In addition, they dislike Jane's plain looks and quiet yet passionate character. Thus, the novel opens with young John Reed bullying Jane, who retaliates with unwonted violence. Jane is blamed for the ensuing fight, and Mrs. Reed has two of the servants drag her off and lock her up in the red-room, the unused chamber where Mr. Reed had died. Still locked in that night, Jane sees a light and panics, she say’s “‘Oh! I saw a light, and I thought a ghost would come.’ This shows that here state of mind is frightened, terrified and scared thinking that her uncle's ghost has come. Her scream rouses the house, but Mrs. Reed brutally refuses to let her out. As soon as the door is closed, Jane faints.
Jane’s state of mind, are not to an ordinary child, but rather an exclusive mind. Now the choice and effect of language Bronte used is highly charged with emotion almost feverish in its intensity. Sentence after sentence are mostly stuffed with lush adjectives and sensual images for example she say’s ‘My heart beat thick, my head grew hot; a sound filled my ears, which I deemed the rushing of wings; something seemed near me, I was oppressed, suffocated: endurance broke down; I rushed to the door and shook in desperate effort’, this shows exactly how’s she’s feeling and here state of mind. But the novel fits very well with the headstrong, emotional character ‘Jane Eyre’. It would have been hard to believe that Jane was a ‘passionate’ person if Bronte wrote the story in cool, elegant language. The language that’s she’s chosen is emotionally powerful. Jane Eyre is the story of one young girl, told in her own voice, the plot of Jane Eyre is very complicated, and suspense plays a large role in the story, like she gets punished for the crime of not being cheerful enough and suddenly becoming furious after always being too afraid of John and not stand up to him.
Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative, it’s the “I” of the story the person whose voice we hear as we read, and everything that happens is seen from her point of view. Bronte uses a lot of different techniques in chapter 2 to convey Jane’s feelings. She uses punctuation to show commandments, anger and questioning to show Jane’s tone of voice for example; "Master! How is he my master? Am I a servant?” This shows her tone of voice and the way she answers back to the maid, you could see the anger and the rage as she say’s this her state of mind is in complete fury.
Bronte uses repetition to emphasize her point and to make it sound more important. She repeats what the maid says as if to mock her. Bronte uses imagery to show how Jane’s surroundings affect her feelings. When she is in the red room she suddenly becomes weaker and instead of fighting back she questions herself as if she has done wrong not them.
Bronte uses long sentences and semi colons so that the text flows on and is not so broken up she say’s ‘My heart beat thick, my head grew hot; a sound filled my ears, which I deemed the rushing of wings; something seemed near me, I was oppressed, suffocated: endurance broke down; I rushed to the door and shook in desperate effort’. This technique makes the reader read it faster and makes it more intense. Bronte uses similes and personification to show Jane’s childish and less mature side so we are still reminded of her age for example ‘Take me out! Let me go into the nursery!’ Jane has many feelings through this chapter; she’s fearful, rebellious, isolated, frustrated, angry and confused. Bronte shows us all these feelings as Jane’s surroundings change. Bronte conveys Jane’s feelings using a number of techniques. Her feelings and emotions change throughout the chapter and we are told this through Charlotte Bronte’s use of repetition which is one of the main techniques used by the author also in the second chapter the author uses colours to reflect on how Jane is feeling at that moment in the red room. The author gives a detailed description of the red room through the use of imagery. For example “Curtains of deep red damask”. Bronte doesn’t just describe the curtains as red; she goes into depth by using the word “deep” and “damask”. These are very deep harsh colours as red is usually used to express anger or violence. Jane feels different as to the way she is treated for they resent Mr. Reed’s preference for the little orphan in their midst, in addition, they dislike Jane’s plain looks and quiet yet passionate character. Finally I conclude that throughout chapter two Jane Eyre’s state of mind is in a state of confusion, fury and anger as to why she is locked in the Red room, which also conveys her feelings and state of mind .
