Jane Eyre - What do you learn from Jane's arrival at Thornfield and her first meeting with Mr Rochester?
Jane Eyre What do you learn from Jane's arrival at Thornfield and her first meeting with Mr Rochester? When Jane first arrives at Thornfield she is greeted by Mrs Fairfax, she receives a warm welcome and an inquiry into whether she is cold and a subsequent offer to warm by the fire. This something Jane is not used to, in the past at the Reed's house, Gateshead, and certainly at Lowood her reception had been quite cold and harsh. At Gateshead Jane was treated badly and received no love. Bessie the servant was the only person who even showed some sort of interest in her. In my opinion Bessie cared for Jane as her own, reading to her many times out of the books by the window seat. Of course the 'Reed' children were treated much more fairly and there was biases towards them, but this was down to Mrs Reed's dislike for Jane, which is stated later in the story just before she dies. In chapter three Jane has been in the red room as a punishment and when she comes out she has suffered greatly and needs to see a doctor. However Mrs Reed only sends for a apothecary, if one of her own children had been ill a proper doctor would have been called, which again shows Mrs Reeds poor treatment of Jane. When finally Jane is sent to what Mr Lloyd thinks will be a better place for her, Lowood School, she is faced with more distant relationships and hard conditions. However Miss Temple and
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Jane Eyre Orphaned at birth, Jane Eyre was left to live at Gateshead Hall Manor with her aunt-in-law, Mrs. Reed. Jane remained at the estate for ten years, subjected to hard work, mistreatment, and fixed hatred. After a difficult childhood, the shy, petite Jane was sent to Lowood School, a semi-charitable institution for girls. She excelled at Lowood and over the years advanced from pupil to teacher. Then she left Lowood to become the governess of a little girl, Adele, the ward of one Mr. Edward Rochester, stern, middle-aged master of Thornfield Manor. At Thornfield, Jane was comfortable with life - what with the grand old house, its well-stocked and silent library, her private room, the garden with its many chestnut, oak and thorn trees, it was a veritable palace. Mr. Rochester was a princely and heroic master, and, despite his ireful frown and brusque, moody manner, Jane felt at ease in his presence. Rochester confided that Adele was not his own child but the daughter of a Parisian dancer who had deserted her in his care. Still, even with this forthright confession, Jane sensed that there was something Rochester was hiding. Off and on, Jane heard bizarre, mysterious sounds at Thornfield. She finally discovered that Rochester kept a strange tenant on the third floor of the mansion. This hermit-like woman, once employed by Rochester - or so he said - often laughed
How Thornfield projects that good things are going to happen to JAne Eyre during her time there.
In the novel Jane Eyre Jane stays in many places, and the style of the place shows how good her life is going to be there. Thornfield is very different to the other places she stays at and in this essay I will explain. At the beginning of Chapter Eleven Jane write 'A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play...' This is very upbeat and hopeful, it shows that something good is going to happen and draws the reader into when she says ' ...and when I the curtain up this time, reader, you must fancy you see...'. She addresses the reader personally, accepting he is there and setting the scene to him individually. Jane's first sight of Thornfield is not a good one as it is dark when she first sees it; this could be to show that the future is mysterious and there are many secrets hidden in the house. The inside of the house, the room with Mrs Fairfax in is described as 'a snug, small room; a round table by a cheerful fire; an armchair, high backed and old-fashioned...' This gives the impression of a wonderful place, or it could be describing Mrs Fairfax through the furniture and atmosphere of the room. It shows that there is someone who is warm and giving in the house. She is confused by how Mrs Fairfax treats her, she is used to coldness and stiffness, from Lowood and Gateshead, it is new to her and she felt uncomfortable being treated so. When she is taken
