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Red Room Jane Eyre Research Paper

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Jane’s perception of the furniture’s authoritative presence and her reaction to the looking-glass expresses her over active imagination, which stems from her psychologic need to distance herself from her cruel life when she finds herself isolated. Ostracized by the Reed family, similarly to the “seldom entered” Red Room, Jane finds comfort in novels and stories her nurse, Bessie, tells to her. Locked away in the Red Room as an unfair punishment, Jane’s overactive imagination transforms things like the bed and chair around her into a “tabernacle” and “pale throne” (10) so she can better cope with the strange surroundings. Reflexively, Jane uses her imagination as a shield against her Aunt’s unjust cruelty and bias towards her; instead focusing

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