Charlotte Bronte’s literary piece Jane Eyre has established its name as one of the most skillfully written Gothic romance works in the Victorian era and now in present time. Delving deeper into the world within the novel, Bronte reveals a tale where love is perpetuated as the last step to self accomplishment along with thematic elements of gender criticism, feminism and love vs. autonomy. The contrast between Bronte’s novel and Franco Zeffirelli’s cinematic piece Jane Eyre (1996) is clearly exemplified through the key scenes provided by the screenplay and the text. The film’s dramatic structure derives from multiple changes in the narrative, as Zeffirelli has eluded particular sections of the novel whilst highlighting others extensively – consequently
