Traumatic Events In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre's literary success of the time has been cheaply commercialized. In other words, Bronte's novel never got the appreciation it deserved, in the areas it deserved. Many 19th century critics merely assigned literary themes to their reviews to "get it over with". Critics commended Jane Eyre for everything from its themes to its form. However, their surface examinations amount to nothing without careful consideration of the deeper underlying background in Jane's life where their hasty principles originate. The widely discussed free will of Jane's, her strong individuality, and independence are segments of a greater scheme, her life. For example: Jane's childhood serves as the

Since the beginning of time, there have been many stories and lore about the supernatural. Demons, angels, ghosts-- all had influences on mankind since the beginning of civilizations. In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the supernatural element in the novel either mirrors Jane’s feelings, or even controls her life. From the red room scene to Mr. Rochester gaining his eyesight back, the supernatural has been a major part of her life. We see in the red room that colors the around Jane often represents how she feels or foreshadows the mood that is going to occur in following chapters, often connected with the supernatural.

When Jane enters Thornfield she thinks she is going to work for a woman named Mrs. Fairfax, but she does not. She works for a mysterious man name Mr. Rochester. This man is going to be an import aspect of Jane’s life. Jane works as a governess to a young girl named Adele. Jane encounters Mr. Rochester when she goes for a walk and runs into Rochester, whose horse is injured. After the encounter Jane and Rochester start to gain interest into each other. Mr. Rochester is a man with a large amount of money and Jane is a woman with very little money, the fact that she works for Mr. Rochester defies their unprofessional relationship. “Like governesses, these marriages between older men and younger women were viewed with great ambivalence during the Victorian period”(Godfrey). Both characters develop strong feelings for one another and become close to getting married but a discovery of a secret puts the marriage to a halt. After

Jane Eyre is an autobiographical novel by Charlotte Bronte written in 1837, which emphasizes the main character's feelings, growth, and her romantic encounters with Mr. Rochester. Bronte uses symbolism with ice, fire, and food to convey Jane's emotions and thoughts. Ice represents Jane's troublesome, bitter, and isolated life at Gateshead, Lowood, and Morton. According to Jane Eyre, “the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre....chilly afternoons...with nipped fingers and toes” (Bronte 1). The chilly environment reflects Jane's emotions after living a hostile ten years without love or proper care.

Jane had been through so much by the time she was still young starting with her parents death and being sent to her awful aunt and uncle Reed’s house; For example, “He (John) bullied and punished me; not two or three times in the week, nor once or twice a day, but continually: every nerve I had feared him, and every morsel of flesh on my bones shrank when he came near.” (Bronte 9). This means that only in the first chapter we as readers find out how much she has already been going through in such a short time of reading. This is important because as readers we may know what is going to happen, but Jane can not see through to the future and does not know how her life will turn out from day one. The significance of this is that Jane knows she is in an awful situation at this time, but does not know what to do about it at this time, she has yet to find her voice persay. “You ought to be aware, miss, that you are under obligations to Mrs. Reed: she keeps you: is she were to turn you off, you would have to go to the poor-house.” (Bronte 12). Miss Abbot tells Jane basically she is lucky to be where she is right now because otherwise she would be in an orphanage or elsewhere, people in Jane’s young life seem to be making sure she is always aware of how lucky she is

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

John, she becomes a school teacher and is able to live almost entirely independently. Jane in the beginning struggles to overcome and achieve a new found independence, but she does to her prevail . To reinforce this we learn that Jane is given an enormous fortune left by her uncle. Which is out of the ordinary because women were not supposed to be left unmarried or alone and being independent and rich Jane breaks this. To add on to this Jane tells the readers that she married him, “I married him” which is a famous line because it shows that Jane chose her husband and she wasn't given away like a woman usually was in the Victorian

In “Jane Eyre” the story takes place in England both of her parents die from Typhus. Jane's uncle also dies but before he dies he makes his wife promise to take care of Jane. She is raised by her aunt who treats her horrible. Her aunt then sends her off to Lowood an all girls school which is just as bad. At the school Jane meets Helen her only friend but then Halen becomes sick and dies. So as you can see Jane has had a very

Often called unnecessary, the first eleven chapters of Jane Eyre seem quite pointless to most readers. However it is through these chapters that Brontë is able to explain Jane’s personality to the fullest. The beginning of Jane’s story is crucial to the plot because it is through a traumatic childhood that Jane is able to become the strong independent woman later seen in the novel.

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.

In the beginning of the novel, Brontë introduces Jane as an othered, alien girl in her household and in a general manner. She has a self-perception of her mind as a destructive “ridge of lighted heath, alive, glancing, devouring.” (Brontë 40) As the novel advances, “Jane evidences an increased need for Rochester's acknowledgment of her devastated emotional condition.” (Straus) The psychological aspect in Jane Eyre is evident through Jane’s emotional condition throughout the novel. The repercussions of later trauma

"... what mystery, that broke out, now in fire and now in blood, at the deadest hours of the night? What creature was it, that masked an ordinary woman's face and shape, uttered the voice, now of a mocking demon, and anon of a carrion-seeking bird of prey?" (Brontë 221). A brief synopsis of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre, is present in this short quote, which describes the mystery that is present within the novel. As well as its gothic sensation, romance is present as well, giving the novel its feminine characteristics. Foreshadowing is a main aspect which helps prolong the suspense in the novel. The element of foreshadowing helps the reader foresee the upcoming events in the novel. These gothic elements create a mysterious plot within the novel, which escalates during the climax. Novels in the Gothic Romance genre include many mysterious events, as well as a twisted love story. Jane Eyre is classified as a Gothic Romance due to its gloomy setting, elements of mystery and suspense, and supernatural components.

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.

Equality is a given. The oldest and most relevant discussion on equality lies with the difference of sex; man versus woman. In the eighteenth century, society very much male dominated. Women were expected to obey a man 's commands and were treated inferior to their male superior. This novel embodies the ideology of equality between men and women in society. Charlotte Bronte 's novel Jane Eyre embraces many views in opposition to the Victorian gender limitations. Ultimately, the reader can see the author develops a variety of characters who not only represent but also challenge the established gender norms existing in the 1800s.

Basically Jane was taken by her aunt reed who doesn't really like Jane very much she allows her son to abuse Jane she punishes Jane in the worst way, and when it came down to the end Jane decided to to go to school. But it wasn't a high quality prep school it was lowwood an all girls school for people of less fortune or wealth. That is where she meets a lot of people one of her best friends there was a girl named Helen. Jane attitude towards life is similar but at the same time different. They are both calm but Jane can get angry and snapback unlike Helen who