From the very beginning of ‘Jane Eyre’, Bronte presents Jane as an outsider based on her characteristics, life and childhood. From Jane Eyre’s school life and education, her lonesome characteristics are visible to the reader. Jane’s conflict with Mr Brocklehurst is foreshadowed in chapter 4 when …show more content…
Mr Brocklehurst symbolises Jane’s hatred for some versions of original religion; he is a man with firm and inflexible beliefs; his teachings focus on sin and obedience rather than love and tolerance. His inhumanity can be reflected through the “carved mask” of his face, and we as readers are made aware that he will offer her little comfort or salvation when Jane declares that “the psalms are not interesting”. In addition to that, Mr Brocklehurst calls Jane “an interloper and an alien”, attempting to place Jane back into the inferior, outside position she occupied at Gateshed. While therefore, there are arguments to suggest that Mr Brocklehurst is an external influence contributing to Jane Eyre’s isolation, however, it can be suggested that Jane Eyre’s own