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Jane Eyre Social protest is an act of express opposition through words to do with social issues. This is what charlotte Bronte did by writing this book, 'Jane Eyre'. Mainly Charlotte Bronte was protesting against the position of middle class women, social inequality between the rich and the poor and marrying above or below status. These issues were very important in the Victorian times. Charlotte Bronte was very critical of the Victorian society. To her everything was not fair. The book 'Jane Eyre' is based on a true-life story. It is just like a reflection of Charlotte Bronte's life and the way she was treated. People were divided into different classes: upper, middle and lower class. All these classes were treated differently and unfairly. The upper class were the highest of the classes; they were treated with the most respect and honour. Middle class then was divided into, upper and lower middle class. Upper middle class were treated more or less the same as upper class individuals, they were respected and people below them obeyed them. Lower middle class middle class mostly consisted of orphans who were dependents; people who were of a higher class then raised them. Working class was the lowest class of them all; the majority of them were treated like slaves, and were not given any self-respect. Nearly all of them had jobs even the children. Women of that age were not
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Jane Eyre Précis Jane Eyre is a girl growing up in the home of her rich Aunt, Mrs. Reed, who, along with her children, mistreats Jane. One day after Jane's cousin, John Reed, knocks her down, she is punished for fighting with him by being sent to the room where her uncle died. There, she swoons in fear that that room is haunted, and wakes back in the nursery with a kind servant, Bessie, and an apothecary, Mr. Lloyd, at her side. After Jane confides in Mr. Lloyd about how unhappy she is at Gateshead, he recommends to Mrs. Reed that Jane be sent to school. Mrs. Reed soon has a meeting with the superintendent, Mr. Brocklehurst, and Jane is sent to Lowood school. At Lowood, Jane finds that the girls are given only the most basic amenities needed to survive. Jane is frustrated when her friend, Helen Burns, takes unjust punishment from teachers, but uses the example Helen sets to endure the humiliation Mr. Brocklehurst causes her when he calls her a "liar" in front of all the students. Mrs. Temple, a kind teacher, soon clears Jane of these charges. Many of the girls in the school become ill with the typhus fever, and Helen dies of the consumption. Mr. Brocklehurst is blamed for the illnesses, and he is soon replaced by a kinder group, who creates a much more pleasant environment for the girls. After six more years of schooling and two years as a teacher, Jane takes a
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Explore Ways In Which Charlotte Brontë Uses A Variety Of Settings And Language To Convey The Characters Different Ideas And Feelings In Jane Eyre. During the early 18th century there were many changes in society which meant people were drifting away from the strict norm of neoclassicism and conforming to the Romantic and the Gothic movements. These movements were reflected in the publications of novels such as Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen which broke the male stronghold of neoclassicism in literature. Times were tough for women, for example they could inherit no money and they had to dress appropriately with no ankles exposed as well as expressing no sexuality. Jane Austen pioneered the struggle against male supremacy in literature. Other authors followed such as Charlotte Brontë who wrote Jane Eyre although she used the pseudonym of Currer Bell. Jane Eyre contains elements of Romanticism and The Gothic throughout and also reflects Charlotte Brontë's own life. The Gothic elements exploit the mystery, supernatural and the fear felt by the main characters and the Romantic (which is commonly misunderstood to show love, romance and passion) shows the rebellion against neoclassicism and its strict norms. Jane Eyre is also written as a Bildungsroman which illustrates a person's development through life; in this case the main character Jane Eyre herself, the strong female
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'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte: The Relationship of Jane and Rochester 'Jane Eyre' is one of the most famous and well-read romantic novels in English literature. The novel has been translated into a number of different languages and adapted many times for dramatized productions. 'Jane Eyre' focuses on several kinds of love: the love of sisterly relationships (Jane's love for Helen Burns and other civilians at Lowood, for Miss Temple, and for the Rivers family), compassionate love (Jane's love for Miss Temple, and others who are downtrodden), and the type of love associated with family (Jane's love for Diane, Mary, and St. John Rivers and those of ancestry relationship). However, the love of romantic relationships between the two main characters, Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester, is the central theme of the novel. Charlotte Bronte makes use of a simple yet familiar story line: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy and girl are reunited after some hardship and then live happily ever after. 'Jane Eyre' contains most of the classic features of a love story. For example, real or imagined barriers between the two characters, misunderstandings, sudden separations, warm reunions, shared dangers, jealousy and helping or consoling the other character. We first encounter this relationship between Jane and Rochester during their first dramatic meeting.
