Throughout the novel, Jane is treated as a threat to other characters, either because she is an intruder from the outside community, because she is an enigma or because her ideas are threatening. The other characters marginalize Jane in order to dismiss her or her ideas and threreby transform her ideas into something non-threatening. From the very outset, the characters exclude Jane; even as a child she is excluded from the social group, "Eliza, John and Georgina were now clustered round their mama in the kitchen... she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy little
Jane Eyre follows the moral development of a young scared girl to a strong and unwavering woman. Through each stage of her development was an imperious male character. Jane first encounters John Reed, a spoiled and obscene person. She shortly after encounters the intensely bitter Mr. Brocklehurst. Mr. Brocklehurst seemed like a good man at first but proved to be far from that. Next was Edward Rochester. While he was by no means as harsh as John Reed or Mr.Brocklehurst he was cruel in his own way. Finally, the last strong male character was St. John Rivers. He is cold hearted and repressed. The exact opposite of the fiery Rochester. These characters vary greatly and all had an immense impact on Eyre’s development along with Brontë's construction
Jane Eyre is the story of a girl 's life from age 10 to about 19 she starts out living as an orphan with her aunt and her cousins. And like any other orphan her in pretty much sucked.
From her troubles with the abusive Reed family, her friendships at Lowood, her love of Mr Rochester and her time with the Rivers family, Jane 's character remains strong and vigilant despite the hardships she endures. Through the course of the novel, Jane 's character changes slightly but moreover reinforces itself as Jane uses people, situations and her personal experiences to gain knowledge, and assist her gaining her full character.
For example, she is not allowed to attend certain get-togethers because of her place in society. In the novel, this is mentioned in the beginning, stating that she is considered to be a true member of the family. Later on, because of her not having any true family or outside relations, Jane realizes she must find a job if she wishes to leave Lowood and the droll life she has grown tired of. This occurs more than once, as she must work again when she leaves Thornfield and finds herself destitute. However, with the inheritance that she gains, she no longer is considered as a dependent who must work for a living.
The way she is treated is denounced. Jane is not from the working class, nor is she a servant. Being an orphan who has been given a roof from her aunt and late uncle, the little girl whom we meet in the beginning of the novel is furious at the idea of being treated less than the others around her.
Jane was not only resented but also lacking any kind of love to balance her out. We know this right away when she is reading her book and she notes "there were certain introductory pages I could not pass quite as a blank. They were
The novel Jane Eyre is predominantly a bildungsroman, Jane’s development throughout the novel is one of the most important aspects of the narrative. During Jane’s time at Thornfield she makes huge emotional progress through her relationship with Rochester and the discovery of Bertha Mason, eventually resulting in her departure from Thornfield.
In the first few opening chapters Jane Eyre is seen as a mentally and physically abused child, during her years at Gateshead Hall. John Reed displays violence towards Jane in the first chapter. He punishes and bullies Jane; it is not known why the Reed family resent her so much. Her situation is seen as desperate within the first few paragraphs. Her cousins and Aunt make her life impossible and unbearable, she is not seen as a member of the family. Jane is simply seen as ‘’less than a servant’’ as she does ‘’nothing for her keep’’.
The author introduces many characters who suffer significant changes throughout the novel, but the one who changed the most of them all is the main character herself: Jane Eyre. At the beginning of the novel Jane is a lively little girl, who has been misjudged and mistreated. Jane’s parents died when she was baby and she was left to the care of her uncle who later passed away and charged his wife with the care of the little girl. While her cousins are given everything they need by their mother Ms. Reed, Jane is treated by them as an unwanted annoyance. At these point she is ten years old. She wishes to please her aunt more than anything. Little Jane Eyre wants to fit in with
“Writers often highlight the values of a culture or a society by using characters who are alienated from that culture or society because of gender, race, or creed.
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Many events take place throughout the the story of Jane Eyre but Jane Eyre and Rochester don’t change all that much but the events influence them nevertheless. Evidence that Jane Eyre and Rochester didn’t change is Jane’s stubbornness, Rochester’s love, and Jane’s passion. The first reason Jane Eyre and Rochester didn’t change is Jane’s stubbornness. Throughout the first half of the book Jane is extremely stubborn.
Chapters 1-10: 1. Briefly identify each of the following characters: Mrs. Reed, John Reed, Bessie, Helen Burns, Mr. Brocklehurst, Ms. Temple, Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre is the protagonist and title character of the novel. She is an abused orphan living with her aunt and three cousins at a large estate called Gateshead.
difficult it was in the Victorian time for a woman to find a job and
Although it is understandable that this may happen, many people overlook the fact that the simple meals we have with family and friends are not just regular meals and not just eating with each other; in fact, “whenever people eat or drink together, it’s communion.” (Foster 8) In Jane Eyre, this is no different and not invisible in the story, for we can see this in different situations, characters, and settings, one most notably in Lowood with Mr. Brocklehurst. Breaking bread is described as “an act of sharing and peace” (Foster 8), and while Mr. Brocklehurst has the appearance of a man who tries to do just so, he actually does the opposite- he provides the pupils in Lowood with barely any food, almost starving them and thus, demonstrating a