Jane Eyre

My favorite part of the movie was Jane and Rochester’s friendship, though anyone who read the book would know it was more than that. I liked when Blanche Ingram said, “a man should pay no heed to his looks,” and Rochester replied with “then a pirate would do for you.” It reminded me of in the novel when Mr. Brocklehurst asked what Jane must do to avoid Hell and she said “I must keep in good health and not die.” Furthermore, I liked when Mason had just been attacked by Bertha and the guests at…

Charlotte Brontё’s Jane Eyre is an innovative depiction of female rebellion. Jane did not have to sacrifice her beliefs to survive in this demanding society. Brontё shows Jane to be rebellious through her defiance of Victorian ideals. She rebels against social ideas by showing unusual time period behavior; she is not submissive and is an insurgent to the restrictions of the time period. Jane rebelled in the Victorian era in multiple ways by refusing to bow to Rochester’s wants and needs. As…

mental institutions. Jane Eyre follows the story of a girl who is living through the social discriminations of the Victorian Era and observes the way the mentally ill were treated. In most cases, judging someone’s mental health was closely related to gender and where they stood on the social scale. Charlotte Bronte’s accurate yet insensitive portrayal of how mental illness was viewed in the Victorian Era is shown through the depiction of the character Bertha Mason in the novel Jane Eyre.…

The bird motif is used in Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, in order to convey how the restraints on human beings, in relation to the status quo, will remain until the day we decide to exercise our independent will. As Jane develops, her character changes in the terms of what she wants to become and who she really is. We are first introduced to Jane’s interest in birds’ when she is a child, reading Bewick’s “History of British Birds”. Bronte uses this scene to relate Jane and the birds in the…

Chestnut Tree in Jane Eyre The thunder rumbled through the clouds and as a sudden streak flashed across the sky; the lightning violently hit the tree and the repercussions of this (God-like) action had little arcs that danced across the thick, black sky. The tree hung in despair and disbelief, almost as if it were a weeping willow instead of a horse chestnut tree. In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, “the chestnut tree is hit by lightning on the night that Mr. Rochester and Jane get engaged”…

In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the main character, Jane, was cut off from family, places, and what she loved many times throughout the novel. The first thing Jane was cut off from was her parents when they died. Jane was also cut off from what little family she had, dear friends, and even a soul mate. Jane’s separation alienated her, enriched her life, and illuminated meaning within the novel. Jane’s separation alienated her in life. Her parents had died, leaving her with family…

Sexuality in Jane Eyre, Stone covers how Jane Eyre was an astonishing trailblazer when it was first published, creating a unique quasi-genre, and its underlying use of fire as a symbol for anything from the burning of Rochester’s bed to a burning in some characters loins. As shown throughout the book there is insane amounts of sexual and romantic tension between Jane and Mr. Rochester. One of the scenes in Jane Eyre where the tension is so thick you could nearly cut it with a knife comes after…

of Mr. Rochester and Jane Eyre reflect the dangers of their over-passionate relationship. Jane takes a trip to Gateshead to make peace with the Reeds and settle their affairs when she returns to Thornfield Hall. Jane is finds herself enjoying the eden-like garden snf the sky “burning with the light of red jewel and furnace flame aton point (125)” reflect the burning love for Rochester that has manifested itself. The warning smell of Rochester’s cigar stops her. He engages Jane in a conversation…

Christianity, is very prevalent in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Throughout the coming of age novel, Jane is influenced by religious figures she comes across: Mr. Brocklehurst, Helen Burns, and St. John. She is also challenged by worldly desires that require her to choose between pious principle and personal passion such as becoming Mr. Rochester’s mistress and marrying St. John. The idea of religion is first brought around at the end of Jane 's life stage at Gateshead. It comes in…

TITLE - DREAMS The dreams in Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, are vivid and full of meaning. Dreams are usually viewed by the dreamer as something to push away once awake, but Jane seems to know that there is more to them and they should not be ignored. There is a collection of symbolic dreams throughout the novel. Jane’s dreams seem to come from her subconscious revealing her fears as well as desires. The dreams in the novel have a real impact on Jane as they often serve to foreshadow and…