Theme of Jane Eyre

‘Jane Eyre’ Book Report Jane Eyre has gone through a lot of hard times during her life. I wanted to jot down about her lifetime story, but that would be almost the same as just summarizing the whole book. So I came up with three ‘themes’ I had found while reading the book. To start off, feminism definitely had a strong scent in the book. In my opinion, Charlotte Bronte, the author of Jane Eyre, probably wanted to tell us that women were more constrained by society than men are. To be specific, Jane complains about what society expects of her, and that men aren’t held to such high moral standards. Moreover, independence is another key theme in this book. Orphaned as a child, Jane learns that she must fend for herself, and that others don’t necessarily have her best interests in mind. She doubts Rochester’s love for her at first, and takes an assumed name to avoid revealing herself to Reverend Rivers. This can lead to a conclusion that independence can open one to new experiences, but can also lead to tragic isolation and inability to connect emotionally with others. Last but not least, throughout the story, most readers would find out that love is blind and often irrational. For instance, Rochester marries Jane while he is literally blind, and Jane overlooks Rochester’s previous marriage. In a nutshell, these are the three themes that I thought about while reading this book. It is kind of obvious, because everyone could feel that these themes while reading the book. Still, I thought that it would be better to state the themes rather than just summarizing the whole