The Universatility in Bronte's Jane Eyre

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The Universality of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

Although Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre was published almost 150 years ago, it portrays feelings that people today can recognize. Since the nineteenth century, cities are larger, homes and businesses are more modernized, more violence occurs, and in general the whole of society is completely different, but what has not changed is the way people feel. The only difference is the experience or event that causes the emotion. We have all felt the same feelings that Jane experiences: isolation - the first months of college when you know no one and no one knows you; pain - your boyfriend of two years breaks your heart; loneliness - the best friend you thought would be there forever moves a thousand miles away. To feel such emotions is human. Because Jane exposes her humanity as she grows as an individual, people of any century can relate to her journey. Bronte shows the universality of Jane's journey by organizing it into stages that parallel the development of a child into a mature individual. Jane begins her journey at Gateshead where we can identify with her because of our own childhood experiences. When John Reed says to Jane, "You have no business to take our books; you are a

woman, she still yearns for Rochester's companionship. Upon leaving college and embarking on a new career, people often become obsessed with being rich believing that it will bring them happiness. Jane's experience at Morton and Moor House is similar to the time in life when people finally "make their million" only to realize that they are not happy because they have no one to share it with. Knowing that she wants to share her happiness with Rochester, Jane sets out to find him and reunite herself with the one she loves. At last, Jane has found simpatico and reached the end of her journey when she finds

most of all to be happy. To be happy, Jane must find simpatico. Different people search for different things. Some search for money, some for good health, but universally the "things" people search for lead them to happiness. Jane's yearning for happiness is an

mamma says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentleman's children like us, and eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mamma's expense" (Bronte 42), he is trying to make her mad, maybe even shed a few tears. John's actions resonate the actions of the class bully who too frequently stole lunch money and never got caught. Also, he plays the role of the big brother who blames his little sister getting her sent to her room, as Jane gets blamed and sent to the Red Room. Jane never voices her anger, or any other emotion, to Mrs Reed. During childhood,

Rochester at Ferndean. Rochester has been an emotional wreck since he lost Jane, and when they are reunited Jane knows that they are truly in love. At Ferndean, Jane takes control of Rochester's life since he cannot see; she devotes all of her time and energy to the one that she loves. The time in life when such a simpatico is found is the union of two souls who are in love. The feeling of complete bliss that Jane experiences u

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