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Jane (Servitude (Most of Jane's life is spent in a role serving people…
Jane
Servitude
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My master, Edward Fairfax Rochester
Shows her slightly submissive nature, but also her humility - not once does she feels she is above doing things for people
Also shows her work ethic - surprising since she has not had the best upbringing - perhaps her desire to work stems from this, as she has not been spoilt at any point in her life
St John
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She is not influenced by looks at all; she is not attracted to St John despite his athenian features
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She would rather never marry than have a loveless marriage; I don't want to marry... no one would take me for love, and I will not be regarded in the light of a mere money speculation
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Between social classes
Throughout the novel, Jane is shown to be between classes
Her mother was from a higher class than her father, showing Jane not to belong to either
As a governess, she is between social classes - not a servant, but not that much above them
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Steels herself
At certain points in the novel, Jane is seen to steel herself to her feelings
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When she doesn't admit she loves Mr R: I had not intended to love him - it is madness... to let a secret love kindle within them
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Perhaps shows her strength of character, but also vulnerability, that she needs to tell herself not to feel these emotions in order to not get hurt
Not pretty
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Makes the reader focus on her personality and inherent characteristics, rather than the superficial ones
Here, she is contrasted with Blanche, who is beautiful, but lacks personality and depth of character
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Wealth
She does not possess much wealth for the majority of the book, and this shows her to be a humble person
However, Bronte gives her wealth to show her depth of character - having wealth does not change her as a person
When she has wealth, she shares it, showing how she is not materialistic, or changed by having wealth
It would please and benefit me to have five thousand pounds; it would torment and oppress me to have twenty thousand
Strong morals
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This is seen to be rather surprising, considering the fact that she has not had the best upbringing, which is usually where one learns moral principles
Her morals are shown at points to be stronger than her love for Rochester, as she refuses to be his mistress
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Red Room
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She remembers the Red Room at certain points in her life, especially traumatic ones, e.g the night she leaves Rochester I dreamt I lay in the Red Room at Gateshead
Yes Mrs Reed, to you I owe some fearful pangs of mental suffering, but I ought to forgive you
It is not really the punishment that bothers Jane, it is the fact that it is unjust: I could not answer the ceaseless inward question - why I thus suffered
Looks past faults
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She loves Rochester despite his faults of arrogance, pride and rudeness, though it can be argued that he has gotten rid of these before they actually marry
Still, she had her merits
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Matures
Attitude to poverty
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These coarsely-clad little peasants are of flesh and blood as good as the scions of greatest genealogy
Shows her maturation, as she becomes more focussed on people's characters instead of their status and ranking
Priorities
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I would always rather be happy, than dignified
Sense of forgiveness
I had once vowed that I would never call her aunt again; I thought it no sin to forget and break that vow now
Independent
She remains independent of spirit throughout the novel, even if she is financially dependent for most of it
I am not bird, and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you
This stems from her childhood, which meant she had to learnt to be independent as she was basically alone for most of it
Strong-willed
Jane is shown to be strong willed, even as a child
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Bildungsroman
The novel is a bildungsroman, based on the various journeys that Jane takes as she develops from a child into a woman
She undertakes many journeys, and all of them alone, signifying how her development into independence was something she needed to find alone
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Trusts in God
She is exposed to many different versions of religion throughout the course of the novel - Mr Brocklehurst's harsh one, Helen Burns' excessively submissive one, and St John's cold and passionless one, and through all these experiences she finds her own version of religion that she wants to follow
She is seen to rely on prayer and trust in God throughout the novel: I knelt down at the bedside, and offered up
thanks where thanks were due
She tells Rochester: Do as I do: trust in God and yourself. Believe in heaven, and hope to meet again there
Search
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If others don't love me, I would rather die than live
(not) blinded by love
Jane is shown not to be so blinded in the way that Rochester is: I had green
eyes, reader; but you must excuse the mistake: for him they were new-dyed, I suppose.
However, she does recognize: I could not, in those days, see God for his creature; of whom I had made an idol
Education
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In most of her relationships with other characters, she either teaches or is taught
Women
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Women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties... it is thoughtless to condemn them... if they seek to do more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex
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Values family
Jane is shown to value family more than anything else, despite having lacked it for most of her life
This is shown by her reaction to receiving a fortune compared to her reaction to finding out she has cousins - this was wealth indeed! wealth to the heart!
Money
Jane is shown not to really be bothered about the value of money, i.e for buying things
For her, it represents her independence - if she has money, she is independent of anyone else
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Reader, I married him
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Also shows her strength and independence - it makes it clear it was something she did - shows her development
Trusts her instincts
When she hears Rochester calling, she goes to him, despite the impossibility of the whole situation
Down superstition!... This is not thy deception, not thy witchcraft; it is the work of nature. She was roused, and did - no miracle - but her best
Kindness
Jane's kindness is shown when she insists that Adele is sent to school if Rochester marries Blanche Ingram; though she knows she would then be without a job, she knows it would be better for Adele