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Analysis of the whole novel of Charlotte Bronte “Jane Eyre”

Biography of Charlotte Bronte:

Charlotte Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire on April 21, 1816. Charlotte was the third of six
children. When the girl was five years old, her mother passed away and her aunt Elizabeth
Branwell moved to their parish priest's house to look after the orphaned children. When Charlotte
was eight years old, her two older sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died of consumption. This event
made Charlotte responsible for the family, and the eldest among the remaining four children,
which strengthened her personality and spirit.

The writer spent eight months in 1824 at the Clergy Daughters school, in the village of Cowan
Bridge, which served as the prototype of Lovood School in the novel Jane Eyre. Then, for two
years, she was a student at the Roe Head School in Dewsbury (West Yorkshire), and worked for
three more years as a teacher there. It was in Roe Head that she made two loyal friends - Ellen
Nassi and Mary Taylor. Then, in 1842-1843, she was in the boarding house of Madame Ege
(Brussels), where she fell in love with her own teacher, Constantine Ege. Between 1824-1831, she
and her brother and sisters studied at home with her father an

In 1846, Charlotte persuaded her sisters to publish a collection of poems under male pseudonyms
Carrer, Ellis and Acton Bell (Currer, Ellis, Acton Bell) - it was a commercial failure. However, by the
end of 1847, the debut novels of all three sisters were published, and Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Air"
expected incredible successed Aunt Brenwell. Charlotte was a great artist, needlewoman, and, of
course, a writer. After the publication of the book “Shirley” in 1849, rumors spread that a simple
teacher was hiding under the male pseudonym Carrer Bell. Charlotte became a celebrity in literary
circles, and the publication of the novel "Willett" in 1853 only strengthened her reputation.

In December 1852, Charlotte received a marriage proposal from the vicar (second parish priest) of
her father, Arthur Bell Nicholls. Charlotte's father was against this union, partly because he
considered his daughter too painful to bear a child and give birth without terrible consequences,
and in order not to upset her father, Charlotte refused Arthur. Despite this, Bell Nicholls did not
give up, and continued to courtship, and in the end the couple got married on June 29, 1854. The
marriage was happy, but very short. Charlotte Bronte died in her last pregnancy on March 31,
1855.
Plot:

"Jane Eyre" - one of the most famous works of the English writer Charlotte Bronte. The work was
published by a London publishing house in 1847, after which it immediately won the love of the
public and the favorable disposition of venerable critics. The stinging life and love story of Jane
Eyre with inexorable power continues to excite the souls of readers from generation to generation
and is rightfully among the examples of selected literary classics. We cannot surely divide all text
in certain plot structure, but anyway it is possible to underline exposition, rising action, falling
action and resolution. The exposition starts from Jane Eyre’s youth and with description of a
typical day of Jane.

On this day, Jane Eyre didn’t even need to think about a walk: the wind caught the clouds, which in
a few moments burst into icy winter rain. All that was left was to get into the library, where the
fire of the fireplace crackled comfortably, climb onto the windowsill, pull back the heavy curtains
and take off along the mysterious shores of Norway with Sir Thomas Buick and his birds. Miss Jane
Eyre is ten years old. Being quite a baby, she lost her father and mother. Now the orphan lives in
the rich estate of her aunt on the maternal side - the widow of Mrs. Reed. In addition to Jane, Mrs.
Reed's own children are also brought up in the house - Eliza, John and Georgianna. And they all
hate little Jen Eyre.

The dead mother, contrary to the will of a wealthy father, married a poor pastor. A year after the
birth of his daughter, Pastor Eyre died of typhoid, having contracted a dangerous ailment during
visits to the homes of the poor. Typhus was passed on to his wife, so that in the near future she
followed her husband, leaving a tiny daughter in the care of her wife without the time of her
deceased brother. Every day, little Jane has to listen to her aunt's reproaches, endure the
humiliation and beatings of her brothers and sisters. And even the maid looks down on Air babe.
Every hour, Jane is reminded that she is in the house of Reed by great mercy, otherwise hunger,
cold and poverty would become her destiny.

