Through the novel, we see that Jane’s faith is of the utmost importance. There are many instances where Jane’s faith is stretched, but we find that Jane continuously stays true to her morality. Although Jane has a lack of faith early on, there were certain people and instances in her life where we see her faith deepen and we find that Jane overcomes the folly of youth. Bronte seems to place a very high regard for spirituality and faith and she uses the eyes of Jane to show the reader what true Christianity is and what it isn’t. In the early chapters, we see Jane as a young, immature girl who “acts out” often. It seems Jane has no moral compass to guide her. She gets hurt and wounded and reacts with no sense of remorse or of what is right and what is wrong. Jane seems to have the urge to hurt back, to seek revenge. Her faith seems very non-existent in the beginning. Take for instance her relationship with Mrs. Reed. Jane is continuously belittled and spoken down to by Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed’s relationship with Jane is one of pure obligation only. Jane makes no apology in feeling for Mrs. Reed, what Mrs. Reed feels for Jane. We see at the very …show more content…
She soon meets a man that she falls in love with, Edward Rochester. The situations that she must endure while living at Thornfield are a testament to Jane’s now unwavering faith. She faces much hardship and temptation, but one of the hardest fights she faces is when she finds that the man she is going to marry is already married. The depth of hurt she feels and the prodding that Rochester does to try to get her to stay with him pound at her like the waves of the sea. But, keeping true to herself and her faith, she adheres to the wisdom that Helen so graciously taught her. As Yuen says, “If Jane is adhering to a principle it is the principle of self-respecting personal integrity” (185). Jane must be true to herself and to her integrity no matter the
"Jane," is a romance fiction story written by Mary Roberts Rinehart. In this story, we come across a female protagonist who displays the characteristics of a typical woman during the War period. This story has been analyzed by different literary critics as they try to describe the different point of views this story can lead one to believing. Jane shows qualities that can lead one to believing that she is hysteric, thus creating the theme of hysteria in relation to the domestic sphere. In contrast to this, Jane eventually breaks off from these norms and goes against the concept of angel in the house.
Because of this, I can infer that jealousy will be a theme of the novel. I get the impression that, at some point, Jane was an important figure in the town, which is how everyone knows her. They are quick to judge her because of how much she seems to have changed since she left a year and a half ago. This i shwy their voices and opinions are so cruel and
Why shouldn’t we care less about the mother’s behaviour? Her mother is obviously affecting Jane; she quotes many things that her mother says, such as: “mindless garbage” (Warren, 16), “Get that woman a cheese steak!” (Warren 17), and some more, these might appear arrogant and jealous. But who cares if Jane’s mother is like that? Now Jane knows how to be selective while buying books and maybe in her daily lifestyle, and that you shouldn’t be “thin enough to be a ballerina”
Jane’s ability to undergo an atrocious youth allowed her to gain her tenacity. Though she does question herself, ultimately, Jane pursues her own individuality and self-respect. Jane’s pursuit complicates itself when she encounters Mr.
Jane being ignored is a reason why she has some mental issues. She feels ashamed of what she is feeling and society makes it hard for her to want to talk about this with anyone. Not being able to talk about it, causes Jane’s depression to get worse with
It is ironic that Jane is seen as the guilty party in the incident with John Reed because John started the fight when he slapped Jane. Then when John’s sisters, Eliza and Georgina, go to “tattle tale” on Jane, their mother blames Jane for the whole situation. Jane compares John to a “murderer,” “slave-driver,” and “Roman Emperors” (Bronte 9). During this comparison, she is implying that he is a very cruel and awful person. That he would beat her and boss her around.
Arguably, Helen’s short presence in Jane’s life influences Jane’s many of Jane’s decisions throughout the test. First, Jane forgives Mrs. Reed for her cruel treatment during Jane’s childhood. Jane also forgives Mr. Rochester for his deception and decides to return to him, all before knowing about the fire and Bertha Mason’s death. Just as Jesus preached to his disciples to forgive and live a pure life. In Maria Lamonaca’s literary criticism, "Jane's Crown of Thorns: feminism and Christianity in Jane Eyre" she states, “[Helen’s] example and beliefs serve Jane in good stead later in the novel.
Even though Jane has suffered, she still has fantasies about developing a better life on earth. While Helen has hope for one day entering heaven, Jane tries to discover the world outside of what limited experience she has gained throughout her life. By creating a character such as Helen, who focuses solely on God, Brontë emphasizes how
Her anger and pain gives her immediate consequences and she learns to mess around with John Reed. When she first meets Mr. Brocklehurst at Gateshead hall she notices that he is a bad men and she proceeds to act mean and rude to him. Jane creates a good judge of character for others. At Gateshead, before Lowood, Jane stands up for what she believes in, she is certain about what she likes and dislikes, and she is defensive. She grows to be defensive while treated poorly at Gateshead hall with the Reed family.
In the beginning, she is deprived of education, love and appreciation of her presence which ultimately is her prime reasoning of taking off to be successful. Her experience at Gateshead was nothing more than miserable, she fought for what she needed and grew out of her comfort zone to stick up for herself. The strict rules and limits to freedom was not something Jane could handle for much longer, starting with the false accusations said by Brocklehurst of Jane. Brocklehurst is one of the many obstacles Jane fights to become happy and successful. She did not let him control how she envisioned her future life, rather she became even more passionate to prove how much of a cruel master he was.
In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontё conveys the denial of little, passionate Jane
First, Jane Eyre’s attributes displays women in our society who are still in search for meaning and love in their lives. Just like Jane’s spirit of passion despite abuse, these women continue to search for respect from other
(Brontë 72) and other questions about Jane’s faith. Brocklehurst immediately tells Jane that she must have “a wicked heart” (Brontë 72) since
Jane and Edward have intimacy, passion, and commitment in their relationship. Edward understood Jane’s story of her parents dying while she was young and Aunt Reed would would be cruel and make up lies that she loves Jane a lot. Jane and Helen’s friendship is unbreakable because she never left Helen side knowing the pain she is going through and promise to not let anyone take her away. Edward started to developed feels for Jane and loving every moment she is around him. Jane was heartbroken after she knew Edward was still married to his wife 15 years ago.
From a little girl Jane was seen as deceitful, unworthy and some say ill-mannered, but as she grows older she sees her potential and sets out to show everyone that she is capable of being loved, respected and show that she can do anything she sets her mind to. To feel as if her life is not miserable but that she had a purpose. Jane then sets off to find this purpose or this reason to live in every stage of life. Since the death of her parents Jane was forced to move in with her uncles wife who is not even blood related. At first, Jane stands up to her aunt and tells her exactly how she feels about her when she takes things to far and locke's Jane up alone in a room where her uncle died and she falls ill.