Essay About Jane Eyre And Mr. Reed

Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre is a 10 years old orphan. Living at Gateshead, she is raised by Mrs. Reed, her step-aunt. Mrs. Reed has three children, Eliza, John, and Georgiana. They treat Jane cruelly and spitefully but a servant named Bessie provides Jane with some kindness. One day, as a punishment, Jane is locked up in the red-room where her uncle, Mr. Reed, had died. She is terrified —she believed that she sees her uncle’s ghost. Bessie and the kindly doctor, Dr. Lloyd, console Jane and he suggests to Mrs. Reed that Jane should be sent to school. Jane lives in isolation. Mr. Brocklehurst, the school’s headmaster, arrives and agrees to take Jane into his charity school, Lowood School. At Lowood, the children are underfed, underclothes and over-sermonized. Jane befriends a young girl named Helen Burns, who is whipped for a minor infraction and submits cheerfully. Mr. Brocklehurst, a cruel, hypocritical, and abusive man, arrives and imposes austerity. He makes an example out of Jane, whom he calls a liar and agent of the Evil One. Later, Jane is comforted and exonerated by Miss Temple. Typhus epidemic sweeps through the school, killing many students. Helen dies of consumption. Jane spends eight more years at Lowood, six years as a student and two years as a teacher. After teaching for two years, Jane wants to move on for yearning new experiences. Therefore, she runs an ad. Mrs. Fairfax, housekeeper of Thornfield, responds to the ad. Jane accepts a governess position at a Thornfield Hall, where she teaches a lively French girl named AdĨle. Jane’s employer at Thornfield is a dark, impassioned man name Edward Rochester who is rarely at home. When Rochester does come home, he is often moody and imposing. One night, Jane wakes to strange noises and the smell of smoke. She finds Rochester unconscious in his bed which is on fire. A drunken servant, who often makes a strange laughter and thuds, named Grace Poole is blamed. Jane has