Among all the inhabitants of the Gateshead estate, Jane Eyre's biggest enemy was her cousin John.
This fourteen-year-old short-witted booby did not miss the opportunity to insult the orphan and
give the weak girl a crack. On this day, John, as usual, again found a reason to cling to his cousin.
Not wanting to be silent anymore, the fragile Air attacked her tormentor with courage. In the
course of a short fight, John won, of course, and Jane hit hard on the doorframe. Nevertheless
Mrs. Reed seemed to not notice a bleeding wound on Jane's head and accused her of assaulting
Mister John. For this, the “worthless girl” was punished and sent to the “red room”. Here Mr. Reed
once passed away. All the households were convinced that the spirit of the deceased owner still
dwells in the chambers to this day, so they cautiously entered the room even during the day. Jane
turned out to be locked here for the whole night. During her stay in the room, the girl suffered a
nervous attack and she became very ill. Mrs. Reed called a man who could examine the patient.
They became, of course, not the doctor who treated the family members, but only the pharmacist,
who was called by the lady for the extorted servants. The kind Mr. Lloyd talked a lot with his little
patient. “Why did the young miss cry? From pain? Has someone hit her? ” "I'm not small to cry
because of a scratch," Air said smartly, "I cried because I was deeply unhappy." Regards to the care
of Mr. Lloyd, Jane was assigned to a shelter school. Leaving Gateshead forever, Jane did not say
goodbye to her family, aunt Reed ordered her niece not to disturb them in the morning. Jane was
not upset saying, that they are not relatives or good friends to her, but enemies. So she leaves.

From this moment began rising action as a lot of things started to change. The boarding school,
aka the Lowood shelter, was not the promised home. Pupils of this gloomy educational institution
were often forced to be content with scarce food, they wore the same brown dresses made of
coarse cloth, slept in two on uncomfortable beds, warmed by the orphan fire and listened to the
instructions of boring old maids. Against the background of all this despondency, only the figure of
Miss Mary Temple's director, a majestic beauty with the features of an aristocrat, was noticeably
distinguished. She became a real ideal for young Jane Eyre. No matter how bad the Lowood
Shelter was, for Jane he became a real salvation. He rescued her from Gateshead's "Golden
Prison", presented her friend and mentor, and also armed with the luggage of necessary
knowledge. After spending eight years in the walls of Lowood, Jane Eyre received a ticket to
adulthood. By sending an ad to a newspaper, a young graduate did not yet suspect that a new job
would be crucial for her. Rising action still is getting hotter and hotter and readers can feel, that
soon something is going to happen.

Eighteen-year-old Jane Eyre was invited to the wealthy estate of Thornfield. Jane was supposed to
educate his little inmate named Adele. Thorfield owner and guardian Adele, Mr. Edward
Rochester, was at home infrequently and spent most of his time on business trips. He was a dark-
skinned, well-knit man, rude and mocking, not handsome and not a courteous gentleman. I must
say that Jane also could never boast of beauty. However, something inexorably attracted these
two people. Rochester admired the mind, kindness, majestic inaccessibility of the new governess,
Jane was attracted by rude and good-natured mockery, life wisdom and interesting beauty of the
owner and when the beauty Miss Blanche appeared on the horizon, claiming the role of the future
wife of Rochester, Jane realized that she was jealous and in love. Realizing that she, the gray
mouse, was no match for the blinding Blanche, Jane seriously considered a new job. What was her
amazement when Mr. Edward Rochester confessed to her his feelings and offered to become his
wife. Jane immediately agreed to marry her lover, but the couple’s happiness was not destined to
happen so soon.

Climax is the most decisive moment of the whole novel and starts from this moment. When the
lovers Jane and Edward stood at the altar, the stranger interrupted the ceremony. He stated that
this marriage cannot be valid because Rochester is already married. Caught by surprise, Edward
immediately admitted everything. It turns out that in his youth he was married to a wealthy West
Indian heiress, hiding from the woe-groom that the bride has a hereditary predisposition to
mental disorders. Soon, the ailment to which Bert was doomed (that was the name of Edward's
wife) manifested itself fully. The young woman turned into a real monster. Rochester had no
choice but to lock the monster in the rooms of a huge house and live a new life. Then Edward fell
in love with a beautiful singer, who soon abandoned her admirer, leaving him with a daughter.
This is Adele, Jane's apprentice. No matter how the poor bridegroom begged to forgive him, Jane
was adamant. She could not remain in the house as a kept woman. With heartache, Jane Eyre
leaves Thornfield and the most precious person in the world.

