How Does Education Affect Jane Eyre

"Jane Eyre" is more than a name... it is a character, an impulse of stories from life, feelings, experiences. Confinement, but also freedom, gothic, but also fairy tale elements. Charlotte Brontë surprises all these and not only in the novel Jane Eyre. The novel captures the attention from the beginning through presenting the Reeds' family home atmosphere, the characters and the relationships between them.
A gloomy atmosphere and also Jane's situation.

Jane is a poor orphan girl with nothing and nobody to help her in the world but a few nasty relatives and her education as a teacher of music, drawing, and French. The education is only that will help her—and her own initiative. Jane...a very complex character. Although she is restricted to certain things,
because of her aunt and also at the school, she tends to freedom, to independence, defending her when it's needed. Among the artistic and educational concerns of Jane, she still feels the need to express her rebellion.
In the opening chapters of the novel, Jane refers to herself as a "rebel slave," and throughout the story she opposes the forces that prevent her from finding happiness: Mrs. Reed's unfair accusations, Rochester's attempt to make her his mistress, and St. John's desire to transform her into a missionary wife. Jane's personality balances social awareness with spiritual power. Throughout the novel, Jane is referred to as an imp, a fairy, a relative of the "men in green." As fairy, Jane identifies herself as a special, magical creature. Connecting herself with the mythical beings in Bessie's stories, Jane is affiliated with the realms of imagination, with the fantastic. Jane's psychic abilities aren't merely imaginary: her dreams and visions have a real impact on her life. A right comparison of Jane's temperament is represented by fire-ice. The fire represents Jane’s passions, anger, and spirit, while the ice symbolizes the oppressive forces trying to extinguish Jane’s vitality. Fire is also a metaphor for Jane, as the narrative repeatedly associates her with images of fire, brightness, and
warmth. Mr. Brocklehurst, Edward Rochester, and St. John Rivers tries to keep Jane in a submissive position, where she is unable to express her own thoughts and feelings. In her quest for independence and self-knowledge, Jane must escape Brocklehurst, reject St. John, and come to Rochester only after ensuring that they may marry as equals. This last condition is met once Jane proves herself able to function, through the time she spends at Moor House, in a community and in a family. She will not depend solely on Rochester for love and she can be financially independent.

Lastly, Brontë seems to suggest a way in which a woman’s quest for love and a feeling of belonging need not encroach upon her sense of self—need not restrict her intellectual, spiritual, and emotional independence.