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Alec Siegel
Ms. Doersen
1st period English Jane Eyre essay
October 28, 2013
Jane Eyre as a gothic Novel:
The book Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë, uses many “supernatural” elements to help add to the drama of the book. These elements help classify part of the book into the gothic novel category. The gothic element of Jane Eyre is important because it utilizes elements such as supernatural encounters, remote locations, complicated family histories, ancient manor houses, dark secrets, and mysteries to create an atmosphere of suspense and terror to add drama to the story.
Many cases in Jane Eyre exhibit the use of “supernatural” occurrences. For example when Jane was a young child and she was locked in the “Red Room” for misbehaving. In the “Red Room,” Jane believed that the light she saw float across the wall was her passed away uncle coming to avenge her mistreatment. "Shaking my hair from my eyes, I lifted my head and tried to look boldly round the dark room; at this moment a light gleamed on the wall. while I gazed, it glided up to the ceiling and quivered over my head. I thought the swift-darting beam was a herald of some coming vision from another world." (page 12 Charlotte Bronte)
Another occurrence of “supernatural” activity was at Thornfield. An incident occurred in the house that, at the time, was considered "supernatural." One night, while Jane Eyre was trying to sleep, she was startled by demonic laughter. When Jane Eyre opened her door to find out who was laughing, she saw the hallway was full of smoke. When Jane looked over to Rochester’s door, she saw that smoke was pouring out for under his door. She was curious so she invested only to find that his room was ablaze. Although the incident is eventually explained later in the book, at the time it felt "supernatural" and
Ms. Doersen
1st period English Jane Eyre essay
October 28, 2013
Jane Eyre as a gothic Novel:
The book Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë, uses many “supernatural” elements to help add to the drama of the book. These elements help classify part of the book into the gothic novel category. The gothic element of Jane Eyre is important because it utilizes elements such as supernatural encounters, remote locations, complicated family histories, ancient manor houses, dark secrets, and mysteries to create an atmosphere of suspense and terror to add drama to the story.
Many cases in Jane Eyre exhibit the use of “supernatural” occurrences. For example when Jane was a young child and she was locked in the “Red Room” for misbehaving. In the “Red Room,” Jane believed that the light she saw float across the wall was her passed away uncle coming to avenge her mistreatment. "Shaking my hair from my eyes, I lifted my head and tried to look boldly round the dark room; at this moment a light gleamed on the wall. while I gazed, it glided up to the ceiling and quivered over my head. I thought the swift-darting beam was a herald of some coming vision from another world." (page 12 Charlotte Bronte)
Another occurrence of “supernatural” activity was at Thornfield. An incident occurred in the house that, at the time, was considered "supernatural." One night, while Jane Eyre was trying to sleep, she was startled by demonic laughter. When Jane Eyre opened her door to find out who was laughing, she saw the hallway was full of smoke. When Jane looked over to Rochester’s door, she saw that smoke was pouring out for under his door. She was curious so she invested only to find that his room was ablaze. Although the incident is eventually explained later in the book, at the time it felt "supernatural" and