There are many techniques an author can use to keep the readers attentive in a novel. In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, she uses many techniques. One technique Bronte uses is suspense. The reader must keep reading the novel to find out the fate of Jane. The suspense starts after Jane's attempted marriage. The reader must keep reading to find out if Jane and Rochester ever meet again, or if they die alone and unhappy.
Mystery is also used. Mystery is much like suspense in a novel. The mystery is overpowering and the reader must find out what is happening behind the mystery. The mystery in the novel that kept me reading was when Mr. Mason declared that Rochester was married to his sister. Rochester led the audience of the marriage to his home, where Bertha was hidden away. This mystery needed to be solved, so the reader had to keep reading. Another part of the novel when mystery was used, was around the climax. St. John wanted Jane to come with him to do missionary work in India. The mystery was mixed with suspense, so the reader had to see if Jane would really go to India with St. John. Suddenly, Jane heard the voice of her forbidden lover, and knew it was the wrong choice to go to India with St. John.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Jane Eyre Post #6: Why is the Novel Timeless?
What makes Jane Eyre timeless? A novel is timeless for many reasons. The theme, characters, conflict, or other things. This novel represents a love story that is ripped apart by self respect and lies , then pieced back together in the end. It is one a few novels that has a truly happy ending that people love to read, although it is over one hundred years old! I believe that the characters in this novel help make it timeless.
Jane is an orphan. She is an underdog who gets mistreated by her aunt and cousins. That is not a huge problem for Jane because she stands up for herself. Jane is also plain and intelligent. I think that many people can relate to her because she is an average girl rising up from a bad situation. Anyway, Jane falls in love with Rochester. She is lied to, and refused to break her morals by marring a man that is already married. More people can relate to Jane since she is practically being cheated on. However, she forgives him in the end. There are many people out in the world that can read this book and feel the same that Jane felt. Therefore, she is a timeless character that can always remain a character readers can relate to.
Rochester is also a timeless character. He is trapped in a marriage he does not want to be in. Not only does he not love Bertha, she is completely insane. Rochester falls in love with Jane, knowing he is still married. He loves Jane, so he tries to marry her anyway. When his secret is uncovered, he does not care, he still wants to marry Jane. However, Jane leaves him. He waits for her. The common reader can relate to Rochester, because anyone who has tried to cover up a lie, will know how he feels. Rochester's character also relates to the novel being timeless, as you can see.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Jane is an orphan. She is an underdog who gets mistreated by her aunt and cousins. That is not a huge problem for Jane because she stands up for herself. Jane is also plain and intelligent. I think that many people can relate to her because she is an average girl rising up from a bad situation. Anyway, Jane falls in love with Rochester. She is lied to, and refused to break her morals by marring a man that is already married. More people can relate to Jane since she is practically being cheated on. However, she forgives him in the end. There are many people out in the world that can read this book and feel the same that Jane felt. Therefore, she is a timeless character that can always remain a character readers can relate to.
Rochester is also a timeless character. He is trapped in a marriage he does not want to be in. Not only does he not love Bertha, she is completely insane. Rochester falls in love with Jane, knowing he is still married. He loves Jane, so he tries to marry her anyway. When his secret is uncovered, he does not care, he still wants to marry Jane. However, Jane leaves him. He waits for her. The common reader can relate to Rochester, because anyone who has tried to cover up a lie, will know how he feels. Rochester's character also relates to the novel being timeless, as you can see.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Jane Eyre Post #5: Behavioral and Social Issues + Symbolic and Thematic Significance
There are few behavioral issues in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. One is the strange way Rochester denies Jane to know about his marriage. Rochester asks Jane to ignore his marriage. This is strange behavior because if Rochester would have acted differently upon the situation, Jane might have stayed with him. Another behavioral issue in the novel is about Bertha. Bertha behaves badly since she has gone mad. Her behavior leads to her death and the blinding and lose of a hand to Rochester. Her behavior was insane, so it hurt many people. Some social issues of the story was when Jane was jealous of Blanche. Jane though Rochester would marry Blanche because of her social class. This showed that social class was very important in that time, even so important that one might choose it over true love.
