Woman Of Power 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 Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Jane begins as a ten year old girl who shows insecurity at home. She felt the need to meet her aunt’s expectations to be seen as part of the family. After Jane lives at Lowood for eight years, she grows to become a young independent woman. She is capable of making decisions for herself and expressing her own opinion. In the last events of the book, Jane demonstrates her self-worth. She is able to resist hardships in her life and start thinking for herself. In the novel, Jane transitions from someone with insecurity to having independence and self-worth.

Charlotte Bronte's, Jane Eyre takes place during the Victorian period of England. This gothic romance novel tells the story of an abused orphan, Jane, who later matures into a strong independent woman. The societal standards Bronte portrays in the novel consist of oppression, gender inequality, and social class. Throughout the novel, Jane overcomes each of these social norms and defies what every other person in the society believes.

Throughout the Victorian Age, male dominance deprived women from freedom of choice. In Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre repeatedly struggles to become an independent young lady due to the troublesome men in the story. There are several male characters who control, humiliate, and abuse their power over Jane. The author manages to depict patriarchal dominance through the characterization of John Reed, Mr. Brocklehurst, and Mr. Rochester.

Exile. Isolation. Solitude. Whether literal or not, exile from the familiar, while both traumatic and alienating to experience, can serve to ultimately be enriching. These descriptors summarize Jane Eyre’s isolation in the novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë. Her isolation manifests itself as emotional and physical, and Jane’s repeated inability to establish herself in a stable home becomes somewhat of an identifier for her, from her emotional isolation and abuse in her first “home” at Gateshead to her final dwelling at Ferndean.

Power, often an internal struggle, is more profound in those who have been stripped of the opportunities to acquire said privilege. It is here where power manifests itself into something more. The need for power becomes instilled in one’s demeanor until it is found, and can contribute to the desperate search for freedom and independence. In the novel Jane Eyre, Jane spends her childhood as a mistreated orphan and her adulthood as a subservient individual. As a result, the pursuit for power is inevitable, as Jane is in a highly inferior position.

Also her rejection to the society norm of female dependence on men was seen when she rejected a marriage proposal and also going against the fact that she has to be financially dependent in men. In Chapter 23 Jane is seen chastising Rochester “Do you think because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless... as it is now for me to leave you” Jane’s evasion of Brocklehurst, she rejects John and goes to Rochester only after he agreed to do the marriage on her terms and her terms was they marry as equals. Here Jane did want even her marriage to be a male dominant only and the only way for that to come to pass is for hr to marry Rochester as equals not as hr being his

The novel Jane eyre written by Charlotte Bronte, who portrays her lifestyle and choices in the main character Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl who struggles to find independence in the Victorian society. Jane Eyre, a strong, young female who strives to seek acceptance in the Victorian era continues to be a relatable character in today’s modern society for female teenagers. Struggling to fit into the society she lives in, Jane continues to show the struggles that she faces as a young female. Jane shows resilience when she was often bullied by people around her because her abnormality and her status.

In Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, the eponymous heroine grows from an oppressed girl into an independent woman. While some of Jane’s success in eventually achieving a fulfilling life can be attributed to luck and other external factors, Jane’s empowerment also depends on her ability to think for herself. Jane knows what she most wants when she faces difficult situations, which helps her to make decisions that are right for her. Jane first exhibits this skill early in the novel, when she expresses her wish to leave the Reed family to go to school. A close reading of this passage shows that as a child, Jane does not find it easy

Throughout Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë uses the character Jane as a tool to comment on the oppression that women were forced to endure at the time. Jane can be seen as representative of the women who suffered from repression during the Victorian period, a time when patriarchy was commonplace. Brontë herself was affected by the time period, because according to Wolfe, she was deprived “experience and intercourse and travel.” (70) Thus Jane offers a unique perspective as a woman who is both keenly aware of her position and yet trapped by it despite repeated attempts to elevate herself and escape the burden placed on by her different suitors. Although superficially it seems that Jane wants to break away from the relationships that further

Bronte’s Jane Eyre gave a voice to women in the Victorian era. Bronte embedded her feminist ideas into her novel, Jane Eyre. Her belief in marrying for love was a head of her time. Bronte used Jane to explore the depth at which women could act in society. Her ideas on women being more educated brought on thoughts of equality of a different level.

Throughout the course of time women have been held to different standards and have higher expectations laid upon them than, for example, men have. Many women devote themselves to fighting back, challenging, or breaking out of the box that others try to force them into. Although Charlotte Brontë was not someone who tried to break out of her “required” role she did create the character of Jane to be someone who challenged stereotypes and strove to be more than what society told her she ought to be. She created someone with her own like mind and heart but not alike in her actions. Where Charlotte Brontë would stay back in silence the character of Jane would speak her mind and confront those who tried to oppress her. In the novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte

Jane’s approach could be considered romantic and embodies conventional feminist concepts; she remains headstrong and stubborn in the face of injustice. The representation of Jane as a strong, independent woman upholds the belief that woman can achieve their goals. Jane does precisely this; she marries Rochester, becomes a part of a family as well as gains financial independence. The way in which Bronte represents Jane is emphasized through her narrative stance. The reader is presented with a firm and rebellious character, her diction is simple and assertive. She addresses the reader directly and is able to identify and challenge the problems she faces with determination. Furthermore Jane is able to identify and comment on how she feels woman are subjugated by their society; she denounces that “woman are supposed to be very calm generally: but woman feel just as men feel […]” (Bronte

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.

Bronte's Jane Eyre transcends the genres of literature to depict the emotional and character development of its protagonist. Although no overall genre dominates the novel exclusively, the vivid use of setting contributes towards the portrayal of Bronte’s bildungsroman (Realisms, 92) and defines the protagonist’s struggles as she grapples with her inner-self, and the social expectations of her gender.