Falling action is when Jane began to renew her life, but always was full of thoughts about
Rochester. After a long ordeal, Jane Eyre manages to once again find refuge and good friends. She
meets the priest St. John Rivers and his beautiful sisters, begins to teach in a rural school and lead
a quiet, measured and in her own way happy life. Surprisingly, the blue-eyed handsome St. John
falls in love with Jane, makes her an offer and invites him to India, where he goes as a missionary.
Realizing that the feeling for St. John does not even remotely resemble the one that she still has
for Rochester, Jane nobly refuses the offer. And soon, by the will of fate, she meets a traveler who
turns out to be a friend of a certain John Eyre, the late Uncle Jane. It turns out that Mr. Eyre
unsuccessfully searched for his niece for many years. Before his death, he bequeathed his great
heritage to her.

Now Jane is incredibly rich. Out of kindness, she shares the inherited money between her savior -
St. John and his sisters.
Resolution is quite happy and as everybody has not expected it is happy ending. All this time, Jane
did not leave thoughts of Rochester. One day she learns that Thornfield and his master have
suffered great grief. The mad recluse of the estate set fire to the house and died in a fire. Trying to
save the wife, Rochester received serious injuries. He lost his sight, lost his hand, part of his body is
covered with scars from burns. However, it doesn’t matter to Jane! She rushes to her lover to tell
him, "I love you!" Now she is ready to become his wife. Edward and Jane live happily in their new
home. After a few years, Rochester partially regained vision, and he sees the smile of his newborn
son.

Characters:

Jane Eyre is the main character of the novel "Jane Eyre" of the British writer Charlotte Bronte. Jane
Eyre is described as an inconspicuous young girl, outwardly resembling an ethereal creature, an
elf. She considers herself "poor, unprepossessing and small." Mr. Rochester once says that she has
brown eyes, but in fact they are green in Jane. The story begins with the childhood of the heroine,
hatred from Aunt Red, who, after the death of her uncle, took over the duties of custody of the
girl, studying in Lowood. The author shows the formation of the character of the heroine, her
desire to learn something new. Innovation in the novel is the appearance of the heroine. Typically,
romantic works have unusually beautiful looking heroines, Jane was not interested in her face, it is
possible to love her for her huge heart and attitude towards people. Despite her social position,
the girl is a rebel by nature. She cannot go with the flow. Having a huge store of knowledge, Jane
defends his opinion. She is ready to fight for her love, but for her the feeling must be pure. She will
step over it if it affects her honor, or the honor of another person. Despite all the hardships, the
girl remains kind, caring, and true to her word.

Outwardly, the hero is like his gloomy castle, and inside it lives a romantic. Rochester is a traveler,
he is an interesting conversationalist. The pursuit of new knowledge unites him with Jane. The
gallery of male images in the novel is presented by Mr. Rochester. A man with a heavy character:
stern, proud. He does not tolerate someone else's opinion, if it does not coincide with his. Life hit
the hero hard, having lost faith in love, honor, dignity, Rochester does not allow itself to love. Jane
makes confusion in his heart, the hero revises his attitude to the world around him. Under the
spell of a girl, Rochester is changing. He passionately loves the girl, but he has a crazy wife, he
can’t refuse his obligations to take care of her.
Helene Burns is one of the characters in the novel of the novel by the English writer Charlotte
Bronte "Jane Eyre". A teenage girl, an orphan brought up at Lowood School. Her father, a
widower, sent his daughter to Lowood Shelter to calmly marry a second time. Best friend Jane
Eyre. Helen is a little older than Jane. She impresses Jane with her knowledge, fortitude and
Christian humility. With the onset of spring, a massive epidemic of typhus begins at school and
many die, and Helen, having escaped typhus, dies in her hands in fact from aggravated
consumption, which the girl has long been sick with.

