The novel "Jane Eyre" was written by Charlotte Bronte, a famous Victorian writer. This novel is based on the life story of a young girl named, Jane Eyre.
Jane Eyre was introduced as an orphan girl who lived with her aunt Mrs.Reed and her three children. She had to live under physical and mental harresments of them. Being innocent and helpless, little Jane Eyre was vulnerable to bare their harresments. So, Jane's childhood was not a pleasant one because of haressements of Reed family.
Jane went to Lowood college and hoped to escape from the harresments, but she had to bare Mr.Brocklehurst's evil traits there. Mr.Brocklehurst treated her in a cruel way. She had to face to scarcity of food, and some diseases also. In Lowood college Jane's friend Helen Burns, and the principal of Lowood Miss. Temple helped her to bare these difficulties.
Mr.Brocklehurst asked Jane, "... especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go death."
In Thornfield hall Jane built a love relationship with Mr.Rochester and in their wedding day Mr.Rochester had to reveal about his first wife Bertha. With that incident Jane Eyre left Thornfield in order to heal her mind. It became a turning point in her life, because she could become rich with some inherited money. She strongly faced to all the obstacles in her life. She remained as an innocent character and her innocent personality did not become an obstruction for her strength.
At the end, Jane Eyre could overcome all her obstacles and marry Mr.Rochester. Marrying Mr.Rochester became a challenge to Jane, because he was disabled. However, Mr.Rocherster's disability could not decrease Jane's love towards him.
So, the main influence of Jane Eyre to win her life defeating all the obstacles, was Helen Burns and Miss Temple. At Lowood college she taught, how to face obstacles and to win the life. She learnt to tolerate hardships.
Helen adviced Jane by saying, "It is not violence that best overcomes hate - nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury."
Thus, in the novel "Jane Eyre", Jane's character emphasizes the idea that woman's innocence is not an obstruction for her strength. Women should not become emotionless in order to become strength.
According to me ,being both soft and strong is a beautiful combination.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, because the most sweetest flower;the rose comes with it's own thorns. So beauty begins where the innocence and strength get together to form one unit.
ReplyDeleteIt is true that a woman's innocence is not an obstruction for her strength. as I see, this should apply for both men and women. but in reality, when a man seem innocent the society think he is weak which is not true. all humans are strong. they all have some innocence within them. but this innocence should not be a parameter of measuring the strength of a human.
ReplyDeleteYes, women must be stronger in order to face the challenges in society, and their innocence must not be an obstruction. I like to quote Kasuni's comparison - the beautiful rose comes with its thorns. Women have to be a "rose". They must be very beautiful, soft, fragile and have to be filled with fragrance as the world expect the women to be like this, but, at the same time, they must be stronger enough to raise up when necessary with their "thorns".
ReplyDeleteLife is full of obstacles and what we have to do is facing them without escaping them. Though someone escape them, those problems will not fade out.Women face many serious problems and have to be powerful in order to face them.Jane Eyre is a good example to showcase that a woman can win her life with strength being strong-willed despite her innocence. All you have to do is make yourself fearless against the hardships and make your soul strengthen with the experiences gained through past matters.
ReplyDeleteRather than facing the obstacles I can deduce the fact the breaking the societal norms kept her strong.
ReplyDeleteBeing in a Victorian society females are expected to use only needle and thread , but Jane Eyre through her education, was able to do an occupation challenging the contemporary norms in the society. Yes it is true that she is soft and delicate, but if she allows her softness to overpower herself she might be a typical house wife or a woman who is seeking to climb the ladder through marriage.
On that basis, rather than innocence, support from others: her strength of breaking the norm is the factor that kept her alive.