Jane Eyre Essay

Jane Eyre, a novel written by Charlotte Brontë, is a book about a girl named Jane who unknowingly being led down a path by the supernatural. In the novel, Jane is an orphan who has endured much hardship to secure a position as the head of a household. She ends up meeting the person that would become the love of her life, Mr. Rochester. This would soon become a relationship that would be destroyed because of the unknown involvement of a third person. This person was married to Mr. Rochester but her relationship with him was hidden away from Jane. After this love relationship is over, Jane meets another guy who she falls in love with, St. John. Both of these relationships were like a poison for her, putting her in emotional distress. The way

This is evident in how she had meet the love of her life, Mr. Rochester. After Jane leaves for the Thornfield, which is the new place that she was going to work at, she feels scared, full of fear, and lost. In the novel it states, “Uncertain whether the port to which it is bound can be reached, and prevented by many impediments from returning to that it has quitted. The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone. I bethought myself to ring the bell” (95). This is the moment when she was just scared but soon after she was convinced that she should ring a bell. She then asked “Is there a place in this neighbourhood called Thornfield?’ I asked of the waiter who answered the summons. ‘Thornfield? I don’t know, ma’am; I’ll inquire at the bar.’ He vanished, but reappeared instantly - ‘Is your name Eyre, Miss?’ ‘Yes’ ‘” (95). Here she meets Mr. Rochester for the first time. But what she doesn’t know is that this man will become the love of her life. Jane was guided to Mr. Rochester at a time when she scared and lost. This cant be possible without something telling her to go to that carriage