Theme Of Conflict In Jane Eyre

     Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is a coming-of-age story about an unconventional woman's development within a society of strict rules and expectations. At pivotal moments in Jane's life, she makes choices which are influenced by her emotions and/or her reason. Through the results of those choices, Jane learns to balance passion and practicality to achieve true happiness.

In its simplest form, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre tells the story of a young woman, Jane Eyre, who grows up poor, makes the decision to be independent, does so, and, eventually, marries rich. The novel follows her from her childhood to her reunion with the love of her life and she, throughout it, deals with classism and sexism and exhibits her own form of feminism. By the end, it becomes clear that, with this semi-autobiographical novel, Charlotte Bronte was providing a criticism on society’s discrimination toward those of a lower class, a subtle argument against the male-dominated society’s treatment of women, and an even subtler call to action for women to find their own agency outside of the men in their lives. On another end, however,

Jane Eyre is an extraordinary orphan girl who is treated horribly by her aunt Mrs. Reed and her children. She is sent away to a girl’s boarding school called Lowood. She studies there for a total of six years and graduates to teach at the same school for two years. After two years of teaching, she leaves Lowood to go looking for another job, at 19. She meets Mrs. Fairfax who decides to give her the job as a governess at Thornfield Hall. She eventually falls in love with Mr. Rochester, the master of Thornfield. She is happy being a governess to Adele and being in love with Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester then decides to propose to her: However, Mr. Rochester has a deep dark secret; one that stops the marriage and restricts them from being together forever. She runs away and lives a new life with a new family, St. John and his two sisters. St. John finds out that Jane Eyre is a beneficiary of her uncle’s wealth and insists that she marry him. She refuses because she does not love him and runs away. She goes back to Thornfield only to find that Mr. Rochester’s circumstances have changed for the worse.

The novel Jane Eyre is a story about a stoic woman who fights her entire life through many trials and tribulations until she finds true love and achieves an almost nirvana-like state of being. The manner, in which Charlotte Bronte writes, her tone and diction especially, lends its self to the many purposes of the novel. The diction of Bronte usually had characteristics of gothic culture and showed the usually negative and angry inner thoughts of Jane. The tone of the novel was there sympathetic towards Jane and displayed her as an intelligent and kind person who has been given a terrible lot in life. This allows the audience to feel connected with Jane because most people have gone through times in their life where they have

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë explores the coming of age of the main character, Jane Eyre set in nineteenth century England. Throughout the narrative, it is disclosed that the central conflict is discovering her true identity and asserting herself through everyday life. Limitations at a personal scale such as atypical relationships and misconceptions of liberty. Jane’s connection the the natural worldBrontë uses aspects of the natural world including a charred heath, blooming flowers and an ominous sun to narrate Jane’s experiences through the extremities of independence and dependence, whilst experiencing consecutive intervals of solitude.

Throughout the novel, Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte, Jane struggles to find her position in society due to her desire to defy the social norms. In the time period in which the book was written, women were expected to stay in the domestic sphere, educate the next generation and marry into the same social class. Charlotte Bronte addresses and voices her opinion on these social issues that were occurring at the time through the portrayal of the characters in the novel. Terry Eagleton, the author of “Jane Eyre’s Power Struggle,” describes Jane’s power struggle in three ways: her desire for independence as seen through her lack of kinship, her alternating roles between male and female in her relationship with Rochester, and the spiritual

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is presented in the Victorian Period of England. It is a novel which tells the story of a child's maturation into adulthood. Jane's developing personality has been shaped by her rough childhood. She has been influenced by many people and experiences. As a woman of her time, Jane has had to deal with the strain of physical appearance. This has a great effect on her mental thinking and decision making. Jane Eyre's cognitive and physical attributes have been affected by her environment throughout her life.

Within Jane Eyre, a fundamental conflict exists in Rochester’s secrecy as he hides his former wife Bertha Mason from everyone, believing that her insane and feral nature prevents any form of peace in his own life. However, while various aspects of Rochester’s story suggest that she may have inherited her family’s genetic predisposition to insanity, the work also suggests that a large portion of her violent behavior towards Rochester originated from his own actions and faults, supporting Bronte’s thematic argument investigating the overall influence of nature or nurture most affecting one’s personality. From Jane’s first visual encounter with Bertha describing her as “a savage face [with] red eyes and the fearful blackened inflation of lineaments,”

Charlotte Bronte is, first and foremost, a storyteller at heart. She broke a mold for women at her time because there were not many occupations that were deemed acceptable besides ‘teacher’ or ‘governess’ in the mid-nineteenth century. Her imagination was far too creative to be left unwritten on a page. Charlotte Bronte’s writings reflect her opinions on women’s roles in society and such opinion is shown in Jane Eyre. Although Jane Eyre was considered radical for its time because women weren’t supposed to play the role of heroine, Jane Eyre rises up from her oppressors, fights for what she thinks is right, and above all stays true to herself and today is considered a true role model for heroine characters.

