Jane Eyre Red Room Analysis

The Red Room in Jane Eyre The struggle of Jane’s path to gain acceptance and freedom in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is symbolized by the red-room. Jane’s inferiority and insecurities stem from the emotional trauma she experiences from Mrs. Reed’s punishing her by locking her up alone in the red-room. From her experiences with the red-room and the Reed’s, Jane continues to remember the red-room whenever she feels ashamed. Furthermore, red imagery becomes symbols of danger and foreshadows danger in the novel after Jane’s red-room punishments. Charlotte Brontë cleverly used the red-room in Jane Eyre to symbolize Jane’s inner struggle of inferiority and gaining independence. Jane’s insecurities and inferiority that she tries to get past throughout the novel is a result of the punishments she faces by the Reed’s. The first mention of the red-room is in the very first chapter when Mrs. Reed orders Jane as a child to be locked up in the room. This is seen as horrible punishment to the reader as it not only limits Jane’s freedom, but forces her to feel lonely and inferior. While Jane is being dragged …show more content…
Despite being freed from the red-room, the red-room follows Jane in her adolescence and becomes a symbol of her inferiority and lack of independence. Mrs. Reed’s punishment of locking up Jane in the red-room is so traumatizing that it causes Jane to become insecure and feel inferior. Jane is later reminded of the red-room every time she feels humiliated and inferior because of the red-room and stops her from being happy. The red-room’s trauma becomes so significant that the colour red, becomes a symbol and foreshadows danger in Jane’s life. Once Jane is finally able to gain financial independence and finds people that she believes to be her equal, she is able to let go of the memory and meanings of the red