Jane Eyre's Influence
For millions of years, women have been treated as inferior to males in society. It has taken many brave women and men to speak up and fight for equal opportunity and respect for all. During the struggle for equality, many important lessons have been revealed for women to build confidence and gain respect. Jane Eyre inspired women when it was written, and still does today. Bronte taught that one's will determines their destiny, life does not have limits for people who take risks, and positivity goes a long way. Bronte's Jane Eyre uses timeless lessons set in Victorian England to highlight the ability and strength of all modern women. After just moving into Thornfield Hall, Jane reflects on her own traits, and further analyzes her independence. She thinks about "Women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought …show more content…
The more Jane puts herself out there, the more she learns. When Jane leaves Lowood, she takes a risk by putting an ad for her services in the paper; had she not done this, she never would have met Rochester. After Jane discovers the secret of Bertha, she makes a bold move to leave Thornfield, although she did not have a plan after. Her decision to leave Rochester and go to a town where she did not know anybody ultimately led to her finding her family. Jane maintained a positive outlook on life despite all the hardships she endured, and this gave her motivation to overcome the things that society told her she could not do. With women’s rights being widely discussed in current society, it is essential that they take risks and stand up for themselves and for future
For millions of years, women have been treated as inferior to males in society. It has taken many brave women and men to speak up and fight for equal opportunity and respect for all. During the struggle for equality, many important lessons have been revealed for women to build confidence and gain respect. Jane Eyre inspired women when it was written, and still does today. Bronte taught that one's will determines their destiny, life does not have limits for people who take risks, and positivity goes a long way. Bronte's Jane Eyre uses timeless lessons set in Victorian England to highlight the ability and strength of all modern women. After just moving into Thornfield Hall, Jane reflects on her own traits, and further analyzes her independence. She thinks about "Women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought …show more content…
The more Jane puts herself out there, the more she learns. When Jane leaves Lowood, she takes a risk by putting an ad for her services in the paper; had she not done this, she never would have met Rochester. After Jane discovers the secret of Bertha, she makes a bold move to leave Thornfield, although she did not have a plan after. Her decision to leave Rochester and go to a town where she did not know anybody ultimately led to her finding her family. Jane maintained a positive outlook on life despite all the hardships she endured, and this gave her motivation to overcome the things that society told her she could not do. With women’s rights being widely discussed in current society, it is essential that they take risks and stand up for themselves and for future