Miss Temple is one of the heroines of the Jane Eyre novel by Charlotte Bronte, an English writer.
Director Lowood, a kind, compassionate young woman. A strong personality, found the courage to
do a lot of good, and in his own way, and in spite of the evil Mr. Brocklehurst and all this with an
extremely friendly calm look and a sweet smile on his face. Miss Temple had an imprint of inner
peace all over her face, her features expressed sublime nobility, she spoke leisurely and with
dignity, excluding any restraint, impulsiveness, ardor; there was something in her that inspired
those who looked at her and listened to her, pure joy and a sense of reverent reverence.

Adele Varans - one of the characters in the novel of the English writer Charlotte Bronte "Jane
Eyre". A born Frenchwoman, she arrived in Thornfield six months before Jane and barely learned
to speak English. Adele is a fragile, little girl no older than seven or eight years old, with fine
features and beautiful, thick curls falling to the waist. Adele girl loved to sing and read poetry. The
daughter of the French dancer Selina Varans, to whom, at one time, Mr. Rochester had passionate
feelings. According to Selina, Adele was the daughter of Mr. Rochester. He, in turn, did not
recognize paternity and did not find in the girl's features any signs of similarity with him.

St. John Eyre Rivers - one of the characters in the novel Charlotte Bronte "Jane Air." St. John Air
Rivers is pastor, cousin Jane Eyre. Took her after she escaped from Thornfield, and wandered for a
long time. Found Jane inconspicuous. Three weeks before Jane appeared, his father had a hit. His
father was a relative of John Eyre. Diana Rivers said of her brother: "Relentless, like death." There
was no exaggeration in her words. He was young, probably twenty-eight to twenty-nine years old,
tall, slender; his face was involuntarily remembered. Impeccable, regular features, straight classic
nose, mouth and chin of the Athenian. You rarely see an English face so close to antique
specimens. No wonder that he was shocked by the incorrectness of my features - in contrast to
the harmony of his own. He had big blue eyes with dark eyelashes; over her high forehead, white
as ivory, blond hair curled carelessly. St. John was hardly impressed by his soft, pliable, sensitive,
and meek nature. Despite his calm, Jane seemed to have something frantic, frenzied, or merciless
in the lines of his forehead and lips, in the thrill of his nostrils.

Berta-Antoinette Mason-Rochester is the crazy, first wife of Edward Rochester. Lives in Thornfield,
which is why there are so few servants on the estate. Grace Pool is assigned to her.The first time
Jane was confronted with her insanity, when Berta set fire to the house. The second time - when
Berta attacked her brother, Richard Mason, and injured him, claiming that she would drink all the
blood from him. The third time she appeared just before the wedding of Jane and Edward and tore
Jane's veil.

Mrs. Reed is a cruel aunt of Jane, who raises her after death of her own parents. She thinks that
the girl is too pushy and bad tempered for what she treats her very badly and punishes constantly.
Later on she decides to send her to the school to get rid of the difficulties of upbringing the child.

Bessie Lee is the servant at Gateshead and is the only person, who is very kind and warm toward
poor girl. She always tells her stories, sings for her and is the only person with whom Jane Eyre
takes leave of, before driving to school.

Georgiana Reed, Eliza Reed, John Reed are the children of Mrs. Reed. They appear as spoiled, bad
tempered and as cruel as his mother. They constantly bully little girl and make troubles. Jane Eyre,
who patiently waited all the time, this time in burst of anger heats John and then was punished for
that.

Mr. Lloyd is the Reeds’ apothecary, who suggests that Jane be sent away to school. Always kind to
Jane, Mr. Lloyd writes a letter to Miss Temple confirming Jane’s story about her childhood and
clearing Jane of Mrs. Reed’s charge that she is a liar.

