Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte - 1528 Words

During the novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontà « created the traditional values of what Jane lives by and what she has to live by. The start of the novel starts off with Jane Eyre, a ten year old orphan whose living with the Reeds. With different phases of Jane’s life span occurring and different characteristics of Jane developing, she is at a place where she isn t familiar with. In the years when she was living with the Reeds, they always showed her the ways on how they think she should live, instead of how she needs to live in order to develop into someone that is able to be independent in the future. Many times, she is constantly pushing past the Victorian Era normality and standards at the beginning of the novel. Even though at the end†¦show more content†¦Social class was a small role that took setting in Jane Eyre. It wasn t constantly being brought up throughout the novel, but showed a good amount of what and how social class was portrayed in the Victorian Era. Brontà « shows us many characteristics of Jane. She evolved tremendously from where we she began and where she ended. Rochester made a big impact on Jane and her beliefs. When we first read about Jane and Rochester s first encounter, she was curious about who the man on the horse was. As their relationship grew, Rochester didn t see Jane as less than her, not a maid, nor a governess, like everyone else saw her. â€Å" You are not a servant at the hall, of course.† (Brontà « 121.) Rochester comes off as a stern and quiet man that never shows emotion. With revealing that he doesn t see his governess as a servant, shows that Jane does mean something to him. He doesn t think about her social class or where she came from, in the beginning he did, but he slowly grew into a person who doesn t judge anyone on their social position in life. Not only does the Reed s see her as invisible, Blanche Ingram and the wealthy see her as nothing. When Rochester invited the wealthy over to hi s house, none acknowledged Jane’s presence. Social class was a definite reason for this. They see anyone below them as no one, but in reality and in this time period, everyone is equal and it doesn t matter of your social