jane Eyre

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I read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Nature constantly spoke to Jane; it reaffirmed thoughts and feelings for Jane and it also gave an insight to the reader about characters. In the book Jane Eyre I believe that nature reflects the life of Jane and the people she meets.

As a little girl, Jane was treated harshly. Mrs. Reed cared little for Jane and this feeling was often reflected in her actions. Instead of punishing her own troublesome children, Mrs. Reed cast all punishment on Jane. One day Jane was placed in the red-room, so she curled up with a book. While slowly browsing through Bewick's History of British Birds Jane took a special note to mention "the solitary rocks and promontories" (14). The reader comprehended Miss Eyre's feeling of desolation and loneliness. Her feelings of fear were felt "What a consternation of soul was mine that dreary afternoon" (22). While being punished later, Jane looked out upon daylight to find "rain still beating continuously on the staircase window" (23). Her "habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, and forlorn depression" were deepened by such gloomy weather (23).

Jane's horrible, doom filled days at Gateshead came to a halt when Jane was accepted into Lowood Institution. Spring

After residing at Thornfield for several months, Jane finally took a day off and accomplished many errands in town. On her way back home, Jane happened by a stranger on a horse. She helped him back on his horse after a fall, and after some discussion, the gentleman discovered she resided at Thornfield. In pointing out the house to the gentlemen, both noticed "the moon cast a hoary gleam (on Thornfield), bringing it out distant and pale from the woods, that, by contrast with the Western sky, now seemed one mass of shadow" (130). The picturesque description forecasted trouble at the mansion. Both went on their separate ways and later reunited at Thornfield, only to discover that the stranger was Mr. Rochester, Jane's employer.

fever erupted at Lowood and Jane encountered many joyful experiences. "Days of blue sky, placid sunshine, and soft western or southern gales" allowed the inhabitants to take walks and enjoy all of the flowers (89). During this wonderful spring, typhus ran rampant among half the girls, weakening them and even bringing death to an unfortunate few. Even though Jane lost friends, her spirits soared because she had found a new sense of self.

When walking through the orchard one lovely day, Jane came upon Mr. Rochester. They conversed for a few minutes and their discussion led to a confession of love for each other. Mr. Rochester proposed marriage and Jane joyously accepted. At that moment Jane looked up and saw that "a livid, vivid spark leapt out of a cloud at which I was looking, and there was a crack, a crash and a close rattling peal" (287). The horse chestnut tree split in half. This let the reader know that the marriage was not meant to be. Nature had just split up a tree that was together. It foreshadowed how Jane and Rochester's marriage would also be split up.

Jane, the weather is beautiful. They were soon married and from this marriage came a son.

Jane calls the moon her mother, and it seems her mother tells Jan

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Approximate Word count = 1331
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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