Jane Eyre Coming Of Age

At first glance Jane Eyre may seem to be a young woman with semi-bad taste in men, but she is actually much more complex a character than that. Jane is driven by her craving for freedom, her desire to be useful, and her yearning to fit in somewhere. She is rich in character with a stubborn, strong willed, and passionate personality. She is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in, whether it is a family she wants to have, or a marriage that is unfair and without balance. As an adult, Jane is a level headed young woman, but as a child she let her passions get the best of her. She tones down this passion quite a bit as she grows older and gains more experience, and channels it into other areas of her life.

Jane does grow in the book Jane Eyre. The theme of the book is Jane’s continual quest for love. Jane searches for acceptance through the five settings where she lives: Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Moor House and Ferndean. Through these the maturation and self-recognition of Jane becomes traceable. It is not until she runs from Rochester and Thornfield that she realizes what she really wants. Jane is able to return to Rochester finally independent, with a desire to love, as well as be loved.

Jane Eyre's literary success of the time has been cheaply commercialized. In other words, Bronte's novel never got the appreciation it deserved, in the areas it deserved. Many 19th century critics merely assigned literary themes to their reviews to "get it over with". Critics commended Jane Eyre for everything from its themes to its form. However, their surface examinations amount to nothing without careful consideration of the deeper underlying background in Jane's life where their hasty principles originate. The widely discussed free will of Jane's, her strong individuality, and independence are segments of a greater scheme, her life. For example: Jane's childhood serves as the

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In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, there is a recurring theme of belonging and how Jane, although she tries searching for it, cannot find it. Bronte describes the negative effects of denying one’s need to belong, leading to the emotional damage it can cause. This reflects how in the beginning of the book, Jane was shown as more reserved and a rebelling child. After she meets two people in her early life, they change her personality to be more calm and open towards others. This theme of belonging is something that truly changes a person’s environment and how they react to certain situations based on the influence given to them.

Throughout Jane Eyre, there is no mention of Creole culture or even anybody pertaining to the Creole heritage. The Creole culture is not mentioned until we discover how Rochester has a wife, who is Creole. Phrases such as “growled like some strange wild animal” (Brontë 293) and “a quantity of dark, grizzled hair, wild as a mane” (Brontë 293) are used to describe this “mad woman” in the attic we come to know of. Brontë’s places claims and statements about “Bertha’s” mental state through Rochester to imply that her “madness” is due to her Creole heritage. We later find out in the Wide Sargasso Sea that the accusations about Bertha are false and are made simply out of misunderstanding and lack of knowledge.

In life there is often much change, it is inevitable. Sometimes it is the people who change or just their circumstances. With the characters introduced in charlottë Bronte's Jane eyre; though their surroundings were altered, it was ultimately their character development rather than circumstances that caused Jane to make her life changing decision. This decision came to pass only after Jane had matured in three distinct ways: financial maturity, experience knowledge, and the farthing of her knowledge

As people undergo experiences in their lifetime, they are expected to change and mature with them. In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the change or lack thereof in two characters pushes the plot along through pivotal points. The power to change projects one character towards greater heights, while the inability to do so pushes the second farther into darkness. Both Mrs. Reed and Jane Eyre go through difficult experiences in their life that shape them, but while Jane changes, Mrs. Reed doesn’t. Jane changes throughout the course of Jane Eyre.

Coming of age stories are defined as stories where a vital character goes through a significant maturation process. Both “Jane Eyre” and “a portrait of the artist as a young man” match this description. The respective main characters, Jane Eyre and Stephen Dedalus both undergo a series of maturation changes as they venture into adulthood and all that it entails. Although Jane and Stephen are very different in terms of their lifestyle preferences, beliefs, customs and manners, many similarities can be drawn from the two concerning the hardships and adversities they are faced with as they grow up.

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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”

Many authors start a novel out by conveying the major themes of the story on the first page. Charlotte Brontë is no exception to this with her coming of age story, Jane Eyre. As Jane Eyre is about a young orphan girl growing up and learning to face challenges, common themes throughout this story are social class, the importance of education and finding where you belong. These themes can all be seen as soon as the very first page of the novel, with the way young Jane is treated compared to her cousins, Jane finding solace in reading, and Jane being separated from the rest of her family. Brontë then continues to expand on these themes throughout the novel as Jane grows and matures.

The human experience of coming of age and finding oneself has been prevalent in literature throughout time. Jane Eyre and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man are two widely known books from different time eras that depict the coming of age of two intelligent individuals, and parallel in terms of characterization of the protagonist and the conflicts in the plot. The fact that two stories can become so famous during different periods of time truly shows that coming of age is an experience that is shared across all of time.

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