" This once again indicates that not only does Jane feels left out but is also cruelly treated.
Jane's cousin, John discovers Jane's hiding place and begins to threaten her for being a lowly orphan who is only permitted to live with Reeds because of his mother's charity. John then hurls a book at the young girl pushing her to the end of her patience. As Jane finally erupts, the two cousins begin to fight, however, Jane does not strike with her fists as much as using words to defend herself: "You are like the murderer-you are like a slave-driver, you are like the Roman Emperors!" These overemotional comparisons add some melodramatic shade to the scene. .
Charlotte Bronte uses descriptions of mental, physical, and natural violence throughout the text to interest the reader and create springboards towards more emotional and dramatic parts of the novel. By doing this, Bronte not only uses violence to capture reader's attention, but also leads the reader on an interesting journey throughout the book. .
Later on in the chapter, Jane is being punished for starting a fight with John and is being dragged into the Red Room by Mrs Reed. This is obviously a terrible penalty to inflict upon a little girl who is clearly desperate and very afraid, however, Mrs Reed has no sympathy for her. " I resisted all the way", Jane Eyre states at the beginning of chapter 2, and this attitude strikes the perfect note for the entire novel, that a woman will "resist" the terms of her destiny (social or spiritual). She also refers to herself as being a "rebel slave". Jane's personality becomes much clearer in this chapter. At ten years old, she is able to look at her situation and judge it honestly. She recognises that it is not her fault that she is being punished, and that her aunt and cousins resent her terribly for being an unwanted burden. .
When Jane is ignorantly thrust into the Red Room (where her uncle died), we can see how the room has heavy religious imagery associated with it.