This book symbolized few things as well. It symbolizes that if you are kind and selfless, you can have a happy ending. Jane never let anyone walk on her, and she never took advantage of someone else. She also shared her wealth with her cousins. Therefore, she got the happy ending with Rochester she did not expect. This book symbolizes that one can have a happy ending if they are kind and do not expect anything in return. Another thing the book symbolizes is you can keep integrity and love in the end. At first, Jane did not marry Rochester because she did not want to lose her integrity although she was in love. In the end, she had her integrity, and gained her love back. The thematic significance is basically the same as the symbolic significance. One can keep love and integrity in the end, as long as you never gave it away.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
This book symbolized few things as well. It symbolizes that if you are kind and selfless, you can have a happy ending. Jane never let anyone walk on her, and she never took advantage of someone else. She also shared her wealth with her cousins. Therefore, she got the happy ending with Rochester she did not expect. This book symbolizes that one can have a happy ending if they are kind and do not expect anything in return. Another thing the book symbolizes is you can keep integrity and love in the end. At first, Jane did not marry Rochester because she did not want to lose her integrity although she was in love. In the end, she had her integrity, and gained her love back. The thematic significance is basically the same as the symbolic significance. One can keep love and integrity in the end, as long as you never gave it away.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Jane Eyre Post #4: Hero
In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the hero is obviously Jane Eyre. Jane is independent and intelligent. She also is mild-mannered and plain. She does not let people walk all over herself, which is very admirable. She is not afraid to love, but she does not want to lose her integrity in the process. These traits are one of a hero because they help her accomplish goals in the novel. She accomplishes winning the heart of Rochester, over the shallow and beautiful Blanche. She also does not let Rochester off easy when he kept his wife secret from her. She left him because she is strong and wanted to keep her integrity. This was a hard thing for Jane to do, so the readers should admire her self respect. She also is caring and accomplished winning the love of her cousins when she shares her fortune with them. This is a selfless act of a hero in my opinion. Jane is definitely the hero in the novel because she constantly fights the conflict of her forbidden love with Rochester. In the story, she is portrayed as an underdog who ends up with a happy ending. Jane is a great and heroic figure in the story.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Jane Eyre Post #3: Universal theme and Human Nature
The theme of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is love and integrity. The theme relates to Jane and Rochester's marriage conflict. Jane wants to marry Rochester, but she does not want to lose her integrity. If she marries a man with a wife, she will be considered a mistress. A mistress seems to be a women who is not as good as a wife. That is not what Jane wants to be considered, so she will not marry Rochester until he is not married to Bertha any longer. Therefore, the theme would be: Would you rather possess love, or maintain integrity?
Charlotte Bronte understands human nature very well. She knows that many women would not like to marry a man that is currently married. She understands that there are many independent women that would not stand to have a man that lied to them and wants to be married to two women, although one is not in the right mental state. Bronte also understands that a man with a insane wife would want to hide her as long as possible from a women he wants to marry. Bronte knew that a man would just put it off until the truth was uncovered. She also knew that true love cannot be separated forever. Therefore, Bronte knew much about the works of human nature.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Charlotte Bronte understands human nature very well. She knows that many women would not like to marry a man that is currently married. She understands that there are many independent women that would not stand to have a man that lied to them and wants to be married to two women, although one is not in the right mental state. Bronte also understands that a man with a insane wife would want to hide her as long as possible from a women he wants to marry. Bronte knew that a man would just put it off until the truth was uncovered. She also knew that true love cannot be separated forever. Therefore, Bronte knew much about the works of human nature.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Jane Eyre Post #2: Causes, Gains, and Losses
There are many losses in the novel Jane Eyre. One loss in the novel deals with Jane losing one of her good friends to illness. Jane did not have many friends, so the loss of, Helen, was a big deal to Jane. Helen looked at the situation positively. She said she would like to die with minimal pain, and she did. This was still a big loss to Jane. Another loss that occurred in the novel was Rochester losing Jane. During their wedding, Rochester's big secret was revealed. He could not marry Jane since he already had a wife. Therefore, Jane left him and set off on her own. Rochester did not marry anyone else when Jane was gone, because he only loved her. This was a huge lose to Rochester because he lost the love of his life.
