Psychological Lens In Jane Eyre By Charlotte Brontë

When analyzing literature there are a variety of different tools and methods a person can use. Critical lenses are one of those tools people can use to analyze literature. One novel to investigate due to it’s heavy psychological approach is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The psychological lens is one of many critical lenses that can be used to analyze the characters of Jane Eyre and how their thought process influences their actions. What’s so great about the psychological lens is that it can be used to dive into the emotions of the story as well as connect the inner ideas of the characters to their actions. The novel Jane Eyre pushes the psychological relationship between the reader and the characters by presenting the novel in first person, as …show more content…
The most prominent example concerning the psychological aspect of Jane’s character is her need for love. In novels love is a big driving force in why characters do what they do. As we know from the start of the novel Jane struggles with getting love from her family then later she gets moved to the school, Lowood. When she is forced to go Lowood Jane is somewhat overjoyed and desperate to find the love of a family or just any love in general. As we know Jane meets her soon so be good friend Helen and takes a liking to her. With all of the bad events that have occurred over Jane’s life, she finally has found her sense of love and family. When the reader sees this there is an acknowledgment of Jane’s drive for love and how those affect her