Themes:

The main theme of the novel is the relationship between a man and a woman. The ability to
understand each other, to forgive and entrust one’s feelings to another is hard work on oneself.
Two bright personalities met and everyone has the right to their opinion. A sense of love has held
together Rochester and Jane, they are ready to sacrifice themselves for the happiness of another.
No less important is the problem of the social situation in the society of women. Jane strives to
become a free man. She does not like the fate of dependence on men. She wants to achieve a
social position in society with her mind, determination, this is similar to the writer herself, whose
life proves that a woman has the right to financial independence. The theme of religion is
considered in the novel from different angles. Jane believes in God sincerely, she will never
destroy the marriage connected by the church, even if for this she has to abandon her feelings. In
addition to a true believing heroine, the image contrasts with the image of the priest Brocklehurst,
whose lying nature, hiding behind faith, seeks benefits only for himself.

Family values, upbringing affected by the writer is not accidental. Bronte herself grew up in a
priest's family and she carried the values instilled in her childhood all her life. Jane did not have
affection and family warmth, but self-education and innate kindness turned her into a sensitive
and responsive person who does not remember insults and knows how to forgive her offenders.
Jane seeks to create her own family hearth and in the conclusion of the novel she finds him. A
woman is an equal member of society. She should not be a slave to her man. Jane proved that in
life you can achieve everything yourself; you just need to have the desire and firmness of
character. The heroine’s external data does not matter at all, the main thing is to set a specific task
and strive to solve it.

Symbols:

One symbol is “The Red Room”, which must overcome in her struggles to find freedom,
happiness, and a sense of belonging. The room seems to her as prison, but even after going out
from there she feels that she is trapped financially and is excluded from family love, which makes
her a bit brave and after she heard she is going to school she was very happy, that she will find
new place to start new life. So this room is a kind of turning point and symbol of change and her
hard life.

Fire images of fire throughout the novel represent passion, destruction, and comfort or
regeneration. Fire, like passion, has the qualities of heat and light. When Rochester thanks Jane for
saving his life, "Strange energy was in his voice, strange fire in his look." When Rochester is
anxious to get to the church for their wedding, he tells Jane, "My brain is on fire with impatience."
In this sense fire symbolizes vibrancy—intense aliveness. Fire's destructive force visits Thornfield
on three occasions. The first is the fire in Rochester's room, when Jane saves him. While Jane's
introduction to the mystery of Thornfield occurs in Chapter 11, when she first hears the strange
laughter, it is the fire in Chapter 15 that makes the mystery a threatening one. Jane saves
Rochester from this fire, foreshadowing how, at the book's end, she saves him with her love after
the final fire. The second instance of fire at Thornfield is the lightning strike on the chestnut tree
just moments after Jane and Rochester become engaged to marry. Here the destructive force of
fire is an omen. The destruction of Thornfield by fire is the most dramatic representation of fire's
destructive force.

Bertha is the opposite of the maturing Jane—completely dependent, confined, angry,

unreasoning, and violent. She is Jane's double, the figure that mirrors Jane in negative ways.
Indeed, in her dependence, the limits placed on her, and her anger, she is like the young Jane. If
she is of mixed race, that provides yet another contrast to Jane, who is thoroughly British.

Moonlight often signals a change is about to take place in Jane's life. Jane dresses by the light of a
half-moon just before leaving Gateshead. Moonlight carries her to Helen Burns's room on the
night she dies. Jane, out for a walk, watches the moon shining on a village just before she meets
Rochester. The moon shines the night Rochester proposes to her and again the night before their
interrupted wedding. The night St. John pressures her to marry him, moonlight fills the room just
before she hears Rochester's voice. While the moon does not always bode well for Jane, when it
appears, her life is about to change.

Conclusion:

Everything that the author shows is shown on behalf of an eighteen-year-old heroine.

Nevertheless,Jane’s mood and feelings are Charlotte’s mood and feelings. The novel is built
according to the canon of the upbringing novel, showing the formation of an independent
personality. The exclusivity of the work lies in the fact that the main character is a female person -
a young girl, which was not typical for the literature of that time. In the image of a heroine, the
writer embodied her ideas about a modern woman who is able to determine her life, become not
only a wife, but also realize herself in a public field. After reading this book, I recommend to watch
film and all the book as if come to the life. I liked it very much and I think in each of woman should
live Jane Eyre.