Jane Eyre, Character Analysis
Jane Eyre could be described in many ways throughout her story. At Gateshead she was lonely and abused, at Lowood, she was taught and in the end respected, at Thornfield she loved and was betrayed, at Moor House she was cared for and enlightened, and finally at Ferndean Jane found love that truly could last. For this Character Analysis Jane will be just about to approach Ferndean but will have not yet seen Mr. Rochester. This distinction is important as her feelings and thoughts will have changed and will yet again change later in the book.
Jane is a wise woman who knows what she wants out of life. She is well educated both in the classes of England and how to act around them, as well as a more formal educational style including touches in French, German and drawling. She has held educational roles as teacher at Lowood Institute and at her own school near Moor House. In addition, Jane has spent a year in service to Mr. Rochester as Governess to his young charge Adele. Jane is self sufficient and has £5,000 to her name, so in time of need she can create a pleasant situation for herself in elevated society.
Jane is a wise woman who knows what she wants out of life. She is well educated both in the classes of England and how to act around them, as well as a more formal educational style including touches in French, German and drawling. She has held educational roles as teacher at Lowood Institute and at her own school near Moor House. In addition, Jane has spent a year in service to Mr. Rochester as Governess to his young charge Adele. Jane is self sufficient and has £5,000 to her name, so in time of need she can create a pleasant situation for herself in elevated society.
Jane is also a trusting and caring character. From the time she spends at Lowood to her time at Moor House, Jane finds herself falling in love with or highly caring for the people around her. At Lowood Jane meets Helen Burns, a girl with an even more unfortunate situation. She befriends Helen an learns much abut the school and the correctional system of the school. When Jane finds out that Helen is dying of consumption, she goes to her and spends Helen's final night with her. Risking infection to an unknown disease simply to spend a little more time with a person you have no relation to shows true care and love. At Thornfield, Jane meets Mr. Rochester who falls in love with her as she falls in love with him. This unfortunately ends in Jane running away from Thornfield for a year. At Moor House Jane falls in love with her cousins before she knew them to be her cousins. After her knowledge of the fact, that only strengthened her love for them. Ferndean is the easiest, Jane goes there for the sole purpose of finding Mr. Rochester. She knows that the only thing that had stopped her before is now gone and Jane still wishes what she wanted then.
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