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How Does Charlotte Brönte use Setting to Convey the Experiences of her Characters? By examining setting in the novel 'Jane Eyre' it is easy to see how Charlotte Brönte has portrayed the experiences and traits of her main characters. I will study the settings of Gateshead and the 'Red Room' to depict Jane's solitude and loveless relationship with her aunt Reed and cousins, Lowood school which focuses on her friendship with Helen Burns and provides a parallel to Brönte's own experiences at a girl's boarding school, respect for Miss. Temple and the hardships faced under the head teacher, Mr. Brocklehurst, and finally Thornfield House to identify Mr. Rochester, his compromising position and Jane's love for him. The names of the settings also give an insight into the situations experienced within them where 'Gateshead' suggests Jane's suppression as if shut in by a 'gate' by the Reeds and equally 'Thornfield' creates the idea of suffering and pain. These settings are described by Brönte to reflect mood and create atmosphere, to convey character and character relations and to show the development of Jane as her experiences shape her maturity and ultimately eventual happiness. 'Jane Eyre' is a significant novel in terms of historical context and its portrayal of the social and cultural station of women in the early 19th century. Single women, represented by Jane, have the same
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* JANE EYRE IS A YOUNG ORPHAN being raised by Mrs. Reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. * Servant named Bessie provides Jane with some of the few kindnesses she receives, telling her stories and singing songs to her. * One day, as punishment for fighting with her bullying cousin John Reed, Jane's aunt imprisons Jane in the red-room, the room in which Jane's Uncle Reed died. * While locked in, Jane, believing that she sees her uncle's ghost, screams and faints. She wakes to find herself in the care of Bessie and the kindly Mr. Lloyd, who suggests to Mrs. Reed that Jane be sent away to school. To Jane's delight, Mrs. Reed concurs. * Once at the Lowood School, Jane finds that her life is far from idyllic. The school's headmaster is Mr. Brocklehurst, a cruel, hypocritical, and abusive man. * The girls live in poverty yet the funds provide a wealthy and opulent lifestyle for his own family. * At Lowood, Jane befriends a young girl named Helen Burns, * A massive typhus epidemic sweeps Lowood, and Helen dies. The epidemic also results in the departure of Mr. Brocklehurst by attracting attention to the insalubrious conditions at Lowood. * After a group of more sympathetic gentlemen takes Brocklehurst's place, Jane's life improves dramatically. She spends eight more years at Lowood, six as a student and two as a teacher. * Jane yearns for new experiences. She accepts a
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Jane Eyre Authors use different types of literary devices such as setting in their works to reveal theme. Setting can be described as the time and place in which an event occurs. It is a major factor in revealing plot and showing character development. The setting in The Grapes of Wrath allows the reader to see the poor conditions in the dust bowl that the Joad family was forced to live and the opportunities they had in California; however, they were unable to obtain them. Charlotte Bronte sets her story, Jane Eyre, in the 1840's, a time often refereed to as the Victorian age. By doing this, the reader can get a sense of how women are treated, and what responsibilities they were required to uphold in society. They rarely held important jobs if they were not married. Instead, they basically had two options either as a governess or a schoolteacher. If they were married they were mothers and hostesses for their husband's parties. Jane was a very strong woman for her time, as she did not allow people to mistreat her. She is on a constant search for love and goes many places to find it. As Jane travels through each place, starting at age ten in Gateshead Hall till she was nineteen in Ferndean, she matures as a result of the experiences that she has, which in turn allows her to become a strong woman. In the beginning of the novel, Jane, age ten, lives in Gateshead Hall, a house