There were many gains in the story as well. One gain was when Jane learned that she had family. When she left Rochester, she ran into the three Rivers siblings. They took care of her and helped her make a living. One day, St. John tells Jane that a women named Jane Eyre had a uncle that left her inheritance. Jane was hiding her true identity, but then uncovered her true self once St. John told her this. They discovered that Jane's Uncle John was the same Uncle John the River's siblings had. Jane gained cousins! Jane had a huge gain when she learned she had family. Another gain was when Rochester and Jane finally married each other. After a year, Rochester's secret wife, Bertha, had tragically died in a fire. Therefore, Jane could finally marry him. This was a huge gain because true love could finally reunite! As you can see, there were countless gains and losses in the novel!
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
There were many gains in the story as well. One gain was when Jane learned that she had family. When she left Rochester, she ran into the three Rivers siblings. They took care of her and helped her make a living. One day, St. John tells Jane that a women named Jane Eyre had a uncle that left her inheritance. Jane was hiding her true identity, but then uncovered her true self once St. John told her this. They discovered that Jane's Uncle John was the same Uncle John the River's siblings had. Jane gained cousins! Jane had a huge gain when she learned she had family. Another gain was when Rochester and Jane finally married each other. After a year, Rochester's secret wife, Bertha, had tragically died in a fire. Therefore, Jane could finally marry him. This was a huge gain because true love could finally reunite! As you can see, there were countless gains and losses in the novel!
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Jane Eyre Post #1: Author's Attitude and Values
An author's attitude can be related to the tone of the author. In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, her tone is fanciful and erudite. The attitude Bronte has is fanciful because she uses imagination when she writes. Bronte does not write directly and plainly to get to the point. She uses figurative language that remains imaginative and creative. She also writes with an erudite attitude because she writes like she knows what she is talking about. Although she uses creativity, she remains scholarly and intelligent. Therefore, she writes with a fanciful, yet erudite attitude and tone.
Bronte has many common values she shared within the novel. In the beginning of the story, Jane is headstrong and does not let herself be bullied by her cousins. When her cousin, John, throws a book at her, Jane gets angry with him. Jane insults him and yells at him, therefore she is standing up for herself. Obviously, Bronte values the bullied to stand up for themselves. Another value of Bronte's was inner beauty. She showed this when Rochester chooses plain Jane over the beautiful Blanche. Rochester valued Jane's intelligence and charm over Blanches beauty and social class. One last value Bronte has is love. When Jane and Rochester are forbidden to marry because of Rochester's secret marriage to Bertha, they still hear each others voice after a year and carryout their marriage. This shows that they are truly in love when they hear each others voices, almost magically.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
Bronte has many common values she shared within the novel. In the beginning of the story, Jane is headstrong and does not let herself be bullied by her cousins. When her cousin, John, throws a book at her, Jane gets angry with him. Jane insults him and yells at him, therefore she is standing up for herself. Obviously, Bronte values the bullied to stand up for themselves. Another value of Bronte's was inner beauty. She showed this when Rochester chooses plain Jane over the beautiful Blanche. Rochester valued Jane's intelligence and charm over Blanches beauty and social class. One last value Bronte has is love. When Jane and Rochester are forbidden to marry because of Rochester's secret marriage to Bertha, they still hear each others voice after a year and carryout their marriage. This shows that they are truly in love when they hear each others voices, almost magically.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
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