead, Jane, who is obedient, impatient, and passionate as a child, but because of the emotional and physical abuse she endures, becomes brave, patient, and forgiving as an adult. She is a complex character overall but it is only because of the emotional and physical abuse she went through as a child that allowed her to become a dynamic character.
In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre there are many occasions in which there is motifs about division and bias relations. Money was a major division between people in the Victorian Era. Family made people rise in the standings with others, If your family was rich or well known, then you were going to be well known and well liked. There are many situations in which Jane is thought of as poor and worthless, as well as having no family.
Thornfield symbolizes Jane 's first encounter with of love and first heartbreak. In Thornfield is the first place where everyone treats her as an equal and she can talk comfortably. Her pupil Adele is quite smart and she learns really fast. Jane starts to be a mother figure for Adele because her mother left her with Mr. Rochester because her mother had relations with him and decided to leave her with him instead of taking her. Through the novel we see the gender norms change and Jane is seen as the man and Mr. Rochester as the woman when Jane decided to help Mr. Rochester when he fell of his horse. Mr. Rochester never acted as the master to Jane he would order her around but after every sentence he would say " if you please " which inferred that he was no ordinary master. Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochester, but she knows he would never love her because they are not in the same social class. Once Mr. Rochester brings some of his friends over Jane starts to get jealous of a woman named Blanche because she is prettier than her and she is in the same social class as Mr. Rochester. Blanche likes Mr. Rochester 's and she wants to marry him; at first Mr. Rochester plays along with her, but he soon discovers she is a gold digger and she only loves him for his money. Once Mr. Rochester confesses his love for Jane he decides to get married with her and he begins to tell her about all the
In Charlotte Bronte’s, Jane Eyre, Jane goes through numerous self-discoveries, herself-realization and discipline leads her to a life she chooses to make her happy. Jane Eyre has a rough life from the start. Forced to stay with people who despise her, Jane can only help herself. Jane must overcome the odds against her, which add to many. Jane is a woman with no voice, until she changes her destiny. The novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte consists of continuous journeys through Jane’s life towards her final happiness and freedom.
... destroys Thornfield. While Jane lives at Thornfield the place is consistent with a "ridge of lighted heath, alive, glancing and devouring" as her passion for love and kindness is fulfilled by Mr. Rochester. The place then dies when she leaves, and is still "the same ridge, (just) black and blasted after the flames are dead" when Bertha burns it down.
Jane Eyre is born into a world where she is left bereft of the love of parents, family, or friends, but instead surrounded by hateful relatives. She resolves to attend school to begin her quest for independence. This theme is seen through Jane’s behavior when she renounces her relation to her aunt Mrs. Reed, ignoring the nurse’s orders and leaving her room to see Helen again, and when she acquires the courage to speak her opinion to Mr. Rochester.
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Jane Eyre’s continuous search for love, a sense of belonging, and family are all thoroughly displayed by Charlotte Brontë. Jane starts off as a despised orphan who is captivated by the thought of love, believing that it will help her achieve happiness. Throughout the novel, Jane attempts to find different substitutes to fill the void in her life.
The novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, has a plot that is filled with an extraordinary amount of problems. Or so it seems as you are reading it. However, it comes to your attention after you have finished it, that there is a common thread running throughout the book. There are many little difficulties that the main character, the indomitable Jane Eyre, must deal with, but once you reach the end of the book you begin to realize that all of Jane's problems are based around one thing. Jane searches throughout the book for love and acceptance, and is forced to endure many hardships before finding them. First, she must cope with the betrayal of the people who are supposed to be her family - her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her children, Eliza, Georgiana, and John. Then there is the issue of Jane's time at Lowood School, and how Jane goes out on her own after her best friend leaves. She takes a position at Thornfield Hall as a tutor, and makes some new friendships and even a romance. Yet her newfound happiness is taken away from her and she once again must start over. Then finally, after enduring so much, during the course of the book, Jane finally finds a true family and love, in rather unexpected places.
At the beginning of the novel, Bronte presents Jane as a lonely, yet independent and intelligent child who faces difficult hardships at a very young age. At Gateshead, Jane is greatly mistreated by her family members which result in her attending a school for orphaned children called Lowood. Although Jane's life at Lowood is an improvement compared to life at Gateshead, she still feels as though she belongs elsewhere. Jane sends out an advertisement for a wanted governess after six years of living at Lowood and soon begins working at Thornfield Hall where she begins teaching a young French girl Adele Varens. Upon arriving, Jane is informed by the housekeeper Mrs. Fairfax that the owner of Thornfield Mr. Rochester travels often and has lived through a troubled life. After many months have passed at Thornfield Jane finally meets Mr. Rochester and he takes a great secretive interest in her. The relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester is the first non-abusive relationship Jane has with another man in the no...
The novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte consists of continuous journey through Jane’s life towards her final happiness and freedom. Jane’s physical journeys contribute significantly to plot development and to the idea that the novel is a journey through Jane’s life. Each journey causes her to experience new emotions and an eventual change of some kind. These actual journeys help Jane on her four figurative journeys, as each one allows her to reflect and grow.