Dignity and love
Jane Eyre tells a story that the heroine who is a poor and weak woman and lost her parents overcome frustrations and struggle for her ideal life. The story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent spirit. As not beautiful, poor and insignificant she is, Jane Eyre still sticks to her own belief. She believes that she still deserves esteem and love and never give in to the destiny. She is an independent woman and tries hard to grab what she love and the freedom she want.
Jane Eyre lost her parents when she was young so that she was sent to her uncle’s home. She was abused by her aunt and cousin before her uncle went off. The suffers from being humiliated teach Jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything else. Jane got a chance to be a tutor in Thornfield Garden. There she made the acquaintance of charming Adele andt garden’s owner, Rochester, a man with warm heart despite a cold face outside. Jane expected to change the life and seek what she love, but fate had decided. After Jane and Rochester fell in love with each other and got down to get marry, she unfortunately came to know in fact Rochester had got a legal wife, who seemed to be the shadow following.
Jane Eyre struggles and adheres to her own belief in various kinds of setbacks for the constant pursuit of freedom and dignity, and finally gains happiness. By showing the tortuous and twisting love experience of the hero and heroine, the novel succeeds in shaping a female image who dares to revolt and to fight for freedom and equal status.
What impresses me most is the dialogue between Jane Eyre and Rochester，“you think, because I’m poor, obscure, plain and insignificant, I am soulless and heartless? You’re wrong!......as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal, as we are!” The dialogue, shocking and powerful, presents the sublime and loftiness of independent personality. When pursuing her personal happiness, Jane shows extraordinary innocence, unadorned minds and sentiments and indomitable courage. She does not give up her pursuit of happiness is spite of her character as a housemaid, and her love is pure and noble. The reason why she is deeply in love with Rochester is that he can treat her as equals, consider her to be a friend and get along with her heart to heart. In the background of that age, it was really rare and commendable to call for women’s independence, equality and freedom.
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