The book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a quest of acceptance and a battle between Jane’s moral duty and earthly enjoyments. Set in the Victorian Era, and run by deranged and endearing characters, the world is a confusing place. From the point of view from Jane the world is still beautiful, yet bleak. The uses of characterization, symbolism, and themes by Bronte help the reader comprehend while still captivating them. Bronte indirectly characterizes most characters through Jane’s thoughts and her conversations. John Reed, Jane’s cousin is introduced as “spectacularly loathsome” and “ a wicked and cruel boy”. Mrs. Reed is “usually cold” and “impatient”. Bronte uses John and Mrs. Reed to create sympathy for Jane because no matter what
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The red room is a recurring symbol throughout the story, which symbolizes Jane’s freedom. The color of the room also symbolizes her being under other people. The color red is used in the Scarlet Letter and The Handmaid's tale to label women as bad. Jane is originally put in the red room because “John Reed knocked [her] down”. The red room also creates suspense in the story from Mr. Reed’s ghost and internal conflict because she thinks of the room when she is humiliated at Lowood and when she leaves Thornfield. Bronte uses the red room to create sympathy for Jane because that memory in her childhood haunts her into adulthood. Unlike the red room’s symbol of freedom, Bertha Mason is a symbol of the fury and loathing of Jane’s expectations even though Jane never expresses her unjust to others. Especially when Rochester proposes to Jane, Jane doesn’t want to become a regular Victorian housewife who must stay home and be completely submissive to her husband. Bronte uses this to create internal conflict with Jane on whether she should be herself and not be with Rochester or be with Rochester and risk becoming like Bertha. When Rochester proposes to Jane at the horse-chestnut tree. The symbol of the horse-chestnut tree foreshadows the conflict between Jane and Rochester because the day after they are engaged “had been struck by lighting in the night, and half of it split …show more content…
Love is a struggle, but the struggle is worth it. The sympathy created by Bronte when Jane’s remaining family, the Reed’s do not love her they think she is “deceitful” which creates an external and internal conflict. Jane yearns to be loved but also wants to be herself and independent. The external conflict eventually making Mrs. Reed sending her the Lowood institution. Without her blood relatives to care for her, she finds this love with surrogate mothers like Bessie, Miss Temple, and Mrs. Fairfax “[they are] fonder of [her] than all the others”. To do what one believes is morally right and what one wants to do should be balanced. Religion is an internal conflict Jane wonders if she should do what the bible and adults tell her to do or what she personally wants to do. Mr. Brocklehurst asks Jane “‘Where do the wicked go after death?’ ‘They go to hell’”. Mr. Brocklehurst focuses on the religion aspect at the institute but at the same time he lives a lavish lifestyle creating irony. “Life appears too short to be nursing animosity,” was Helen’s advice to forgive and to tolerate one’s wrongdoings because it is God’s will. Bronte uses Jane’s conflict with her identity on whether she should do what she wants or for the greater good. When Jane accepts Helen’s advice she finds the family she was looking for in her cousins and
The red room is a recurring symbol throughout the story, which symbolizes Jane’s freedom. The color of the room also symbolizes her being under other people. The color red is used in the Scarlet Letter and The Handmaid's tale to label women as bad. Jane is originally put in the red room because “John Reed knocked [her] down”. The red room also creates suspense in the story from Mr. Reed’s ghost and internal conflict because she thinks of the room when she is humiliated at Lowood and when she leaves Thornfield. Bronte uses the red room to create sympathy for Jane because that memory in her childhood haunts her into adulthood. Unlike the red room’s symbol of freedom, Bertha Mason is a symbol of the fury and loathing of Jane’s expectations even though Jane never expresses her unjust to others. Especially when Rochester proposes to Jane, Jane doesn’t want to become a regular Victorian housewife who must stay home and be completely submissive to her husband. Bronte uses this to create internal conflict with Jane on whether she should be herself and not be with Rochester or be with Rochester and risk becoming like Bertha. When Rochester proposes to Jane at the horse-chestnut tree. The symbol of the horse-chestnut tree foreshadows the conflict between Jane and Rochester because the day after they are engaged “had been struck by lighting in the night, and half of it split …show more content…
Love is a struggle, but the struggle is worth it. The sympathy created by Bronte when Jane’s remaining family, the Reed’s do not love her they think she is “deceitful” which creates an external and internal conflict. Jane yearns to be loved but also wants to be herself and independent. The external conflict eventually making Mrs. Reed sending her the Lowood institution. Without her blood relatives to care for her, she finds this love with surrogate mothers like Bessie, Miss Temple, and Mrs. Fairfax “[they are] fonder of [her] than all the others”. To do what one believes is morally right and what one wants to do should be balanced. Religion is an internal conflict Jane wonders if she should do what the bible and adults tell her to do or what she personally wants to do. Mr. Brocklehurst asks Jane “‘Where do the wicked go after death?’ ‘They go to hell’”. Mr. Brocklehurst focuses on the religion aspect at the institute but at the same time he lives a lavish lifestyle creating irony. “Life appears too short to be nursing animosity,” was Helen’s advice to forgive and to tolerate one’s wrongdoings because it is God’s will. Bronte uses Jane’s conflict with her identity on whether she should do what she wants or for the greater good. When Jane accepts Helen’s advice she finds the family she was looking for in her cousins and