1. Jane Eyre: Jane is the protagonist of the novel, who stumbles upon Marsh End after leaving her dishonest fiancé, Mr. Rochester. While residing there, she journeys from penniless and ill to rich, happy, and loved. St. John Rivers: St. John is Diana and Mary’s brother and Jane’s cousin. He is a distant, logical clergyman who loves to the best of his ability and eventually asks Jane to marry him and accompany him to India. Diana Rivers: Diana is St. John and Mary’s sister and Jane’s cousin. She is originally a kind governess with a bright, assertive personality, but she is able to live at Marsh End when she receives the partial fortune left to Jane by their uncle. Mary Rivers: Mary is St John and Diana’s sister and Jane’s cousin. At first …show more content…
To actually go through a marsh paints an image of a dreadfully miserable journey. When Marsh End is first introduced, it is nothing but a light that Jane approaches. The last week of her life, she has endured terrible events. Her fiancé was already married to a madwoman and Jane, just as broken and torn as him, forced herself to leave so she would not give in to temptation. She then ended up penniless, begging for food in a nearby town. When she sees the light of Marsh End, she has already endured so much, but she musters up her strength and makes her way toward her last hope for food and shelter. Jane’s emotional turmoil and physical situation are much like a marsh. They are much more than unpleasant, but she drags herself through them. When she arrives at Marsh End, not only has the literal marsh come to an end, but her suffering has as well. She is accepted within and is nursed back to health, both physically and emotionally. She recovers from her physical illness as well as her emotional ailments, as Diana and Mary treat her like a sister. Jane no longer feels alone in this world because she has been accepted and she is loved. The marsh of her life, her moral rollercoaster with Mr. Rochester and her experience with no money and no home, has come to an end, and she is loved and accepted by the residents of Marsh
Jane begins her life in isolation at Gateshead, abused and misunderstood by her Aunt Reed and cousins. She is constantly reminded of her worthlessness to them and the fact that they view her as a burden, and is literally
Finally Jane feels as though she is a part of a family. She is now welcomed into the family with open arms and she is accepted for who she is. Once and for all, she is not only appreciated for what she does, she is loved for no other reason than for being herself. She finally has what she has strived for and has always wanted.
Basically Jane was taken by her aunt reed who doesn 't really like Jane very much she allows her son to abuse Jane she punishes Jane in the worst way, and when it came down to the end Jane decided to to go to school. But it wasn 't a high quality prep school it was lowwood an all girls school for people of less fortune or wealth. That is where she meets a lot of people one of her best friends there was a girl named Helen. Jane attitude towards life is similar but at the same time
At this point in the novel the reader can truly understand all that Jane gave up to keep her faith and beliefs above her love for a man. Her sacrifices have led her here, leaving her cold, hungry and ill all to keep true to herself. The Rivers’ family welcomes Jane into their home and nurses her back to
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.
The places she travels to include her experience at Gateshead, her time in Lowood, and her life at Thornfield. Without gaining such experience, Jane’s self-control might have threatened to overwhelm her. This is shown through characters that act as opposites that she meets including characters such as Helen Burns and Bertha Mason. Through such characters, Jane learns to control her emotions, strengthening her sense of character and vanquishing her inferiority complex, and in doing so she succeeds in her transformation to adulthood.
