The characters are blinded by their personal pride and are unaware that this leads to their own corruption. The many characters that are presented in Jane Eyre attribute others by their class. This shape character interaction and a character who displays these attributes are Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed was placed as Jane Eyre’s guardian after the death of her uncle and her parents. Although Mrs. Reed loathed Jane as she attributed her to being lower class and thought of her as a dependent. She carried the hate, “dying, she must hate me still” (240). These thoughts create a bigger sense of pride in the characters because they believe they are better than everyone else. This thought is a rotting piece of fruit because everyone is equal. Acceptance is
Self-deception is one of many standard emotions that every person has, even many authors include these emotions in book and novels. Books such as Jane Eyre and the mark on the wall use this key emotion in the story.
Integrity is to stand true to yourself, your morals, and not compromise it because some officials hundreds of years ago imposed standards about what is right and wrong. Its not about the fame but for your own personal satisfaction and humanity that despite all odds you see the truth in the nonsense of discrimination and hatred for ways that are so called “not right”. Jane Eyre and Caitlyn Jenner embody integrity for they didn't go along with “normality”. In the 18 century most women desired love and wealth but Jane Eyre didn’t care about fitting in society it just so happens that she falls for a man like that. Bruce Jenner was once viewed as the best athlete in the world. Recently Jenner revealed that he was transgender. For the first time
How morally ambiguous character affect meaning in the work. (Rough Draft) In the novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, the life of Jane is told through her perspective from when she was a child until adulthood creating access to Jane’s development as a character. Jane’s actions and decisions all result from her moral values, and the idea of coming of age is reflected upon these choices that she makes. From childhood, Jane has had the urge to follow what she believed in, no matter the consequences.
In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Jane is an orphan who is often mistreated by the family and other people who surround her. Faced with constant abuse from her aunt and her cousins, Jane at a young age questions the treatment she receives: "All John Reed’s violent tyrannies, all his sister’s proud indifference, all his mother’s aversion, all the servants’ partiality, turned up in my disturbed mind like a dark deposit in a turbid well. Why was I always suffering, always brow-beaten, always accused, forever condemned?" (27; ch. 2). Despite her early suffering, as the novel progresses Jane is cared for and surrounded by various women who act as a sort of "substitute mother" in the way they guide,
Jane Eyre Self-Honesty Throughout Charlotte Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre,” Jane’s Character is continually tested. Jane is constantly pushed by men who believe they are better than. No matter what Jane encounters in life she stays true to herself. She ignores all social and economic reasons to listen to the men in her life and is honest about what she wants in life. Janes Honesty is continual throughout the entire novel.
Melody Barajas Period 1 10/23/2014 One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the powers of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work. Bronte chronically maneuvers Jane through a series of journeys to portray Jane’s growth towards freedom from mastery and oppression as seen within the confines of Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, and finally ending her quest for liberation at Moor House.
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’’.
Throughout the book Jane Eyre, the protagonist Jane goes through a variety of stages in her life where the setting/environment of where she lives in forms a part of her character and who she becomes as a person. The first setting in the novel is the Reed family’s home in Gateshead, England. As an orphan with no parents, she is taken in by Mrs. Reed who promised the late Mr.Reed to take care of Jane. Playing the role of the “mean stepmother”, Mrs. Reed as well as all of her cousins John, Eliza and Georgiana treat her as if she was a lowly, undeserving girl. At the fragile age of ten, Jane develops an almost rebellious character and has a lot of anger built inside of her because of feeling wronged by the unfortunate deeds of the Reed family that drives her to become lonely and miserable as a child. Being locked up in the red room also gave her a superstitious side that also proves as a part of the prejudices that form around her when people don’t
Jane Eyre was born an orphan and raised under the hands of a heartless Aunt. Aunt Reed stressed to Jane that she was privileged to live so well without any
she does use these tough standards on herself as she did to her aunt. the only reasons for her harsh judgments on mrs reed was due to the fact that mrs reed treated jane eyre miserably by allowing her son to beat jane and placing all the blame on jane and even goes to punish her by sending her to the red room which is where her uncle died and this was a horrible punishment for something that was not her fault. because of this she gets standards of any normal human being which are kindness and help and high morals as later in the story she refuses to be a mistress to mr edward rochester as it is not right and she has high standards she also refuses to marry saint john rivers as she does not love him and she wants to live a life of passion and
Readers learn early in the story that Jane Eyre does not fit contemporary society's idea of a proper woman. As a child, Jane stands up to her aunt, Mrs. Reed, on more than one recorded occasion when Jane feels she has been treated unjustly (Brontë 28, 37). At one point, Jane bluntly tells her aunt, "I declare, I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed [Jane's cousin]" (37). This was at best improper behavior for a child in Victorian society, and it was most definitely seen as improper by Mrs. Reed who grows to hate Jane, calling her "tiresome, ill-conditioned" and "scheming" (26). But her aunt's reprimands and hatred do not deter Jane from speaking up in the face of injustice.
Great feminist writers, such as Zora Neale Hurston and Betty Friedan, have been openly outspoken against misogyny in their societies. Charlotte Bronte, a prisoner of the strict and proper Victorian society, speaks out against gender inequality in a subtle manner, as her environment limits her voice. Bronte illuminates the misogynistic and sexist attitudes of the Victorian era in Jane Eyre through the relationships between the protagonist, Jane, and the male characters in the book, through the treatment of madwoman Bertha Mason, and through the inner monologue of Jane herself.
Firstly, Jane Eyre is a young woman who faces hardships with great determination. Raised by Mrs. Reed, a cruel aunt, she is sent
The class of Jane also reflects how people who are considered lower are treated worse than the rich. Those who tend to be rich see themselves as much better and deserving of greater things. A character in the story named John Reed would always treat the protagonist, Jane Eyre, like she was garbage because of the fact that she was orphaned and had no wealth to her name. “You have no business to take our books; you are a dependant, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us”. John had a part in his family’s wealth and saw himself as above attempting to assure everyone knew how important he was. Meanwhile, Jane being of lower class is much more humble and appreciative of the good things in life. Learning to live happily and patiently as a humble citizen making sure to never be snobby like her relatives. Jane makes sure to see the beauty inside of people rather than superficial, beautiful appearances. “The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers within her. They woke, they kindled: first, they glowed in the bright tint of her cheek, which till this hour I had never seen but pale and bloodless; then they
Jane Eyre is a story of a quest to be loved. Jane searches, not just for romantic love, but also for a sense of being valued and belonging. However, this search is constantly hindered by her need for independence. She starts of as an unloved orphan who is desperate to find love and a purpose. For example, Jane says to Helen, “to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple, or any other whom I truly love, I would willingly submit to have the bone of my arm broken, or to let a bull toss me, or to stand behind a kicking horse, and let it dash its hoof at my chest”. However, over the course of the novel, Jane learns to gain love without harming herself in the process. Although she is despised by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, she finds parental figures throughout the book. Miss Temple and Bessie care for Jane and give her love and guidance. However, Jane does not feel as though she has found