Jane Eyre Essay

Jane Eyre has a suggestive name. Eyre might refer to “heir” but she is the heir of nothing, at least in the beginning of the novel; it also may suggest “ire” that Jane has inside her. The novel has an angry tone to it, almost as if Brontë had realized the roles and circumstances of women around her and depicted it in Jane Eyre: imprisonment, orphan, starvation, anger turned to madness. According to Elizabeth Rigby, Jane Eyre revolves around the personification of an unregenerate and…

less frequent in recent books. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte uses elements of the gothic fiction genre to help focus the reader on mysterious inheritances which are set in the storyline of having women cast in a man 's world, while presenting villainous characters who threaten Jane…

novel Jane Eyre, Blanche Ingram wanted to marry Mr. Rochester simply for his money. In the novel Mr. Rochester said, “What love I have for Miss Ingram? None: and that you know. What love she has for me? None: as I have taken pains to prove: I caused rumour to reach her that my fortune was not a third of what was supposed, and after that I presented myself to see the result; it was coldness both from her and her mother” (Jane Eyre, 239). Another example is St. John wanting to marry Jane Eyre…

A Tragic Caricature of Women: Parallels Struck Concerning the Marginalization of Women in Jane Eyre and The Wife of Bath’s Prologue Scholars coined the term “protofeminist” to describe those who advocated for advancements in women’s rights before the existence of the feminist movement, leading to the definition of feminism to be moulded over time. There have been arguments in favour of the Wife of Bath — one of the protagonists in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales — being one of the first…

her determined social station. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre has been examined by literary critics ad nauseam for its feminist qualities, racial implications, and social commentary. Moreover, when considering Jane Eyre, readers instantly consider how the prevalence of religion interacts with the text’s potential feminist qualities, racial implications, and social commentary. Jane Eyre is a text that, through the life of strange, intelligent Jane Eyre, examines religion…

in the novel Jane Eyre who all serve a common purpose. It is to impose numerous conflicts on Jane and to see how she reacts. The most important character for achieving this purpose is Edward Fairfax Rochester, because his actions in Jane Eyre must be kept in mind when understanding Jane’s decisions. One of Rochester’s major contribution to the novel is his admirable transformation from being selfish and idealistic to mature and accepting. When Rochester originally plans to marry Jane, he is…

The Red Room in Jane Eyre The struggle of Jane’s path to gain acceptance and freedom in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is symbolized by the red-room. Jane’s inferiority and insecurities stem from the emotional trauma she experiences from Mrs. Reed’s punishing her by locking her up alone in the red-room. From her experiences with the red-room and the Reed’s, Jane continues to remember the red-room whenever she feels ashamed. Furthermore, red imagery becomes symbols of danger and foreshadows…

his choices, his motifs, and his constant attempt to fill some kind of emptiness or void. Rochester is often depicted as confused, not easily fooled but easily manipulated. Rochester is a troubled man who doesn’t know what he wants until he meets Jane Eyre. Rochester has a history of what some might call child neglect. He was constantly ignored and not given the attention a child deserves, but his brother was not, as a matter of fact his brother was the opposite. Rochester’s brother had gotten…

closing chapter of Jane Eyre. As the reader we are addressed 37 times from the beginning of Chapter 11 to Chapter 38, Jane constantly addresses the reader to reassure us that she is not just blindly telling a story, but rather she is telling this story to a specific audience. As this story is about someone’s life, there is an essence of Jane telling us this story of her life in her old age, however, there is controversy around when and to whom she is telling this story to. Jane throughout the…

of commonality with others. This is highly exemplified in Jane Eyre, most clearly in the power dynamics at Lowood and Thornfield. Thornfield specifically, because of the wealth associated with it, shows people who are put in positions of power tend to stay there, as well as constantly justify their positions. After Mr. Rochester calls Jane to the drawing room to be his confidant, he eventually asks her to talk about herself— something Jane refuses. At this point, Mr. Rochester reminds her that…