Jane Eyre, a novel by Charlotte Brontë, contains several notable themes and messages sent to its readers. Jane Eyre is a coming of age novel that is a story of a girl's quest for equality and happiness. A common theme that recurs throughout the novel is the importance of independence.Charlotte Brontë utilizes several techniques to convey this message, incorporating her personal experiences, as well as including symbolism and motifs. Charlotte Bronte subjects Jane to several conflicts that occur because of Jane’s desire for independence and freedom, such as love, religion, and gender inequality.

Similar to many of the great feministic novels of its time, Jane Eyre purely emerges as a story focused on the quest for love. The novel’s protagonist, Jane, searches not only for the romantic side of love, but ultimately for a sense of self-worth and independence. Set in the overlapping times of the Victorian and Gothic periods, the novel touches upon both women’s supposed rights, and their inner struggle for liberty. Orphaned at an early age, Jane was born into a modest lifestyle, without any major parent roles to guide her through life’s obstacles. Instead, she spent much of her adolescent years locked in imaginary chains, serving those around her but never enjoying the many decadences life has to offer. It is not until Jane becomes a

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a novel that describes the challenges of a woman during the Victorian Era. The author of the novel uses the settings to help the protagonist, Jane Eyre, to find her voice. At each location during Jane’s development, she starts to break down barriers that are keeping her from finding her true self. As Jane travels to these places she needs to overcome obstacles to find her identity.

Jane Eyre, a poor little orphaned girl in the beginning of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, is described as a “capricious witch” (271) by her fiancé, Mr. Rochester, when she asserts her independence as a powerful woman. Despite their differences in social status, age, and gender, Jane and Mr. Rochester find a shared position as outcasts: hardly fitting the Victorian era stereotypes of propriety. Their romantic relationship; Jane, a governess, and Mr. Rochester, her employer, disregards nineteenth century English social class conventions. Since Jane grows to to achieve personal autonomy and reaches a sense of intellectual maturity, she demands respect from Mr. Rochester. The effects of Mr. Rochester’s psychological repression from his dark past contribute to his moody behavior toward he; when he becomes threatened by Jane’s self-control and influence over him, he further perceives her as the archetypal coy seductress. The effects of Jane’s experiences of being oppressed as an impoverished, young governess empower her to refuse marriage until she can have Mr. Rochester’s true love without sacrificing her integrity.

Told in her point of view, Jane Eyre often reflects on her childhood, describing how her innocence was heavily damaged by the abuse and isolation she faced. Jane’s harsh childhood helps sets a foundation for how she eventually develops into a strong independent woman. Before being her life at Thornfield Hall, Jane lived with her great aunt and cousins at Gatheshead Hall, often facing some kind of mistreatment, “‘I shall remember how you thrust me back-roughly and violently thrust me back into the red-room, and locked me up there-to my dying day; though I was in agony; though I cried out…’”(45). Jane had been severely mistreated by Mrs. Reed, causing Jane to slowly build up her independent nature. Jane would eventually use those wounds to her advantage in the future by having tougher skin. Once leaving Gatheshead Hall, Jane

Jane Eyre follows a young, passionately individualistic orphan who grows up and spends her life searching for acceptance, love, and freedom from those who would stifle her creative tendencies and bold nature. She moves from place to place throughout the novel so often that the book itself is organized by place, and Jane’s journeys are symbolic of the changes which take place within her to build and strengthen her character. Bronte’s novel is often seen as the first bildungsroman written from a female perspective, and though it did sell well when it was first published, it was not popular without controversy. Many questioned the morality present in the novel, and whether or not Jane Eyre is a spiritually sound book. There are many Christian themes and images throughout Bronte’s work, yet there seems to be a disparity in the theology that is presented. As Jane matures, she is exposed to different ideas of religion and what it means to be a well-behaved Christian woman in the Victorian era. Jane’s encounters with truth and spirituality showcase and strengthen her identity and help shape her into a woman who wants to decide for herself what is true.