In many book to movie adaptation, characters and scenes are added or left out to meet with time constraints or to keep the movie interesting. The 2011 movie adaptation of Jane Eyre directed by Cary Fukunaga is no different, it attempts to stay true to the five-hundred-page book in just under two hours. However, the director lacks fidelity in his movie adaptation. While, the movie stays true to the basic storyline of the novel, many scenes in the movie destroy the integrity of the main character Jane Eyre, altering her from an independent, observant, intellectual character, to one who is weak, controlled, and ultimately the walking symbol of the patriarchy. There is one particular scene that has been added to the movie that best portrays the weakening of Jane Eyre.
In both the book and the movie, Jane Eyre spends the beginning of her stay at Thornfield Hall without meeting the Master Mr. Rochester. There is a scene added to the movie in which Jane is standing alone staring out of a window, at first it fits in with …show more content…
While, the 2011 adaptation of Jane Eyre tried it’s best to stay true to the book in regards to the storyline of Jane Eyre, it fell short in terms of the characterization of Jane Eyre. Many of the scene, such as the fire scene removed portions of Jane’s bravery and independence. The movie feels as if Jane was more worried about finding a man in her life then she was about finding her own liberty and personal happiness. The infidelities in the movie is pointed strongly at the personality and character of Jane Eyre, physically she is everything like the book, but personality wise she is weak, controlled, and subservient. In the movie, Jane Eyre can no longer be characterized as a stepping stone towards independent woman and feminism, but as a backtrack to woman characters who are only worried about finding
In both the book and the movie, Jane Eyre spends the beginning of her stay at Thornfield Hall without meeting the Master Mr. Rochester. There is a scene added to the movie in which Jane is standing alone staring out of a window, at first it fits in with …show more content…
While, the 2011 adaptation of Jane Eyre tried it’s best to stay true to the book in regards to the storyline of Jane Eyre, it fell short in terms of the characterization of Jane Eyre. Many of the scene, such as the fire scene removed portions of Jane’s bravery and independence. The movie feels as if Jane was more worried about finding a man in her life then she was about finding her own liberty and personal happiness. The infidelities in the movie is pointed strongly at the personality and character of Jane Eyre, physically she is everything like the book, but personality wise she is weak, controlled, and subservient. In the movie, Jane Eyre can no longer be characterized as a stepping stone towards independent woman and feminism, but as a backtrack to woman characters who are only worried about finding