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Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre immediately embarks the reader on a journey of self-discovery and development through a sequence of struggles and dramatic events, made real by a variety of literary techniques. Bronte employs competing genres such as romanticism and Victorian ideals to reinforce the battles that Jane faces to achieve her ultimate goal of marriage, independence and financial stability.
Traditionally, the Victorian novel examines concepts such as religion, class, female emancipation and racial equality and Jane Eyre is without exception, as all of these themes are discussed within Bronte’s novel. ...
Bronte constructs Jane Eyre out of a first person narrative thus allowing the reader to examine Jane’s innermost thoughts and feelings in detail but it is also looked at very cleverly from a dual narrative point of view with Jane as an adult recounting the story of her childhood with great maturity. ... As a reader we are taken through a Bildungsroman genre thus encountering many of Jane’ struggles in life. The autobiographical approach to the novel helps the reader to establish a rapport with Jane and we accompany her through the dark struggles of her youth until she reaches maturity and the happiness and stability she craves throughout her meagre existence. ...
Bertha Mason’s racial origin is only hinted at throughout the novel, however it becomes clear, through Bronte’s description of Bertha that she is of mixed race. Rochester tells us that “Her mother, the Creole, was both a mad woman and a drunkard” (pg326) and Jane describes her as having a “discoloured face, I never saw a face like it … and the fearful blackened inflation of the lineaments” (pg 317). It can be suggested from Bronte’s description of Bertha that this is the first time that Jane has ever met a person of mixed race and Jane is clearly shocked.
Approximate Word count = 1493
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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