Jane Ayre analysis
Charlotte Bronte makes use of nature imagery throughout "Jane Eyre," and commentson both the human relationship with the outdoors and human nature. The following are examples from the novel that exhibit the importance of nature during that time period. Several natural themes run through the novel, one of which is the image of a stormy sea. After Jane saves Rochester's life, she gives us the following metaphor of their relationship: "Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea . . . I thought sometimes I saw beyond its wild waters a shore . . . now and then a freshening gale, wakened by hope, bore my spirit triumphantly towards the bourne: but . . . a counteracting breeze blew off land, and continually drove me back"(Brontė 159). The gale is all the forces that prevent Jane's union with Rochester. Brontė implies that Jane's feelings about the sea driving her back remind her of her heart felt emotions of a rocky relationship with Rochester and still being drawn back to him. Another recurrent image is Brontė's treatment of Birds. We first witness Jane's fascination when she reads Bewick's History of Brit
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Approximate Word count = 1669
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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