Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre In the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre is a character whose consistent characteristics are significant in terms of the novel. Characteristics are a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it. Jane Eyre’s character is measured by her looks and beliefs, what she says, and how she contributes to the novel. Jane Eyre’s bland looks, beliefs, and background define who she is. Jane thinks that she is Plain looking with hazel eyes and plain medium-length brown hair. She is portrayed as short, curvy, and a Quakerish governess. Jane makes her own philosophy because she does not agree with everyone else’s beliefs. She believes that to stand up for yourself you have to fight back. In her search for freedom, Jane also struggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants. Jane’s background is considered depressing; she is orphaned at a young age. She lives with her Aunt where she is exiled and ostracized by her Aunt and cousins. At the age of around ten, she is sent to boarding school, Lowood, where she meets her best friend Helen, who dies when Jane is ten. Jane Eyre is who she is because of her looks, beliefs on life, and her sad background. Jane Eyre is also defined by what others think about her and what she says herself. Jane Eyre says, "I must keep in good health and not die” (Brontë 27). This shows her free-spiritedness. At this point in the story Aunt Reed has sent for the owner of Lowood, to talk to Jane about going to the boarding school to live, who has gotten in an argument with Jane about sins. Jane says, “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will” (Brontë 258). In this chapter Jane comes back from visiting her now dead aunt, and Mr. Rochester begs her not to leave Thornfield, but Jane says must go because he is going to be married to Blanche Ingram and she can't stay and be heartbroken. This shows that Jane has emotions