Plain Face With A Beautiful Soul English Literature Essay

Jane Eyre is a autobiographical novel written by famous talented English woman novelist Charlotte Bronte according to her own experience . And it is the masterpiece works of hers. Jane Eyre as well as one of the greatest and most permanently popular literature works of English fiction for readers.

In this novel, Charlotte Bronte created successfully a toughness woman with a plain face and have a beautiful soul. Jane Eyre, is a poor and plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp intellect and great courage to rebel and pursuit for freedom and equality. Even though Jane is little, penniless, obscure, her soul is huge and beautiful.

The thesis focuses on the analysis of Jane’s character, on the assumption that more people may act like “Jane” possesses an indomitable spirit. The first part talks about the author Charlotte Bronte and the general idea about Jane Eyre briefly, as well as its historical background of this work. Secondly, this part mainly analyses the characters in Jane Eyre through her life experience according to psychology, language, mentality, behavior and so on. Finally, it is the conclusion of Jane’s temperament and reflect the theme.

Introduction

Jane Eyre is a typical works written by English woman novelist Charlotte Bronte. When Jane Eyre was first published in 1847,it got an immediate popular and critical success as well as became a bestseller. In this novel, Charlotte Bronte created successfully a toughness woman with a plain face but have a beautiful soul. The novel describes Jane Eyre’s life experiences from an orphan to an independent woman. Jane Eyre, the main character, was an orphan when she was born, she lost her parents and was passed into the care of Mrs. Reed, her aunt’s family. In Jane’s memory of childhood, she was treated heartlessly, but she was not break down, on the contrary, she learns how to live face with over-whelmed difficulties and how to grow up in ugly fact. Jane was little, penniless, obscure, plain, but her character was bright, shining, and beautiful. She has the courage to struggle with the pressure, to pursuit the recognition of their basic right and equality.

In the early years of the 19th century Victorian Age, Jane gets a completely new woman image. She possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp intellect and great courage to rebel and pursuit for freedom and equality. In Jane’s path of life, her love story as another main part to show her character. For instance, in her view, love must be based on mutual understanding and equality, Jane would rather to depart her beloved Mr. Edward Rochester than to get married with him. At the fictional end of the novel, Jane received a heritage and returned to the lonely and helpless Rochester and finally get married.

Charlotte Bronte depicted through Jane’s character to show her ideals-women’s independence and equality in the economic, social and family and to the loyal love.

â… .Overview of Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre ranks as one of the classics of world literature, was written by famous talented English woman novelist Charlotte Bronte. Since Jane Eyre published more than 152 years until now, this work was also attract lots of people because of the charm of the heroine’s character.

A.The Introduction to Its Author-Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte¼ˆ1816-1855¼‰was one of the most famous female writers in English literature. She was born in Yorkshire, northern England and lived in the early years of the 19th century Victorian Age. Her father, Patrick Bronte was a poor local priest and her mother, Maria Barnwell Bronte was a housewife. Bronte have two elder sisters, two younger sisters, and one younger brother. Bronte’s childhood was unfortunate: her mother died when she was 5 years old, the two elder sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died in the Clergy Daughters’ School where have a poor condition for impoverished children to study. Soon after, Charlotte Bronte undertake responsibility for her family, take care of her younger sisters and younger brother. Barnwell, her younger brother, was became an alcoholic and finally died.

Charlotte Bronte and her sisters , Emily and Anne have a strong interest in literature since in their childhood. In order to get further education, Charlotte went to Roe Heed School when she was 15 years old. After her graduation from there, she returned as a teacher. In 1836, when she was 20 years old, Charlotte wrote to the poet laureate, Robert Southey, for his opinion about writing. However, his response to her was unfriendly: “Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life, and it ought not to be.” This matter does not break down Charlotte’s dream of writing, on the contrary, it become a driving force to her. In 1839, she act as governess to a family in Yorkshire, the career which she pursued until 1841.

In 1846, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne published their poems and novels under their assumed names of Currer, Ellis and Action Bell. This collection of poetry did not take seriously until Jane Eyre published in 1847. Soon after, Emily and Anne published their respective novel “Wuther Heights” and “Agnes Gray”, finally made a great coup. However it is unfortunate that Emily and Anne died of complications from lung disease in 1848 and 1849. Under the hardship condition, Charlotte went on writing and published Shirley (1849), Villette (1853) and create parts of the novel Emm. Charlotte get married with her father’s curate in 1955, and died nine months later during her first pregnancy.