Thematic Essay On Jane Eyre

“Why do we fall Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” This is one of very few lessons taught to Batman by his parents, who died in his early childhood. One might wonder if Jane Eyre’s parents taught her the same lesson in the few years they had with her before their passing. Over the course of the never-ending book, “Jane Eyre,” the titular character finds herself falling and feeling like a failure time and time again. As she progresses from mistreated child to disenfranchised teen to fiery adult she faces many challenges. Through all these endeavors, Jane shows that she is not a victim of her circumstances and we can all bring about change if we truly try.
As a child, Jane was repeatedly persecuted by her caretakers, who did very little of caretaking, and in fact spent most of their time chasing the peaceful Jane around the house hoping to finally catch the little girl in order to pummel, whip, and thrash her in order to fulfill their own sadistic desires. This cruel treatment causes Jane, who naturally has strong feelings of self-worth and dignity, to feel …show more content…
However, Jane finds her new life to be far from utopian. The school environment is extremely hostile, and her teacher is cruel, abusive, and extremely hypocritical. However, she is able to befriend a girl named Mary Burns, who proves to be a ‘gem in the mud’ for Jane. These girls are together able to escape the repressive atmosphere that the school encourages. An epidemic soon attacks England and Mary soon passes away. Mary was not the only casualty of this epidemic however; Jane’s schoolteacher also was a victim. This improves Jane’s life dramatically as a group of sympathetic gentlemen rush to take his space. Jane soon starts to shed the dress of ‘troubled teen’ and instead dons a sophisticated gown of impassioned