What Does The Door Symbolize In Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre can be described as a free soul. Her character is developed through her journey. Jane lives in five different places including Gateshead, Lowood, Thornsfield, Moorhouse, and Ferndean. Each place is very symbolic and every characteristic of the place contributes symbolically to Jane’s life. In Gateshead, Jane is being abused by Mrs. Reed and her three children .In Lowood, Jane finds friendship and she reinforces her character, in Thornfield she finds love and responsibility. In Moorhouse and Marshend Jane finds a new family and gains financial responsibility, and lastly, In Ferndean she finds happiness. To begin, the first place Jane lived in is in Gateshead, her parents died and she was taken by the Reeds family. The meaning of the word ‘Gate’ suggests that she is trapped. In Gateshead, Jane is emotionally depressed, she is being mistreated by Mrs. Reed and her three children: Georgina, Elizabeth, and John Reed. They all despite Jane,
In thorn field, Jane matures more as person having to tutor a little girl. The name ‘Thornfield’ signifies just what it is, a field of thorns in which Jane has to deal with her rollercoaster of emotions. Jane falls in love with a dark man with a rough-looking face with rude manners name Mr. Edward Rochester. He proposed to Jane and she accepted. On their wedding day, two men came to the wedding claiming that Mr. Rochester is married to what turned out to be a mentally ill woman named Bertha Mason ( who tied to kill him in one occasion and stabbed and bit her own brother Richard) Jane leaves Thornfield leaving Rochester behind. Thornfield was very important for Jane’s life because at this moment she matures and found love and felt very happy except for the wedding that never happened. “I grieve to leave Thornfield; I love Thornfield- I love it, because I have lived in hatful and delightful life- momentarily at