This essay is on Jane Eyre. The question was: How does Jane's character change through the course of the novel?

As a feminist, Jane is able to protect herself when she is in a situation where she needs to be defended. For instance, when her brutish older cousin John hurls a hardcover book at her head, she pounces back by attacking him in defense. She also faces no difficulty in successfully defeating her cold-hearted aunt in a verbal fight, just at the tender age of ten. Jane is surely unafraid of the consequences that she has to face on actions that she believes as rightfully done. This amazing trait remains even as she proceeds into adulthood and meets the love of her life. She is able to deal with, and even stand up to Mr. Rochester’s unreasonable verbal attacks directed at her. She clearly shows her dauntless side of her personality, by speaking her own mind when Mr. Rochester demands for the money that he had given her. Jane refuses clear cut, and Mr. Rochester asks to then at least let him see the cash. Jane refuses again by retorting that he is “not to be trusted.” Jane has an honest and truthful soul who knows how to speak for herself, unlike many women during this period of time. Jane is never concerned about what other people would think of her if she tells them the exact truth about everything. She is able to inform her departure by cancelling off the wedding between herself and Mr. Rochester after what she had witnessed and experienced. Jane cries out “you are a married man-or as good as a married man, and wed to one inferior to you- to one with whom you have no sympathy- whom I do not believe you truly love; for I have seen and heard you sneer at her. I would scorn such a union: therefore I am better than you- let me go!” Jane is able to truthfully utter her thoughts, her true opinion without being afraid; even if it was to someone she dearly loved. When Mr. Rochester angrily cries out, “Jane, be still; don’t struggle so, like a wild frantic bird that is rending its own plumage in its

In the beginning Jane seems a strong character who is very rebellious; In the Victorian times it was considered “deceitful” for a child too speak out. Jane wishes to overcome this. And she does when she says, “I must keep in good health, and not

Furthermore, Jane says “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself” (Chapter 27, Bronte.) This statement greatly represents the growth that Jane has undergone. She no longer dreads the solitude that once haunted her because she respects herself enough to realize that she did not deserve to experience such great dismay. Through independence and self-recognition, Jane has discovered the importance of loving oneself. Without the reliance on the thoughts of others, the once extremely troubled girl found bliss through a lack of outside control. In regards to her relationship with Mr. Rochester, Jane understands that she must leave him behind to maintain her own well-being. She does not allow the wealth or proclaimed love from Rochester to skew her decisions and she does not linger to dominate the life of her lover. Instead, she moves forward to continue her endless pursuit of happiness and independence.

The novel Jane Eyre is predominantly a bildungsroman, Jane’s development throughout the novel is one of the most important aspects of the narrative. During Jane’s time at Thornfield she makes huge emotional progress through her relationship with Rochester and the discovery of Bertha Mason, eventually resulting in her departure from Thornfield.

Throughout the novel, Jane is treated as a threat to other characters, either because she is an intruder from the outside community, because she is an enigma or because her ideas are threatening. The other characters marginalize Jane in order to dismiss her or her ideas and threreby transform her ideas into something non-threatening. From the very outset, the characters exclude Jane; even as a child she is excluded from the social group, "Eliza, John and Georgina were now clustered round their mama in the kitchen... she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy little

Once again, Jane changes setting and circumstance and into a world that is completely new to her experience. Thornfield is in the open country and Jane is free from restrictions on her movements. Jane has always lived within confining walls and even as a teacher at Lowood had to get permission to leave. She is still confined, in a sense, but now she is living with relative freedom, but as she will discover later, Jane is not equipped to live utterly free. Jane is an adult but to live she must be employed. . After Mr. Rochester arrives, Jane feels it is finally time to have a family of her own, but unwittingly, Jane becomes Mr. Rochester's mistress, not his wife. With that in mind Jane decides to leave Thornfield even though Rochester tries desperately to convince Jane to stay. At her stay at Thornfield, Jane learns what it feels like to be needed, by both Adele and Edward Rochester.

She makes her own decision to leave Lowood after a solid ten years and earns a job with her own abilities and is determined to venture out into the world away from Lowood. When she meets Mr. Rochester, he encourages her to express herself in her own way when he admires her drawings. But as Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochester Jane learns about new emotions that she has never felt before as she finds love and learns how to suppress them. As she falls in love with Mr. Rochester, the master, she learns to conceal her feelings instead of breaking out in emotional outbursts like she did at Gateshead. They eventually fall in love and decide to get married but Jane makes a wise decision to leave Thornfield even though her decision is distressing and heartbreaking she does it for her own

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

Characters in Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (The Main Character) Jane Eyre is an orphan who is plain-featured and rebellious. She is intelligent, passionate, and has a desire to be educated. After surviving a difficult childhood, and other hardships she finds happiness at Ferndean.

However, Jane stays faithful and finds her way in life despite being alone. The theme of this Victorian novel symbolized Jane’s self-reliance through examples such as, John Reed throwing a book at her, Mr. Brocklehurst calling her a liar in front of the entire school, and Mr. Rochester not telling her about his wife. In the beginning of the novel, Jane lived with Aunt Ms. Reed; during her stay with the Reed’s Jane was mistreated. The Reeds

Rochester asks Jane if she can stay with him, and immediately she agrees. Jane who once rebellious, now becomes submissive. She demonstrates her dedication to helping Rochester as she begins to feel sorry for a man who can no longer see his

One thing that becomes clear throughout the book is Jane’s need to deeply analyze people and judge them based on their actions, appearances, and other factors. She also seems to try to “fit in” and be accepted by those around her by trying to learn things from people in order to help relate to or befriend them. This behavior can be explained by taking a look back to her experiences growing up at Gateshead. Jane was heavily ignored, rejected, and even hated by the majority of the people at Gateshead and was reduced to having to read as her only comfort and escape from her situation. This, having to constantly be careful not to anger Mrs. Reed, and having to deal with being constantly abused by John Reed understandably left her lonely and critical

The main attraction of "Jane Eyre", is Jane's character development and how she molds herself, or what molds her, throughout the span of this book. Jane, the riveting protagonist of this story, was a defenseless orphan at the start of the book. There, she was trapped in the middle of a rock and a hard place, having to deal with the ignorant Reed family, and having to accept the fact that she had no real family or parents that loved her. Even though she was alienated and ostracized, Jane had some sense of self worth and only built upon that throughout the story. As the story continued, Jane had grown incredible strength and took her dignity very seriously. At the Reed Estate, Jane showed small acts of defiance against authority, building up

Jane strives to seek new experiences and accepts a governess position working for Mr. Rochester. Jane is helpless to confirm to him, “I did as I was bid, though I would much rather have remained somewhat in the shade; but Mr. Rochester had such a direct way of giving orders, it seemed a matter of course to obey him promptly”(Jane Eyre Pg. 153). At first, Jane finds him very intimidating and obeys Rochester because that is her boss. Jane becomes an interest to Rochester and she begins to catch feeling for him. She has a difficult time expressing her love towards him because she is afraid of rejection.

Jane is living with her aunt because after her parents died, her uncle took her in. However, he died some years later, and Jane is now being mistreated by her cousins and aunt. Finally, her aunt, tired of her presence, sends her away to a boarding school, where she learns for six years, and then teaches for two more. After these eight years, Jane seeks employment as a governess at a house. She is accepted at Thornfield Hall, which a rich man named Mr. Rochester owns. She goes there to teach a little French girl, Adele, who is Mr. Rochester's adopted daughter. The