Jane Eyre - Setting. Essay

As a young girl, she is essentially trapped in Gateshead. This sprawling house is almost her whole world. Jane has been here for most of her ten years. Her life as a child is

We first encounter this relationship between Jane and Rochester during their first dramatic meeting. She encounters him when he falls off his horse and she is required to give him assistance. Jane’s first impression of his face is that ‘He had a dark face, with stern features and a heavy brow’. This may portray the dimness in his face awaiting to be enlightened by a woman which, in this case Jane. Further on in this chapter, unaware of who he is, on her return home, Jane is amazed to discover that the gentleman she assisted in the road was her employer, Mr. Edward Rochester. Jane’s future relationship with Rochester is most clearly set out in their first meeting. Although without any money, reserved and socially dependent, Jane is not

Furthermore, this demeaning and negative attitude Jane is exposed to is further instigated when her cousin, John Reed, expresses her situation by saying: "You have no business to take our books; you are a dependent, 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". The truth of Jane's unfortunate situation is expressed against her which results in her feeling no true support from this family and confides only in her childhood nursemaid- Bessie, who although behaves inconsistently and has “a capricious and hasty temper”, is the closest mother figure to her. Furthermore, the friction between Jane and John is further emphasised when the first physical aspect of violence is introduced to the reader through a graphic portrayal, further showing the ultimate rejection Jane experienced

In Charlotte Bronte’s’ “Jane Eyre”, Rochester uses disguise and duplicity to achieve his desire of marrying Jane. By doing so; he defies state law and divine will. Consequently, Rochester suffers physically, emotionally, and financially.

Jane extinguishes the inferno and wakes Mr. Rochester, who thanks her heartily for saving his life. She accepts his gratitude and rushes to bed, noting that, “Strange energy was in his voice, strange fire in his look,” (210). The literal fire that overwhelms Mr. Rochester’s room symbolizes the mutual desire incited between him and

The author’s of Emma, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre use tone and setting to grab the reader’s attention. Tone and setting presents underlying situations to give reason to continue reading. In these three chapters the tone of each chapter are vastly different. Some tones will be dark while others are mournful, romantic and lonely.

Jane has never been a beauty, a fact that both she and others have confirmed many times throughout the text. His words imply that he is valuing her for her looks alone, and that is not who Jane is. Further, he calls her “Jane Rochester” (818) then “Mrs. Rochester – Fairfax Rochester’s girl-bride” (819) demonstrating a gradual erasure of her identity. She goes from having part of her identity intact – her first name, to being reduced to nothing more than his bride. In addition, Rochester begins to speak of all the things he will give her saying that he “wrote to [his] banker in London to send [him] certain jewels he has in his keeping, - heirlooms for the ladies of Thornfield.

To better understand such ideas, I will examine the scene where Rochester admits to being married to Bertha. He takes Jane to the attic to show her who exactly his wife is---to display her madness. I aim to analyze the words he chooses to represent his disabled wife, in comparison to words used to represent Jane. Words such as “demon”, “fearful hag”, “ghastly”, and “mask”, in relation to “grave”, “quiet”, and “beautiful”. To demonstrate how a female views the disabled male body, I will explore the part of the novel where Jane discovers Rochester as a blind man.

Jane chooses to return to Rochester and become the eyes and arms of Mr. Rochester by declaring, “Reader, I married him” (Bronte 861). Jane’s decision to marry Rochester shows the demolition of the

While Jane’s time at Gateshead demonstrated her immense sadness, Jane’s time at Thornfield reveals her sadness through depression, as it begins to evolve into anger and an internal struggle. Her correlation with madness and anger begins to appear when she goes into the attic. She states “I climbed the three staircases, raised the trapdoor of the attic, and having reached the leads looked out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along the dim skyline- that then I longed” (Bronte 114). Jane is trapped inside herself. She longs to escape from her emotions and internal struggles, yet cannot. The attic, the abode of Mr. Rochester’s insane wife, houses Jane’s emotions. She climbs up to the attic and views the world beyond it. She

In many romanticized novels, Mooreland is a place where characters go and experience sever emotional struggles. The story of Jane Eyre is no different. Jane goes to Moore House in an effort to deny her love for Mr. Rochester and move on with her life. Unlike Thornfield, Jane does not romantize this location but rather relies on its simplicity as support, because it is so unlike the lavish Thornfield –a place she yearns to forget.

The challenges that Jane faces at her schools are emotionally and pyschically burdomsome to her in the future. Some examples of her trails that she faces are the overbearing men in her life. Mr. Rochester puts himself in a dominate role while Jane volunatlly places herself most times in the submissive role. Another difficult expierience for her was staying in the “Red Room” The red room is a symbol of restriction for Jane, and her own Uncle died in the room, so it’s overwhelming and almost a fightneing supernatural expierence for her. In chapter four her aunt lies about how Jane is a lair and untrustworthy. When she arrives at Lowood, her second morning she comes to realize that life there is very harsh. Another man who has treated her poorly

As a governess, Jane is shown the life of the luxurious. Mr. Rochester's mansion is overwhelming, and his parties are extravagant. Mr. Rochester speaks to her frequently, because he needs someone to listen to him. When Edward reveals to Jane his former cheating wife, she feels a connection to him on personal level. Jane has never felt this since her relationship with Helen Burns at Lowood. Jane becomes

Jane’s restlessness shapes her character to the extent of her voice being suppressed by society and her desire of change, an empty void then filled once her voice is found. While living with the Reeds and after throwing a book at John Reed, Jane gets locked up in the red-room, serving as a punishment for standing up for herself. The room derives her from being expressive and creates an image of imprisonment for being radically passionate when she should not be according to the consensus of Gateshead, the head or fount of all her problems.

The first transition that Jane’s character makes is from a child overwhelmed by injustice to a young woman capable of suffering patiently. At the beginning of the novel, Jane is an orphan living with her wealthy aunt and three cousins, all of whom, by no fault of Jane’s own, view her as inferior and useless.