Religion is something in people’s lives that alters their thinking about everything around them. Religion, specifically Christianity, is very prevalent in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Throughout the coming of age novel, Jane is influenced by religious figures she comes across: Mr. Brocklehurst, Helen Burns, and St. John. She is also challenged by worldly desires that require her to choose between pious principle and personal passion such as becoming Mr. Rochester’s mistress and marrying St. John.
The idea of religion is first brought around at the end of Jane 's life stage at Gateshead. It comes in the cold and harsh form of Mr. Brocklehurst, a man who fits the definition of a hypocritical Christian to a T. As the treasurer …show more content…
Rochester become engaged. All seems well until the day of their wedding when his present wife that he’s been keeping a secret comes to light. Jane must decide whether or not she will run away with Mr. Rochester and become his mistress or leave him. So with her heart shattered and her spirits dashed, she turns back to God and prays an unspoken prayer. With this her moral compass that’s built on Christianity tells her the former is not the way to go, so she trusts in it and leaves quickly during the night. She sides with pious principle in this case instead of personal passion. Without religion being part of Jane’s character, she might have never left Thornfield and Mr. …show more content…
John is not hypocritical like Mr. Brocklehurst, but he is a harsh man of the faith that disagrees with Jane siding with her heart’s passion. He is often described as cold and icy. His pious character is placed in the novel to make us more fond of Mr. Rochester, who actually loves Jane.
1 Corinthians 13:8 “Love never fails.”
Upon Jane 's return to Mr. Rochester, he tells her “Of late, Jane- only- only of late- I began to see and acknowledge the hand of God in my doom. I began to experience remorse, repentance; the wish for reconcilement to my Maker. I began sometimes to pray; very brief prayers they were, but very sincere” (649). He 's saying that even himself, who once said God could never help him, has come to know the Savior.
John 3:3 ‘Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”’
Religion follows Jane in the novel to alter her throughout. She is taught; she is challenged. Without the religious theme Jane would have never forgiven Mrs. Reed because of Helen 's teachings or left Mr. Rochester because she knew what was right. Jane learned to trust solely in the Master of the world, who would care for her through her trials as a begging pariah and eventually guide her back to the love of her life that has also learned to trust in God. Religion took a great part in shaping the novel into what it
The idea of religion is first brought around at the end of Jane 's life stage at Gateshead. It comes in the cold and harsh form of Mr. Brocklehurst, a man who fits the definition of a hypocritical Christian to a T. As the treasurer …show more content…
Rochester become engaged. All seems well until the day of their wedding when his present wife that he’s been keeping a secret comes to light. Jane must decide whether or not she will run away with Mr. Rochester and become his mistress or leave him. So with her heart shattered and her spirits dashed, she turns back to God and prays an unspoken prayer. With this her moral compass that’s built on Christianity tells her the former is not the way to go, so she trusts in it and leaves quickly during the night. She sides with pious principle in this case instead of personal passion. Without religion being part of Jane’s character, she might have never left Thornfield and Mr. …show more content…
John is not hypocritical like Mr. Brocklehurst, but he is a harsh man of the faith that disagrees with Jane siding with her heart’s passion. He is often described as cold and icy. His pious character is placed in the novel to make us more fond of Mr. Rochester, who actually loves Jane.
1 Corinthians 13:8 “Love never fails.”
Upon Jane 's return to Mr. Rochester, he tells her “Of late, Jane- only- only of late- I began to see and acknowledge the hand of God in my doom. I began to experience remorse, repentance; the wish for reconcilement to my Maker. I began sometimes to pray; very brief prayers they were, but very sincere” (649). He 's saying that even himself, who once said God could never help him, has come to know the Savior.
John 3:3 ‘Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”’
Religion follows Jane in the novel to alter her throughout. She is taught; she is challenged. Without the religious theme Jane would have never forgiven Mrs. Reed because of Helen 's teachings or left Mr. Rochester because she knew what was right. Jane learned to trust solely in the Master of the world, who would care for her through her trials as a begging pariah and eventually guide her back to the love of her life that has also learned to trust in God. Religion took a great part in shaping the novel into what it