How Does Charlotte Bronte Create Tension In Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is a novel almost ahead of its time in terms of when it was written and the ideas it conveys when one reads it. The pages read a story of a young woman who refuses to fall into the “social norms” of the time, and in the process becomes a natural heroine within her own tale. It is through the development of this character that Charlotte Bronte challenges the picture of a nineteenth century woman. Jane is a bright, fiery, passionate young woman who is left to her own devices within a family that does not want her and makes it very known from the start. However, it is through this unfortunate circumstance that Jane finds her own spirit and begins her journey towards much more.

The novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte has a major theme about passion versus reason. Throughout the book there are many characters that portray the qualities of passion and reason. These particular individuals demonstrate these emotions very actively.

Violence is the most recurrent gothic convention used in Jane Eyre, which is prominent in Charlotte Brontë's effective development of the novel and the character of Jane Eyre, who, throughout this novel, is searching for a home in which she would have a sense of belonging and love which would ultimately resolve this exact unfulfilled need she had as a child. The neglect she experienced in her childhood is manifested in the way she is treated by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, as in the first page of the novel Jane Eyre admits: ‘Me, she had dispensed from joining the group, saying, 'She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance’’. This opening shows how there is a clear line of separation drawn between Jane and her relatives due to her complicated family background which consequently results in their reluctance to accept her into their environment. These complications lead to her maltreatment, which also adds on to the violence she experiences acting as a catalyst for the development of the character and her subconscious quest.

Near the book’s end, the titular character has had her much-vaunted wedding to Edward Rochester spoiled by the news that he in fact already has a wife: the frothing, feral Bertha Mason. This news, coupled with the Georgian/Victorian taboo against bigamy, and the revelation that Rochester has been deliberately hiding the mentally ill Bertha from Jane (and in the same house, no less) the entire time, sees Jane leave Thornfield to essentially wander England, aimless and alone. Eventually, she reaches a crossroads – both literally and metaphorically – called Whitcross, which leads her to a seemingly random village, wherein she’s (semi-miraculously) reunited with three cousins she never knew she had: St. John, Diana, and Mary Rivers. This discovery is especially important to Jane, considering that she’s almost never had anyone she could sincerely call family, let alone love and endear as such. One personal tragedy (i.e. regarding Rochester), it seems, is met with an equally happy turn of chance – lose a lover, gain a family. But if all of that isn’t questionably serendipitous enough on its own, it only gets

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

The first chapter of Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, creates the feeling of constraint and imprisonment that the main character is experiencing. The author conveys this feeling to the readers by utilizing diction and imagery. With these literary elements the reader is able to comprehend the emotions the main character feels. Charlotte Bronte applies imagery to demonstrate how the character is affected by what she sees. In the chapter it states, "...

At the time of 19th century England, the societal norms of women were very different from today. It is against the norm for women to get an education and to have a job outside of the house. Bronte allows the reader to follow the journey of Jane Eyre’s struggle of getting a good education and finding a job. As Brontë introduces Jane, the reader learns that she will be attending school of Lowood soon, as a way for her stepmother to get rid of her. Young Jane is thrilled at the idea of going to school and sets her hopes high.

In the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte, the main character often rebels against that time period’s societal ideas of women and what they should do. With Jane’s independent nature, Bronte wants us to take the lesson that, yes, Jane’s struggles and life choices are worth it for the life she has at the end of the novel. One example of Jane’s rebellion is from her stay at Gateshead, where she spent the beginning of her childhood. At Gateshead, she lived under the control of her aunt, Mrs. Reed. All through Jane’s childhood, Mrs. Reed constantly ridiculed and abused her because she is very plain and not like her own children, who are also extremely rude to Jane.

In the novel, ‘Jane Eyre’ Charlotte Brontë focuses on the life of Jane, an unwanted orphan who can’t do anything right in the eyes of her aunt. When she is about nine she is sent to Lowood Institute where she is also treated as inferior by Mr Brocklehurst. Although Jane is treated so cruelly and unfairly all her life she proves everyone wrong in the end by making something of herself.

Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre contains a character named Helen Burns who not only develops the major theme of religion, but also challenges the theme and shapes the morals of the text for the better of the main character, Jane Eyre. She is significant to the novel, due to the fact that she humbled Jane from the beginning of Lowood until the moment she died in her arms and transformed her existence as a whole with her martyr personality. Jane and Helen’s last conversation contrasts tremendously with what many adults in Jane’s life have confronted her with, and contrasts with Jane’s previous fears. Without Helen Burns, Jane wouldn’t have become the woman she was when the novel ended.

Rochester has been injured in an accident and is now blind. She returns to his new manor Ferndean, to find him severely altered by the accident. Her feelings change, and she begins to consider marrying Mr. Rochester. One of the reasons for this change is Jane’s equality with Mr. Rochester. His blindness and state after the accident results in Jane’s feeling equal to him, and eventually their marriage.

Samantha Scattini 5/3/18 Section 2 Jane Eyre Jane Eyre, a novel by Charlotte Bronte, shares the life story of an outspoken, mistreated, young girl named Jane. This self-narrative travels through all of Jane's trials, as well as successes. Throughout her continuous relocations, she is constantly evolving and maturing. Each destination provides her with new life lessons and helps her to move forward into her next journey. In Jane Eyre, Bronte uses these different locations to create a strong impact on both Jane and the reader by creating symbolism in the various environments.

Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre” has captivated readers for generations. As with all coming of age novels, young adults can relate to the struggles and triumphs of Jane. Jane’s setting influences and parallel her emotions. A reader can see the novel through her eyes and perspective. In Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” the location often parallels Jane’s emotional growth through the tone presented by the environment, resulting in the different places she lives revealing her journey through depression. Jane’s behavioral patterns and thoughts suggest clinical depression that affected her choices throughout the novel and her life at Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Marsh End, and Ferdean.

“You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love and kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity. I shall remember how you thrust me back – roughly and violently thrust me back.” (Bronte 44). In Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre, Jane was oppressed and ridiculed at a young age. She used strength and encounters drawn from her youth, spent at Gateshead and Lowood, to prepare her for her future. Jane Eyre’s experiences as a child influenced and shaped her actions, decisions, and character as a young adult.

We never lose sight that Jane is plain, ordinary, and not the sexually repressed spinster who cannot resist her sexuality, as portrayed in in the critic Mary Pooveys argument in her essay ‘The Anathematized Race’ (Reader p. 195) who states, ‘The figure who epitomised the Victorian domestic ideal was also the figure who tried to destroy it.’ (Reader, 195). On the contrary, Bronte used this uncertain profession for Jane to illustrate the difference in social class and to portray the story from both a servant’s and aristocratic point of view, (CD 3) whilst also depicting Jane’s journey from her humble beginnings to equal stature with the man she loved.