Through the events of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë utilizes fire as a mechanism of providing both light and destruction to the main characters of the story. Because Thornfield is often depicted as being an old establishment, its inhabitants have to employ some sense of light and through fire, they see fit. It was extremely necessary for when the “party” guests were residing in the house and heard a frightful ruckus on the floor above. In the means of destruction, fire stood as both the initiation of the protagonist relationship to the destruction of their obstacles. If we dwell on the past, it’s unquestionably noted that Bertha Mason was the guilty party when Mr. Rochester’s curtains got caught on fire while he was sleeping. Although the fire was causing some form of destruction, it was the same event that alerted Jane to save Edward, in which initiation a love story that couldn’t have been hidden. It was then when Jane and Edward got closer in both the emotional and spiritual …show more content…
From the moment Jane went to Lowood to the moment she left Thornfield, food became a prominent factor in symbolizing the horrific revelation between the treatments of people. Brontë perhaps wanted to note how in reality receiving help isn’t as common as one would think. In fact, if we consider the novel, How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, we can assimilate to sharing food with whoever as an Act of Communion. Because food is so sacred, having the ability to share it with others is undeniably speaking of their character. Nonetheless, when we heard people like Mr. Brocklehurst in attempting to turn their heads away from witnessing the starvation of people to limiting an assistance, was one-hundred percent cruel. Possibly, food in Jane Eyre foreshadows Jane’s realization that one needs to only dependent on themselves because if not, they won’t receive much