Thursday, January 15, 2009

The setting of Jane Eyre

Firstly, the story takes place in Gateshead, where the orphan Jane is living with her cousin and aunt unhappily. The aunt and the cousins of Jane were very cruel and violent, and that causes Jane to have pain and bad memory about her family. They often lock Jane in the red room where Jane thinks the ghost is. She meets a good kind friend called Helen in the Lowood, who teaches her the true friendship, however, she soon dies of tuberculosis and Jane falls in to the deep depression and sadnesses. Even under a sharp headmaster of the school, Mr.Brocklehurst, Jane studies really hard and finally becomes a teacher. She soon get the job as a governess of the Thornfield. This is the very important setting of the story because she meets her true love, Rochester while stays at Thornfield, teaching 8 years old girl. However, Jane finally leaves the Thornfield because she finds out the truth of Rochester, which he already has a wife who has a mental problem. After Jane leaves, she meets St. John Rivers, who is the cousin of Jane. This setting is important as well because Jane would have died if she didn't meet him. One day, Jane hears the voice of Rochester in her dream- important, because it was the reason why she went to see Rochester and the story ends happily ever after.

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