Surrounded by witnesses, a minister and Mr. Rochester, her fiancé, Jane patiently waits to get married, as the mystery of Thornfield Hall slowly unravels around her. Unbeknownst to her, Rochester’s actual wife, Bertha Mason, is within close proximity.The revealing of the mystery will pose as a test to Jane's morals and her character. Through Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte utilizes the events surrounding the mystery of Thornfield Hall by displaying specific passages in the novel that emphasize the theme of the role of women in Victorian society and further solidifies Jane’s role as an independent women.
One attribute that Jane possesses is that she's independent unlike any other woman in her time, the Victorian era. She had opinions of her own …show more content…
When she found out about the truth of Bertha and all the rest of Rochester’s lies, she was alarmed and heartbroken. “Jane Eyre, who had been an ardent expectant woman, was a cold, solitary girl again… her prospects were desolate.” (page 345) Jane took aback and throughout that her “hopes were dead and struck with a subtitle doom” (page 345), since Rochester’s true character, a liar, was revealed. She thought “Rochester was not to me (her) what he had been, for he was not what I had thought of him.” (page 345) These lines demonstrate how big of an impact the revealing of the mystery had on Jane when she figured out that she was not an equal or important since she was not told about Bertha. After the mystery, Jane trusts her beliefs and decision and leaves Rochester, further displaying that she is independent, unlike other women. She can make her own decisions and she does not need a husband for her life to be fulfilled and complete.Via Jane, Charlotte Bronte incorporates her true beliefs and comments about victorian society and women in the Thornfield section of the novel. She describes Miss Ingram, the ideal bride, as “most people would have termed her splendid women of her age, she was in no doubt physically.” (Page 204) In contrast, when Bronte describes Jane, she mentions her talents and displays that she has a mind and opinion and is her own person. bUt, she describes Ingram as being “an expression of haughtiness in bearing and countenance” (page 204), showing that Bronte believes that judging a women on looks is not correct because it is the brain and heart the truly
One attribute that Jane possesses is that she's independent unlike any other woman in her time, the Victorian era. She had opinions of her own …show more content…
When she found out about the truth of Bertha and all the rest of Rochester’s lies, she was alarmed and heartbroken. “Jane Eyre, who had been an ardent expectant woman, was a cold, solitary girl again… her prospects were desolate.” (page 345) Jane took aback and throughout that her “hopes were dead and struck with a subtitle doom” (page 345), since Rochester’s true character, a liar, was revealed. She thought “Rochester was not to me (her) what he had been, for he was not what I had thought of him.” (page 345) These lines demonstrate how big of an impact the revealing of the mystery had on Jane when she figured out that she was not an equal or important since she was not told about Bertha. After the mystery, Jane trusts her beliefs and decision and leaves Rochester, further displaying that she is independent, unlike other women. She can make her own decisions and she does not need a husband for her life to be fulfilled and complete.Via Jane, Charlotte Bronte incorporates her true beliefs and comments about victorian society and women in the Thornfield section of the novel. She describes Miss Ingram, the ideal bride, as “most people would have termed her splendid women of her age, she was in no doubt physically.” (Page 204) In contrast, when Bronte describes Jane, she mentions her talents and displays that she has a mind and opinion and is her own person. bUt, she describes Ingram as being “an expression of haughtiness in bearing and countenance” (page 204), showing that Bronte believes that judging a women on looks is not correct because it is the brain and heart the truly