In the novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, a young woman's passionate search for a better life did not come easy. Growing up in a Victorian society, the young woman, Jane Eyre, had to overcome terrible cruelty though her own willpower. ... One of the most cruel and uncaring male characters in the novel, is the hypocritical master of the Lowood School, Mr. ... Rochester is similarly described in Jane Eyre as having granite-hewn features (Berg 58). ... Rochester then proposed a question to Jane: "You examine me, Miss Eyre, do you think me handsome?...
The Struggle Between Passion and Reason in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre Passion and practicality are strong sentiments that often control the way people think, feel, and even act. The three main characters of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre are faced with many struggles when it comes to dealing with matters of the heart. ... Jane Eyre is faced with two potential loves, lives and marriages; one based upon passion, the other, practicality. ... Rochester follows his heart over his head in Jane Eyre, though many would advise him otherwise. ... Charlotte Bronte portrays this value, explor...
Mystery and suspense in Bronte's novel Jane Eyre provides a crucial element to the reader's interpretation of the novel, allowing Bronte to subtly aid the reader in foreboding coming events. ... Through the use of these literary devices, Jane Eyre becomes both cabbalistic and prophetic. Bronte's character Grace Poole is surrounded by a obscure haze from the reader's first introduction to her, an effective device used in order to create a mysterious atmosphere in the novel. ... Bronte again uses the outwardly evident normalcy of Grace Poole in contrast to the earlier...
The school immortalized by Charlotte as Lowood Hall in Jane Eyre. ... She strengthens the plot, characters, and setting throughout the novel through situations such as projection of self on other's (living vicariously), past short comings magnified and transferred to others in the future, and basic other psychoanalytical staples such as the Oedipus Complex. ...