Critical Appreciation Of Jane Eyre

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 only time that a member of the Reed family speaks to Jane is when they are belittling her, hoping to further assert their elite dominance over the lower class. In one particular quarrel, John Reed, the oppressive “Roman emperor” and “slave driver,” throws a book at Jane’s head to physically proclaim his dominance over her, to which Jane responds by verbally firing back at his elitist oppression. (Brontë 13) The battle between the social classes concludes with Jane being banished to the horrifying red-room as punishment for attempting to overthrow the elite power, John Reed, even though John was the clear instigator of the scuffle. Jane is later condemned by the house servants for her attempt to overthrow her “young master.” Jane and John are both children, but due to the wealth and status of his parents, John is allowed to rule over Jane, making Jane, as the Gateshead servants would describe, “‘less than a servant’” because she does nothing for her keep. (Brontë 15) Jane continuously faces this maltreatment at Gateshead until an outburst directed towards Mrs. Reed causes her to be sent away to Lowood school, a place where Mrs. Reed hopes Jane will perhaps be taught to conform to the societal norm of how a young girl like Jane should act in

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

She wakes up in the care of Bessie and the doctor Mr. Lloyd, who suggests to Mrs. Reed that Jane be sent away to school (Lowood). At Lowood things start out rough but progressively get better. After finishing school there she becomes a teacher at Lowood for 2 years. After teaching, she accepts a governess position as a manor where she teaches a French girl. She secretly falls in love with her employer (Rochester) and has to save him from a fire one night.

Jane Eyre begins with Mrs. Reed, a wealthy and punishing aunt, who is raising the title character Jane Eyre. Jane receives little to no kindness in the house of her deceased uncle and is in fact cruelly abused; one such incident of abuse leads her to hallucinate her uncle’s ghost while locked in a room. This leads her aunt to take the suggestion of the doctor and send her away to the Lowood School. Another abusive man who let the students live in horrifying condition runs the Lowood School. Eventually due to a Typhus epidemic, leading to the death of one of Jane’s friends, the corruption at the school is discovered and Jane lives in much happier

Lowood leaves a perpetual impression on Jane’s character. Lowood is where Jane learns to be humble instead of greedy. The burnt porridge and plain garments are something that Jane never moves on from. Even after she leaves Lowood, she dresses in conservative clothes and does not enjoy lavish and extravagant

However, Jane stays faithful and finds her way in life despite being alone. The theme of this Victorian novel symbolized Jane’s self-reliance through examples such as, John Reed throwing a book at her, Mr. Brocklehurst calling her a liar in front of the entire school, and Mr. Rochester not telling her about his wife. In the beginning of the novel, Jane lived with Aunt Ms. Reed; during her stay with the Reed’s Jane was mistreated. The Reeds

Jane Eyre has been an orphan since her early childhood. She feels thrown out and excluded by the beginning of the novel. The cruel treatment she derives from her Aunt Reed and her cousins worsens her feeling of tragic detachment. Jane feels the need to belong somewhere - to find “kin”

Jane Eyre so far is about an orphan whose struggle with finding a real home and has a personality that really stands out during her time. Since Jane was old enough to have common sense, her personality was not fit for the generation she was in. The book opens with her living with her aunt and three cousins; her aunt wasn’t too fond of her because Jane is a poor orphan who is only her niece through marriage. It was like her against everyone else in the mansion. In chapter four - just like in chapter one, Jane got into another altercation with John Reed whom is her cousin.

In the book, “Jane Eyre”, Jane goes through many struggles before she finally reaches her happy ending. Jane was an orphan left in her uncle’s home after her parents died. Her uncle died and her aunt was cruel to her. She was then sent to a terrible school with miserable conditions where she lost the first friend she had made. After her beloved teacher had left, Jane applied to be a governess and got the job at a place called Thornfield.

Brocklehurst gives Jane a book entitled “Child’s Guide” to Aunt Reed’s warning of Jane being a deceitful child, Jane rebels against her aunt, “this book about [correcting the faults of a] liar…give it to your girl, Georgiana, for it is she who tells lies, not I” (58) . What is more, Jane lacks love in her life when she finally attends Lowood school too, for Helen Burns and Miss Temple eventually leave the institute. Helen Burns dies in Jane’s arms at the institute because of an epidemic that wipes half of the children at the school (104), and Miss Temple marries a seminarian and sends her farewells to the school (125). Jane suffers very much after Helen Burns and Miss Temple’s departure from her life because the two characters were among the few people who directed kindness toward Jane-- besides Uncle Reed and the servant Bessie. Once Jane grows older, Jane meets Mr. Rochester, who she admires considerably, but when Mr. Rochester flaunts his attraction of Miss Ingram in front of Jane, and Jane feels jealous (267). Later, Jane sprints away from Thornfield with little money and clothes until she discovers a house inhabited by her cousin St. John Rivers, a man of goodness and virtue. After a couple of years, he proposes to her, but Jane observes that he only wants to marry her because he requests a missionary wife; he does not really love her (625). Finally, Mr. Rochester seeks Jane again, while Jane resides at St. John’s

Jane overhears Bessie and Miss Abbot talking while she is thought to be asleep. She learns that her father had been a poor clergyman and that her mother had married him against her friends’ wishes. Her father (Mr. Reed) had been so irritated with her disobedience that he had cut her off without any money. Jane’s father caught the typhus fever and her mother it from him; they both died within a month of the other.

The school is run by Mr. Brocklehurst, a man who believes cutting the girl’s hair and starving them will keep them from being vain and worldly. The only people who seem kind and loving to Jane was her friend Helen Burns and her teacher Miss Temple. Sadly, typhus breaks out at Lowood and Jane’s only friend Helen dies. On the brightside, the conditions at Lowood were improved because outsiders realized how bad they were and Mr. Brocklehurst was no longer the headmaster. Jane’s quality of life improves and she spends eight years total at Lowood, two teaching and six as a student. However, Jane soon becomes

Jane Eyre is an orphaned girl who lives with her aunt and cousins. They are known as the Reeds. Her cousins countinously torment her and many of the servants remind her how poor she is. After being harrassed, she finally tells them off. She is then punished and sent to the “red room”. This is the room that her uncle had died in. She has a panic attack and believes that she has seen a ghost. She awakes to find Mr Lloyd, a doctor looking over her. He suggest that she be to Lowood institute. It’s a school that is fifty miles away from Gateshead. So they send her off. At Lockwood, a man named Mr. Brocklehurst runs the school. Jane can not stand him and finds him hypocritical. The students are often not given enough food or warm clothing. They live in bad conditions. During an inspection, Mr. Brocklehurst embarrasses Jane by forcing her to stand on a chair in the middle of class. She is accused of being a liar in front of everyone. But another teacher known as Miss Temple defends Jane. So Jane befriends her and trust her. Miss Temple encourages her to continue on with study despite what has happened. Jane also befriends another girl named Helen Burns. Jane loves how Helen is able to turn the other way when mistreated by teachers. She tries to be that way herself. But then a Typhus fever breaks in the school. Helen contracts it and ends up dying in Janes arms. Mr Brocklehurst is discovered to have been using school funds for his personal rather than providing things needed to

Jane. That’s all he could think about. With her long brown hair and fair, pale skin. Eyes dark as night, smile bright as day. He crouched down in a fetal position, hands wrapped around her still, cold body. His eyelids covering his dull, grey eyes, forehead lay against the old wooden floor.