Jane Eyre Vs

Jane Eyre is both a mirror of Charlotte Bronte's life and a reflection of her desires. Many aspects of Charlotte’s own life are found in the story of Jane Eyre. They even appear to have a similar personality and physical characteristics. Charlotte’s traumatic schooling experience, including the death of her sisters, is almost identically reproduced in Jane Eyre and Jane’s love for Mr Rochester can be found in Charlotte’s love for Monsieur Heger. Charlotte’s brother has a very similar story to that of Jane’s cousin, John Reed where high expectations followed by a succession of failures lead to a total loss of self-care. Following Jane Eyre, even some of the fictional ideas become reality for Charlotte Bronte.

In terms of appearance and character, Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte are very similar. Both are described as small and pale and not particularly beautiful, they are "poor, obscure, plain and little". Both Charlotte and Jane are admired for their intelligence and pitied for their looks. Neither is expected to go far based off their look but use their intelligence to teach. Jane’s greater success at teaching is an example of Charlotte Bronte portraying her own aspirations as reality for the fictional character of Jane Eyre. After the death of charlottes mother, her father sent his girls to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge, later to be the basis for Lowood Hall in Jane Eyre. For both the real and fictional schools, the pupils suffered from harsh conditions. There was little food and water, a cruel director and typhus and tuberculosis plagued the inhabitants. Charlotte’s older sisters, Maria and Elisabeth, died due to illness there. They are represented in Charlotte’s novel as Jane’s best friend and role model, Helen Burns, who dies of consumption. Charlotte’s school life is possibly the most autobiographical element of Jane Eyre being nearly identical to her own experience.

Charlotte has a love for her teacher Monsieur Heger, both being married