In any novel, the audience can interpret the writing in multiple ways. An example is Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte. This novel was written in 1846 during the Victorian era. Jane Eyre can be seen through multiple “lenses” per say due to the novels time period as well as universal ideas.
Although there are many views a reader can take through Jane Eyre; feminism is shown through Jane’s character along with the overall treatment of women in the Victorian age. Jane breaks the stereotypical woman by becoming her own individual and going against the way society wanted women to be. During this time period, women were expected to act a certain way and have specific feelings. Jane says how “Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel “ ( Bronte 115). She continues to speak about there should not be any shame for a woman who wants to …show more content…
Jane has many different dreams during her stay at Thornfield. Before she decides to stay with Rochester, she has a dream of her mother saying “my daughter, flee temptations” ( Bronte 345). By her mom appearing in her dream Jane changes her mind from staying with Rochester and leaving Thronfield. Her mom is not alive so by her spirit visiting her it provides the idea that her mother is still watching over her and helping Jane make the right decisions. Jane also has a dream of her caring a young child and waiting for Rochester return to only falling off of a ledge and dropping the baby. “The wall crumbled; I was shaken; the child rolled from my knee, I lost my balance, fell, and woke” she explains as she tells her dream. ( Bronte 305). The dream foreshadows the “fall” of her and Rochester’s relationship as well as the present complications in their relationship. Jane’s journey throughout the novel is overcoming society’s regulations which are evident through all of the three
Although there are many views a reader can take through Jane Eyre; feminism is shown through Jane’s character along with the overall treatment of women in the Victorian age. Jane breaks the stereotypical woman by becoming her own individual and going against the way society wanted women to be. During this time period, women were expected to act a certain way and have specific feelings. Jane says how “Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel “ ( Bronte 115). She continues to speak about there should not be any shame for a woman who wants to …show more content…
Jane has many different dreams during her stay at Thornfield. Before she decides to stay with Rochester, she has a dream of her mother saying “my daughter, flee temptations” ( Bronte 345). By her mom appearing in her dream Jane changes her mind from staying with Rochester and leaving Thronfield. Her mom is not alive so by her spirit visiting her it provides the idea that her mother is still watching over her and helping Jane make the right decisions. Jane also has a dream of her caring a young child and waiting for Rochester return to only falling off of a ledge and dropping the baby. “The wall crumbled; I was shaken; the child rolled from my knee, I lost my balance, fell, and woke” she explains as she tells her dream. ( Bronte 305). The dream foreshadows the “fall” of her and Rochester’s relationship as well as the present complications in their relationship. Jane’s journey throughout the novel is overcoming society’s regulations which are evident through all of the three