Jane Eyre Research Paper

Jane Eyre It always comes back to the classics. Anyone old enough to live during a time where a certain culture was at its peak will always be the first to tell everyone about it. Whether it be music, film, or literature, the classic pieces are always the trailblazers. When one thinks of modern classics in terms of novels, a few names come to mind. Infinite Jest, House of Leaves, or even Alan Moore’s Watchmen have all made a significant impact on the world of literature. Nearly every piece of modern art takes from their predecessors. For example, Hamlet is the story of a prince who tries to avenge the death of his father, killed by his own brother for the throne. This sounds very similar to the plot of Disney’s The Lion King, a movie that
Today, Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece Jane Eyre continues to sell even 150 years after its release and has been mimicked ever since. What makes Jane Eyre so captivating to a modern audience is the plainness of the eponymous main character, a trait that is not found in many classic novels. It seems as though readers always turn to Jane Eyre when they feel the way she does throughout the majority of the novel; depressed and useless. Charlotte Brontë’s excellent use of character development amazingly turns a rather bleak story into an optimistic one of triumph and love. Charlotte Brontë uses her abilities as a writer to manipulate Jane’s voice throughout the novel by creating parallels between herself and Jane as a narrator by simulating the development of her character through her own description of events in Jane’s life, and as Jane recalls specific events from her childhood leading up to her marriage to Mr. Rochester she includes with beautiful detail the emotions she felt at every important moment, encapsulating the development of her character from her lonesome days at Gateshead to her wicked but motivating years at Lowood Institution and ending with the memories of her life in Thornfield
Fairfax to tutor ten year old Adèle at Thornfield, home to Mr. Edward Rochester, Jane’s love interest. The events at Thornfield are dramatically different from the events in Jane’s childhood and are perhaps the most life changing for her. As a child, Jane was very stubborn and defiant, holding her beliefs closer to her than anything else and standing up to anyone who tried to take those beliefs from her. Now as an adult, some of those ideals have shifted but Jane’s attitude remains the same. She is still the arrogant girl she always was, except now she is much more disciplined and understanding of her place in society. When she first begins work at Thornfield, she is amazed at how much Adèle reminds Jane of herself and wants to know more about her family history. Mrs. Fairfax, the nurse of the house, is very vague about the owner’s past and keeps his secrets to herself. Mr. Rochester has many secrets, but Jane doesn’t find out about them for quite some time. At this point in the novel, Jane’s voice is nearly fully developed, but not completely as there is still much she needs to learn. Jane’s first encounter with Mr. Rochester when he falls off his horse is not as romantic as most love stories, but that helps make it real. After discovering more about Mr. Rochester, Jane can’t help but to start falling in love with him. “I am sure most people would have