Jane Eyre Blog #3

What universal themes does this book address? What does the author understand about human nature? Jane Eyre addresses smoe major themes like marriage, education, and society and class. Blanche Ingram only wanted to marry Mr. Rochester because he was rich, but Jane does not. She loves him for who he is, and he feels the same. Mr. Rochester once said about Jane, "'Because, I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you, especially when you are near me, as now; it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted it a similar string situated somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in teh corresponding quarter ofyour little frame. And if that boisterous channel, and two hundered miles of so of land, came broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapped; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, you'd forget me.'" (pg:295 p"4). Education is also a major theme. In this book, education provides a way for lower class people to move up in class as well as society. It worked for Jane, at least. Finally, class and society. In Charlotte's time, class and where you stood in society was everything. People of higher class and society were able to make better money to live longer. If you were a lower class, you did not get all that, so in a way, it made your life more difficult. I think Charlotte understand that everyone has their flaws, and there are some you can't fix, but if you strive to betteryourself, you can correct some of those flaws.