The novel begins at Gateshead where Jane is a young, ten year old, orphaned child who is miserable and unwanted by her aunt and cousins. At first, Jane allows her family to taunt and tease her without ever retaliating. When John Reed, one of Jane’s
Finally by the end of the story Jane had totally isolated herself from the rest of society. When she first got to the house Jane loved visiting the garden and walking the lane leading to the house. The garden was described as being a delicious garden. By the end of the story Jane no longer wanted to visit the garden or walk the lane. She locked herself inside the nursery and had no interaction with anyone. Both of those places symbolized unity and the community to her. Since she was disassociated from society and the garden and lane represented society, Jane isolated herself from those places also. This disassociation with society is the final stage of her illness. Now Jane has become
Jane Eyre is a coming of age story following a young woman and her journey of self-growth. At the start of the novel Jane is living with her aunt and three cousins. They continuously abuse her, treating her like a stranger rather than a family member. At the age of ten Jane leaves her aunt's house and attends boarding school. It is at this school where she learns lessons of forgiveness and hope from a meek young woman named Helen Burns. Subsequently studying and teaching at the school for eight years Jane decides to become a governess at the mysterious Thornfield mansion. She falls in love with the owner of Thornfield and the two make plans to marry. Nonetheless on the day of there wedding Jane discovers that Mr. Rochester is already married and that he keeps his insane wife Bertha trapped away in the attic of Thornfield. Devastated by this information, Jane flees Thornfield and nearly dies from cold and starvation. Soon after she is taken in by the Rivers, two sisters and one brother. The passing of Jane's uncle reveals that she and the Rivers are cousins. It is also revealed that this uncle has left Jane all his fortune. This in turn leaves Jane extremely wealthy. Her cousin St. John Rivers ask Jane for his hand in marriage. However Jane comes to the conclusion that she still loves Mr. Rochester. After declining St. John's proposal Jane journeys back to Thornfield. When she arrives at Thornfield Jane discovers the mysterious mansion in burnt ruins. It is revealed that the
Jane Eyre, one of Charlotte Brontë’s most renowned pieces of work, secures a relentless connection between the reader and novel even in its most quiescent moments. The convoluted, but compelling relationship between the young Jane and tortured Rochester is utterly enticing, and leaves it’s observers breathless at the poetic phrases exchanged between the two. Inside the inner workings of this gothic love story the reader is exposed to constant acts of familial, and romantic betrayal that transform the emotional condition of the novel and the perspectives of Jane. After the death of Jane’s charitable uncle, she fell victim to her Aunt and cousins endless acts of vicious cruelty.
The title character of Jane Eyre struggles with a lack of joy and love in her childhood though she is eventually able to overcome this obstacle and reach a happy ending. When Jane is first introduced, she is being harassed by her cousin John Reed and is shown no sympathy by her Aunt’s family in Gateshead.
Over the course of the story John repetively refers to her by nicknames like “blessed little goose” and “little girl”. By calling her by such names of endearment he is subconsciously diminishing her status as his wife to that of a mere child and forcing her into a state of infantile dependence. These are examples of names one would expect a parental figure would mention when referring to a child. “Dear John gathered me up in his arms, and just carried me upstairs and laid me on the bed, and sat by me and read to me till it tired my head” (Gilman 6). Jane was upset because he completely disregarded her concerns and pleads.
When searching for female role models in literature across the ages, one may look towards Jane Eyre, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and The Joy Luck Club. Set in 19th century England, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, is the memoir of an orphan named Jane Eyre. From her first memories, Jane is different from the people around her and is treated as such. She faces prejudices for her social an economic status, as well as for being an educated woman. To see the world, Jane finds work as a governess for Adele, the charismatic ward of Mr. Rochester, at Thornfield manor. Brontë uses characters around Jane to compare the ideals for women in her society with the hope of what women could be. In the end, Jane and Mr. Rochester are married, but only after
Whole story was written as a diary of Jane who was suffering from depression after giving birth to her child. In her diary she expressed all her thoughts, worries and emotions, after her husband John decision to move to a colonial mansion for summer time to help his wife with her depression. “John is a physician, and perhaps-(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)-perhaps that is one reason I do not het well faster”(151). She feels suppressed not only by her illness, but also by her husband John. He cared about her, but only
The entire St. John plotline is truncated, a choice which I consider not very inspired, since it constitutes a major part in Jane’s development and growth to the woman she aspires to be. The action taking place at Marsh End is shifted to Gateshead, St. John only has one sister (Mary), and Jane has met them before when she came to visit her dying aunt, Mrs. Reed. The job Jane gets at Morton as a school teacher is not mentioned and neither is the fact that her newly found companions are her cousins. She donates part of her inheritance to Lowood School, instead of dividing it between herself, St. John, Mary and Diana. The fact that in the film St. John and Mary are not her relatives has a strong repercussion on how we interpret the sequences. Always in search of somewhere to belong to, she finally finds not just a spiritual family in the person of her friends, but also a real family, one she never knew she had. At Marsh End, she finds solace, a purpose, and, most importantly, she gains her long desired autonomy and independence (in the form of the wealth she inherits and also as her working as a teacher), no longing having to depend on anyone for sustenance. From Rochester’s intellectual equal, she becomes also his social