Jane battles with passion vs. principle throughout the novel... mostly though when trying to decide whether to marry Rochester, or St.John. She wants to marry St.John for principle- they'd be a good match. She wants to marry Rochester because of love. Ultimately, her passion overcomes her principle and she marrys Rochester and leaves St. John.
"Return soon, my good friend, my dear, Mademoiselle/Miss Jane." It also happens to be a quote in Jane Eyre, said to Jane by Adèle when Jane goes to run an errand. (It's right before she meets Mr Rochester!) :)
Jane Eyre is portrayed as a small, plain faced, intelligent and honest orphan. Although she is not beautiful and is almost rejected by her surroundings, she triumphs succesfully as an accomplished woman in the society.Jane is educated, a pianist and a good artist. Jane experiences an almost tormenting childhood but later emerges as a fully ambitious and independent young lady. Most importantly she is described as a white woman, where Mr. Rochester and Miss Ingram are dark and brown complexioned, as is Bertha Mason.
As a young orphan, Jane is sent to live with her uncle, who dies soon after her arrival. Jane is left in the care of her cruel aunt, who sends her to Lowood School to become a governess. Though conditions at the school are very poor, Jane makes friends there and finishes her education, obtaining a position as governess to the young Adele at a house called Thornfield. The master of the house, Edward Rochester, is seldom home, so Jane spends most of her time with Adele and the housekeeper, Mrs. Fairfax. Strange events occur at Thornfield. Jane awakens one night to smell of smoke and discovers Rochester asleep with his bed on fire. Also, she frequently hears creepy, startling noises. After saving Rochester, Jane realizes that she loves him but is too proud to confess her feelings. Rochester has a group of guests over to Thornfield, and they treat Jane as a servant, especially Blanche Ingram, whom Rochester is expected to marry. Mrs. Reed, Jane's former caretaker, sends for Jane as she is on her deathbed. She admits to Jane that once a John Eyre, some relative of Jane's, offered to adopt the girl, but Mrs. Reed maliciously lied that Jane had died in the typhoid epidemic that affected Lowood. After her visit, Jane returns to Thornfield and Rochester asks for her hand. She gladly consents, but a few nights before their wedding Jane wakes up to find a woman in her room wearing Jane's veil. Terrified, she faints, but Rochester convinces her she was imagining things. At their wedding the secret is revealed that Rochester is already married. He takes the wedding party to the attic to reveal his wife, Bertha, who went mad shortly after their marriage 15 years before. Shocked, Jane leaves and is a poor beggar until she meets Reverend Rivers and goes to live with him and his two sisters. There, Jane realizes that John Eyre has died and left his fortune to her. The Rivers, she discovers, are her cousins. The Reverend, though he does not love her, wishes to marry Jane because he believes she will make a good wife and missionary. Jane does not love him either, but feels obligated to accept his hand. One night, Jane hears Rochester calling to her. She returns to Thornfield and finds the house burned down at the hands of Bertha. Rochester tried but failed to save her, and he lost his sight in the process. Jane and Rochester marry.Sorry it's still so long, but with a book like Jane Eyre, this is probably one of the shortest summaries you'll get.
YES! It is one of my favorites, and I really recommend it.
In "Jane Eyre," the character of the vicar is portrayed as a kind and compassionate individual who offers support and guidance to Jane. However, the vicar does not play a significant role in the overall narrative of the story, and his character does not have a significant impact on Jane's life or development.
Certainly, she"s a good-girl character, not a femme Fatal or some sort of well, female gangster type. Lead man Rochester ( not the Jack Benny character!) sort of vacillates between a tough guy, heel, and Good guy, they obviously see too much of each other, and there is a morbid air of captivity to the whole narrative.
good feelings, makes nice people
Jane Eyre is most certainly fiction through and through, although most literary experts would probably agree that it has elements of autobiography, as is the case with many novels.
Miss Temple and Helen Burns were two positive people Jane met at Lowood. They both were kind to Jane and accepted her as she was, unlike at Gateshead Hall. Helen Burns influenced Jane by her religious ethics that she followed and enlightened her with good qualities. Miss.Temple was the first person that Jane Eyre met in the book Jane Eyre who was nice to her. Miss.Temple gave her the first essence of kindness and love which she did not receive anywhere else before. Jane Eyre learns how to be kind and generous to other people based on their character and attitude through Miss.Temple. Therefore, these characters who have positively influenced Jane during her childhood have helped her in building a strong character who is independent and strong.
Jane Eyre is the main character of the book of the same name by Charlotte Bronte published in 1847. The book Jane Eyre is basically telling you to be true to your decisions and something good will always come out of it. Charlotte Bronte died at age 38 and published her books under pseudonyms.
Jane Eyre first accepts Mr.Rochester's proposal. But on the day of their wedding Jane gets to know about Rochester's mad wife "Bertha Mason", who was locked in Thornfield. Then Jane Eyre runs away from Thornfield, because she thought that she was betrayed and taken for granted as she was just another governess.