What is the theme of Jane Eyre? What do you think of Jane Eyre's character?

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Love, Family, and Independence

As an orphan at Gateshead, Jane is oppressed and dependent. For Jane to discover herself, she must break out of these restrictive conditions and find love and independence. Jane must have the freedom to think and feel, and she seeks out other independent-minded people as the loving family she craves. Jane, Helen Burns, and Ms. Temple enjoy a deep mutual respect, and form emotional bonds that anticipate the actual family Jane finds in Mary and Diana Rivers. Yet Jane also has a natural instinct toward submission. When she leaves Gateshead to find new experiences, she describes herself as seeking a "new servitude." In her relationship with men, she has the inclination toward making first Rochester and then St. John her "master."

Over the course of the novel, Jane strives to find a balance between service and mastery. Jane combined her freedom with her commitments to love, virtue, and self- respect. In the end, Jane is both guide and servant to Rochester. She finds and creates her own family, and their love grows out of the mutual respect of free minds.

2022-11-27

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  The protagonist and narrator, Jane is an orphaned girl caught between class boundaries, financial situations, and her own conflicted feelings. In her youth and again as a governess, Jane must depend on others for support. Jane feels isolated, and strives for her personal freedom and meaningful connections with others to find the loving family she never had. Jane is intelligent, imaginative, and principled. She defies many restrictive and social conventions, especially those affecting women. As the novel progresses, Jane learns to temper her passions with self - control - she controls her feelings with judgment based on self - respect and Christian humility. She must reconcile her contradictory desires to be both independent and to serve a strong - minded man. Religion helps Jane to gain a mature understanding of herself as a self - respecting individual who credits her feelings, but also defers to God.

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