Character Sketch Of Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte created the story Jane Eyre to show how awful women’s rights were during this time. Although the story ended up with Jane Eyre having many similarities to Bronte herself. Throughout the book, we see these similarities based on knowing past knowledge about Bronte’s life about her parents and siblings. Bronte is similar to Charlotte in the way that they lost much of their family, went to a boarding school, and were treated poorly.

Charlotte Bronte created one of the first feminist novels--Jane Eyre--of her time period when she created the unique and feminist female heroine, Jane Eyre. Throughout the novel, Jane becomes stronger as she speaks out against antagonists. She presses to find happiness whether she is single or married and disregards society’s rules. The novel begins as Jane is a small, orphan child living with her aunt and cousins due to the death of her parents and her uncle. Jane 's aunt--Mrs. Reed--degrades her as she favors her biological children. Jane 's aunt--Mrs. Reed--degrades her as she favors her biological children. Her cousin--John Reed--hits her and then Mrs. Reed chooses to punish her instead and sends her to the room in which her uncle

As a child, Charlotte and her three sisters-Maria, Elizabeth, and Emily-were enrolled in the boarding school called The Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge. This school was harsh, damp, and cruel. They often punished Maria for her unclean nails. Both Maria and Elizabeth contracted fatal bouts Tuberculosis. Before Emily and Charlotte also were diagnosed with the illness, they were pulled from the school and tutored at home (Reef, 6). The traumatic experiences that Charlotte endured at this school were later portrayed in her novel Jane Eyre in the form of the Lowood School, where Jane's friend was abused at the hands of the teachers (Baker,

Then, setting out on her own Bronte went to Roe Head to build a foundation for her writing skills and to become a teacher and governess. Wanting to further her education Bronte went to Brussels where she “found herself attracted to Constantin Heger, her teacher and the husband of the school’s owner. The emotional tension created by her apparently unreciprocated affection became integral to the dramatic structure of Jane Eyre’s relationship with Rochester” (Jane). Living in the same era as Jane, Bronte also found herself using the pen name of a male pseudonym, Currer Bell, to mask her identity as a woman (Gerin 125). “Like Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre resents being controlled by inferiors but uses this resentment to generate energy necessary for her survival and rise to independence” (Jane). Giving Jane, a mere governess, such a strong narrative voice in Jane Eyre, challenges gender and class roles of the Victorian era.

Unfortunately, the two little young sisters died of tuberculosis. The miserable childhood life also exhibited in Jane Eyre’s experience at Lowood boarding school. As they grew up, the Bronte sisters made a living by teaching in a private school. These experiences offered the available materials for the prospective creation. Her experience offered opportunity for the prospective creation such as Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre is a girl who lived her young life as an orphan due to poverty and having no reliance on anyone. Jane Eyre was of middle class, but was still impoverished. Growing up, Jane became a governess and this conditioned her to know and live the lower middle class. Jane’s personality attracted society and drove her to success. Aristocrats and the commoners stated that the social class that formed the 19th century society was created by two kinds of people. The 19th century did not rely on the wealth of the people since in this era was more about social class acceptance. Jane’s job did not require any hard labor - all she did was teach children in their households. When Jane fell in love with Rochester, she began to define her moral traits. She was offered an opportunity to stay at Rochester gatherings with his colleagues - Jane

(A) One of the many supernatural things that happened during this book was when Jane Eyre saw herself in the mirror as a child. When Jane was placed in the red room she saw a bright light and she recognized it from her childhood and she was convinced that it was Mr. Reed’s ghost. Most of supernatural occurrences that happened to Jane Eyre in the book deal with ghost. In this book the author writes about things that seem scary but turn out to be harmless. When Jane is in the attic of Thornfield she tries her hardest to find a ghost. “My heart beat fast and thick: I heard its throb. Suddenly it stood still to an inexpressible feeling that thrilled it through, and passed at once to my head and extremities. The feeling was not like

Throughout the novel Jane Eyre we can see that Jane the main characters creates many relationship while she lives her life. One of the main relationships that she has is the one with St. John Rivers. He is the one that gives her shelter when she runs from Mr. Rochester and forgets her money on the coach. St. John is a minister that’s wants to go on a mission but needs a wife to go with him. The relationship built between St. John and Jane is very important and has a huge impact on Jane.

Jane Eyre is a coming of age story about a young woman and her journey to adulthood. At

Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” is not the most uplifting book to read with its gothic perimeters and spurious medieval nature. But, Brontë does do a great job at creating and maintaining the underlining motifs that can be seen throughout the novel. These motifs then influence Jane’s character development, which is normally seen as a coming of age but her growth is not necessarily positive. In Eyre’s process of coming of age she shows signs of bitterness and insecurity, solicitous and submissiveness, and ill-found love. All of these traits can be seen through three of her most interesting pieces of art, art which acts as medium to her emotions.

Bronte’s Jane Eyre features a protagonist in a state of perpetual limbo between classes. An adoptive orphan placed into the socially and financially perilous role of governess, Jane continually crosses boundaries of social class and hierarchy, leaving her often on the outskirts of English domestic life and leading to a great deal of problems in her marriage to Rochester. Indeed, Jane laments her position within the English “caste” society in chapter three, when comparing her arguably less-liberated state to that of the “poor women” of England’s lower social classes, saying that she “was not heroic enough to purchase liberty at the price of caste” (#). Yet, Jane’s figuring of herself among the

The 19th century was a time of social injustice for women. Woman were seen as second class citizens to men, and inferior in a patriarchal society. As a woman, expectations were to get married, produce offspring, as well as take care of household chores. The novel portrays the social injustices and unfairness projected on women throughout the 19th century. The novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte tells the story of Jane Eyre as she tries to succeed and grow in a society filled with many inequalities.

Taking a leadership role amongst Charlotte’s siblings after the death of their mother, Charlotte saw her sister much in the way Jane perceived Helen; beautiful and angelic, yet frustratingly unobtainable. Maria was well read and beginning to show a passion for literature by age six, something Charlotte greatly looked up. Maria is cited as first introducing Charlotte to reading novels as well as first inspiring her to being writing her own. Tragically, Maria died, after having contracted tuberculosis while she and her sisters were away at Cowan’s Bridge boarding school. (Charlotte Bronte 158) This event shook young Charlotte, only nine years old at the time, and losing her second “parent.” (Her father was still alive, but he not play an active role in the children’s lives, especially while they were away at school.) She became forced to take the motherly role of her sister and protect her other siblings as well as teach them. (Charlotte Bronte 159) Her untimely demise, as well as her motherly role, influenced Jane’s creation of the character of Helen Burns, who shared both of those defining characteristics. Helen’s extreme faith, while not completely linked to Charlotte’s sister, is believed to stem from a combination of Charlotte seeing her sister as a martyr, dying to save her sisters from the suffering that was their boarding school, and the idealization

Charlotte is described as simple, plain, and petite and the daughter of a clergyman just like Jane. Whenever, Charlotte wanted to get away from her daily life, she would absorb herself

Do changing circumstances truly alter a person’s character? Throughout the book, Jane Eyre, many people take up residence in the life of young, plain Jane Eyre. As the circumstances of the book unfold, Jane comes across hypocrites, servants, people of worldly nature, people of pride, and even people of insanity. They all influence her life in different ways and their decisions, alongside hers, change the circumstances in her life. In the end, Jane’s character is drastically transformed by each of the circumstances she encounters. In contrast, Jane’s master, Mr. Rochester, a proud and selfish man, confronts trials and impeding circumstances, yet his character does not alter until almost everything in his possession is taken from him.