Jane Eyre-criticism of the main character

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Jane Eyre is a novel about struggle of a little governess for self-realization and dream-fulfillment. In that determined and almost obsessive struggle Jane appears as a self-involved person in an absolute denial of the world around her. This particular layer of Jane's complex personality is important because it shades a general course of the novel. At one point it even raises social and moral issues from the standpoint of Victorian conventionality. In this passage I will show in which way Jane expresses her self-involvement through the denial; I will seek for the evidence and reasons of that; and at last I will give the explanation of how this 'innocent', 'honest' creature developed its mechanisms that influenced broad picture of Jane's personality.

Jane grabbed her reward with blind happiness and joy. "I thought only of the bliss given me to drink in so abundant a flow. Again and again he said, 'Are you happy Jane?' And again and again I answered, 'Yes.' " (224). Jane doesn't have any questions for Rochester. She accepts the rapture of the moment and steps into the future refusing to discern or reveal the vale of mystery that surrounds them. Her strong individuality and feeling of self-respect pers

Another aspect of Jane's denial comes from the moral and social point of view. "...there stood the widow, pale, grave, and amazed. I only smiled at her, and ran up stairs. 'Explanation will do for another time,' thought I. Still, when I reached my chamber, I felt a pang at the idea she should even temporarily misconstrue what she had seen" (225). But that was just a pang. Very next moment Jane's thoughts are filled with joy. Her whole being is too happy to think that she has crossed the border of conventionality and what is called social decency at the time. She does not see herself as a typical governess anyway; nor she sees herself being equal with Ms Fairfax (although she claims so). And this points to Jane's shadowy character. They communicate in a warm and friendly manner, with the difference in their attitudes toward their positions in society and Thornfield. Jane denies that her education and family origin don't mean anything, except a good recommendation for governess, and gives herself right to claim the kind of happiness offered to her by Rochester. Kind of happiness that was completely non-imaginable and acceptable by society. She sees that as a reward for the hard life she had, and Ms Fairfax sees it as an unacceptable behavior of a governess that is supposed to comply with her duties. Jane doesn't think about the big picture and her worry is that she can be judged as his mistress. She denies the existence of a big class diffe

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Approximate Word count = 986
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English