Jane Eyre Essay, Research Paper

A. Setting: England, Early 1800s B. Point of View: First person C. Jane Eyre,

the main character, is sent out of the drawing room by her Aunt, Mrs. Reed

(Jane’s parents had died while she was very young and her Uncle took her in.

After he died Mrs. Reed kept Jane although she despised her.). Jane then retires

to the library, where she hid by the window-sill, behind the curtain. A few

minutes later her cousins John, Eliza, and Geneva come in. While Eliza and

Geneva watch, John orders Jane to show herself. As she does, he taunts and

insults her before taking the book away saying that since his father died

everything in the house belonged to him. John threw the book at her causing her

to fall back striking her head. When Jane tried to defend herself, John was hurt

and called for his mother and the servants. Jane was locked in the room in which

her Uncle died, for the whole night, as punishment for misbehavior. D. Jane is a

girl who is used to unjust treatment. Most of her life she had to live in a

house with no one who cared for her and no one she cared about. When she leaves

Lowood ( the school she attended as a child and teenager ), I believe she is

looking for happiness. Jane is extremely independent, for instance when she

walked all the way to town to mail her letter. She is also very cynical like

when Mr. Rochester asks if she expects a present from him and she replies that

she has done nothing to deserve a present. Mr. Rochester is the other main

character of this story. He also is wanting happiness, but mostly he just wants

peace. He is brash and blunt, not really caring about people’s feelings. E.

After Jane attends school at Lowood 6 years then teaches 2 additional years she

becomes tired of it and places an ad for a governess position in the local

newspaper. The ad is answered and Jane packs her things and heads off. Jane

doesn’t meet the man she works for until one night…

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