“Theme of Education in Charlotte Bronte's ‘Jane Eyre’”

Jane Eyre is a personal journey for independence and belonging in an extremely unpleasant society. Jane Eyre is very distinctive from other romantic pieces of the era, in the fact that it portrays a woman searching for equality and dignity through independence from those who treat her as a second hand citizen. Finding independence is Jane’s only way to combat the situation she is stuck in time and time again throughout her life. Throughout Jane Eyre, Jane, attempts to find independence and a sense of belonging, while also attempting to form open and equal relationships.

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

The novel begins at Gateshead where Jane is a young, ten year old, orphaned child who is miserable and unwanted by her aunt and cousins. At first, Jane allows her family to taunt and tease her without ever retaliating. When John Reed, one of Jane’s

Jane Eyre’s life was full of oppression, neglect and sorrow. The novel was formed around a few main ideas. One of those would be the search of love and acceptance. Jane wanted to find a family so desperately and she wanted to belong to people. More than this though, Jane wanted to be treated equally. She was denied equality because of her social status, her income,her lack of “beauty” and most of all because of her gender. The book Jane Eyre shows the struggle that women face while attempting to overcome oppression and inequality in the Victorian era.

She feels Jane was forced upon her family after the death of her parents.  Against her husband’s request, Mrs. Reed does not treat Jane like a human being and is constantly criticizing and punishing her.  In one example, Jane was keeping to herself and reading a book when her cousin John Reed decided to annoy her. John grabbed the book and threw it at her,  knocking her down and cutting her on the head. This caused her to bleed and was very painful.  Mrs. Reed then punished Jane by sending her into the red room, the room that her uncle died in, for the entire night.  While in the red room, Jane became terrified and thought she saw or heard the flapping of wings.  The treatment Jane received caused her to become bitter and to truly dislike Mrs. Reed.

Jane struggles to have positive relationships or support, growing up in Gateshead under the supervision of a dismissive aunt. The little attention Jane got was almost always negative because she did not fit in the households mold of a perfect child;

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 Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, The ‘real’ subject of [Jane Eyre] is the emotional and intellectual needs (the two inextricably related) of a woman. At the beginning of the novel, Jane is tortured by John Reed and his sisters who continually torment and accuse her as the “naughty child”. Jane’s relatives showed

10-year-old Jane lives under the custody of her Aunt Reed, who hates her. Jane resents her harsh treatment by her aunt and cousins so much that she has a severe temper outburst, which results in her aunt sending her to Lowood boarding school. At the end of the eight years, she has become a teacher at Lowood. At the age of eighteen she seeks independence and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall.

Jane’s heroic qualities matter more than appearance and serve as a model for female readers today. One of those qualities is that Jane overcame her gruesome past. Jane Eyre is tortured as a child by her relatives. For example, Jane’s cousin, John, constantly reminds her that she is an orphan, gets locked in the room her uncle died in and, is always excluded in games by the other children. Jane essentially holds this grudge until she is about to head off to boarding school, where she confronts her aunt. Jane learns a lot while in boarding school. Jane Eyre befriends a girl named Helen who said, “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs”. Jane cuts her family out of her life for good. Jane Eyre loves

This follows the narrative of a young Jane Eyre, starting as an orphan in a victorian society, she struggles to find a place to belong. After being branded as a troubled and mischievousness child she is sent to a religious christian school to learn her place. Here she finds a much needed friend, but when her only companion dies of a fervours epidemic she again finds herself alone in the world.

Jane Eyre is a fictional character in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. My final paper will treat about the childhood of Jane Eyre and the evolution of his personality during the story making a connection with Victorian Era when the story was told.

Jane Eyre was born an orphan and raised under the hands of a heartless Aunt. Aunt Reed stressed to Jane that she was privileged to live so well without any

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.

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.