Theme Of Love In Jane Eyre

Jane is a spirited woman, and her emotions give her a strength of character that is unusual for a female heroine of this period. Rather than being nervous and oversensitive, Jane expresses her feelings through anger. The first example of this occurs at one of the pivotal moments of her life, when John Reed hits

In the novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre experiences many important stages of her life. To begin, her upbringing under her aunt, Mrs. Reed’s, care at her house, Gateshead. Secondly, her schooling at the Lowood School. Then, her work as governess and her affair with the master, Mr. Rochester, at Gateshead. Next, her life at the home of St. John Rivers, her cousin, and finally her life as Mr. Rochester’s wife. All of these stages had profound effects on Jane’s life, but three in specific forced her to face certain challenges that would shape the progression of her life. Throughout these stages, Bronte uses certain literary techniques to amplify and comment on

When Rochester proposes to Jane she gives in to love. But then becomes afraid of loosing her autonomy and self image. "And then you won't know me, sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket--a jay in borrowed plumes" (Bronte 263). Jane says this to Rochester after he elaborates to Jane about giving her jewels to make her even more beautiful then she already is. But as Jane sees it, if she puts on something that isn't her, she will loose her image of herself, and in addition, her autonomy. She would loose her autonomy because she would be allowing someone to make a decision for her when she is perfectly capable of making it. Her fear of losing her autonomy motivates her refusal of Rochester's marriage proposal. Jane believes that "marrying" Rochester while he remains legally tied to Bertha, Rochester's wife at the time, would mean rendering herself a mistress and sacrificing her own integrity for the sake of emotional gratification.

Jane Eyre is a powerful novel with many secrets in the storyline between the characters. One of the most shocking secrets was finding out that Rochester has a wife. Since his older brother would inherit his father's fortune, Rochester needed to secure his own future with a marriage for the sake of money, not love. So, he married Bertha, who was both wealthy and beautiful.

Throughout Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Jane Eyre is afflicted with the feud between her moral values, and the way society perceives these notions. Jane ultimately obtains her happy ending, and Brontë’s shrewd denouement of St. John’s fate juxtaposes Jane’s blissful future with St. John’s tragic course of action. When Jane ends up at the Moor House, she is able to discover a nexus of love and family, and by doing so, she no longer feels fettered to Rochester. Moreover, Rochester is no longer Jane’s only form of psychological escape, and thus Jane is in a position to return to him without an aura of discontent. At the end of the novel, Jane is finally able to be irrevocably “blest beyond what language can express” (Brontë 459) because she is “absolutely bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh” (459).

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.

Written by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre tells the story of its title character as she matures and experiences all that life has to offer in 19th century England. Jane Eyre grows up as an orphan and seeks work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets and falls in love with Mr. Edward Rochester. After discovering that he is already married, she is introduced to St. John Rivers; he asks her to marry him for the sole purpose of being a missionary’s wife and she instead returns to Mr. Rochester, who she truly loves, and marries him. Throughout her journey, she learns many thing about Mr. Edward Rochester and St. John Rivers. Both men display similar characteristics, but as foils they exhibit many different characteristics as well. Both

In the novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre has the option of either marrying Rochester or St. John Rivers. Rochester and St. John Rivers are foils, however they do share some characteristics. Both Rochester and St. John Rivers have many strengths and weaknesses that influence Jane Eyre’s choice of whom she shall marry.

Ultimately, the relationship of Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester consists of each on being the guiding light, or literal sight, for the other. Rochester becomes the happiness in Jane’s life and depends on her to lead him by the hand through his darkness, or actual blindness. Their love together is the bright light in their relationship that will face constant scorn and derision for its age gap, partial disability, and station

Jane, similarly to Hannah, predominantly sacrifices passion as she has morals and principles; she wants to be an equal. This is evident when Jane almost marries Mr Rochester; she can no longer ‘see God for his creature’ of whom she has ‘made an idol’. Jane is losing sight of God through her overwhelming passion for Mr Rochester. When light is shone upon Mr Rochester’s attempt at bigamy, Jane believes marrying him while he remains legally tied to Bertha would mean rendering herself as a mistress and sacrificing her own integrity for the sake of emotional

While Jane feels in love with Rochester, she also subconsciously fears a marriage to him and the imprisonment it could become. Jane never manifests this fright and anger

In the critical essay, “Almost my hope of heaven’: idolatry and messianic symbolism in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre,” Joshua analyzes the theme of idolatry and messianic symbolism in Jane Eyre. Joshua believes that Jane Eyre is a novel that revolves wholly on religion. He argues that, “one of the novel's purpose...is to show that human relationships are successful only if the partners in the relationship avoid the dangers of idolizing each other” (Joshua). I strongly agree with his opinion. One main reason Jane denies Rochester’s proposal is because she does not want to be inferior to him. When Rochester and Jane argue over whether or not Jane is going to let him order her around she says “‘I like to serve you, sir, and to obey you in all that is right’” (Bronte 250). From the beginning, Jane sees Rochester as a sort of messiah. Due to this, she refuses to marry him for she believes they will never truly be equals. However, as the novel progresses, Jane goes through internal developments that enable her to realize that her and Rochester can be equals. She realizes her self-worth and finds a balance between her principles and feelings. In one of the final passages of the novel, Jane says that her and Rochester have been married for ten years and she is “[her] husband’s life as fully as he is [hers]” (Bronte PAGE NUMBER). Here, we can see the Jane and Rochester are equals. This supports Joshua’s claim, for their relationship is only successful because of their equality. Rochester is no longer Janes “master” and she still remains her own-self.

Discuss issues of authority, obedience, and rebellion in the novel. The book Jane Eyre is a feminist novel that challenges the then accepted authority of men over women through the titular character’s display of independent female identity in her rejection of loveless marriage and affirmation of her own romantic desires. I will be looking at instances where authority, obedience and rebellion was found in the play and which women conformed to the norms of society and how Jane went away from the norms of society and people around her.

The first event that breaks Jane out into expressing that she deserves more, is when she denies Mr. Rochester’s marriage proposal, stating “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself” (Bronte 302). This indicates Jane taking her feelings into consideration before the feelings of others, who would have made her compromise her convictions. Then, Jane further asserts her independence by refusing to marry St. John, but conceding to go to India, “if I may go free” (Bronte 412). His loveless marriage proposal would have trapped her into being subservient, which is not at all what she wants. What truly ties things together for Jane is the realization that she has inherited twenty thousand pounds from her uncle (Bronte 364). This detail plus the fact that St. John pushed her away with his cold marriage proposal, brought Jane to the conclusion that being with Mr. Rochester would satisfy her emotional needs, and she would finally be his economic equal. In the end, Jane and Rochester are married, and seem to be in love, which is what Jane wanted; to be surrounded by love and be treated as the equal she knows she

A constant theme throughout Jane Eyre is the search for love. Although this could be shown through many of the novel's key characters, it can most readily be shown in the experiences of Jane Eyre herself. The novel begins with her searching for love and it finally ends with her finding it, for good, in Mr. Rochester.