Jane Eyre

In the book Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte uses different ways to express a characters emotion. The character I choose is Jane because I love her character and how she perceives herself to others.

            Charlotte Bronte brings her character’s alive by adding real world situations to everyday life with Jane she portrays her as a little girl who is shy and timid and doesn’t know who to stick up for herself and that makes her family able to control her and mistreat any way they want.

            The tension between Jane and Mr. Rochester is awkward at first when they meet, but what he doesn’t is she is the new governess for his niece. Jane’s tension with him grows as the story goes on like when she is teaching the little girl Mr. Rochester undermines Jane’s authority thinking she is not very smart or bright.

When Jane first arrives at the Rochester mansion she thinks that it looks pretty scary because there are no lights on in the house, all is quiet not a sound to be heard anywhere, and is very dull looking. While standing there the tension grows because she’s scared at what she’ll find when she knocks and goes inside the house.

There is also tensions between Jane and the girls at the party at the mansion she feels out of place there, but then the girls start talking about her like she is not even there that hurts more than anything and when Mr. Rochester invites her over she is really timid because she doesn’t know what to expect as she walks over there, but when she reaches the girls they just stare at her like she is some kind of disease and doesn’t belong there with them.

Mrs. Bronte throughout the entire book shows the tension between Jane and Mr. Rochester and how that tension soon turns to love. When tension arises in the book Jane is always the one being intimidated and scared by the big powerful man. Jane starts to stick up for herself when Mr. Rochester says a comment that doesn’t sit well with Jane.

There is tension between Jane and her upcoming wedding because she is scared and then the wedding is ruined because Mr. Rochester has kept something from Jane that could destroy them both. When he finally tells her the secret she feels betrayed and hurt she feels she can’t trust him anymore and he feels terrible, but as time goes on that tension is finally resolved when that woman finally dies.

In the book when Jane first arrives at the boarding school you can feel the tension rising because as she stands there she sees a large wall, no colors what so ever, no light, and grass everywhere Jane thinks she is in for her life because she doesn’t have to deal with her aunt or cousins anymore but she is sadly mistaken because when those doors open its just as bad on the inside as it was on the outside.

Charlotte Bronte brings to light the tension between the characters rather frequently whether its seeing or hearing you can feel the tension as if you were actually there she describes in detail all that is around and the best way to bring it to light. Her character Jane is a fine example of that because she has to face many trials and obstacles in her way to reach the end and finally be happy with herself and for others.