Abstract
The paper discusses how Jane in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" approaches the insults and suffering subjected at Lowood in a different manner from her dear friend Helen, whose endurance and graceful Christian sense of balance serves as a point of admiration to Jane. The paper then contrasts Helen's own endurance to how Brocklehurst cruelly foists endurance upon the children. The paper also demonstrates how the nature of Eyre's unique perspective is underscored by certain tonal decisions which govern the mood and ambition of the novel. Additionally, the paper includes a journal entry of this author and a list of key essay questions which could be used to invoke discourse on the subject of the text.

From the Paper
"It is this different perspective though that allows her to easily note the injustice and hypocrisy that persist at Lowood. Though Jane encounters positive figures in her life such as Miss Temple and Helen Burns, these genuine Christians are given counterpoint by such dominant figures as the irascible Miss Scatcherd and the ruthlessly sanctimonious Brocklehurst. In the latter figures, and especially Brocklehurst, the relationship between religious hypocrisy and economic brutality becomes especially clear. The girls at Lowood are made to persist on a diet of precious little, sometimes spoiled food. The dormitories were too cold and the halls damp. Many essentials were denied the girls under the premise sited by Brocklehurst in an especially despicable scene where he lambastes Temple for apprising the girls with a lunch of bread and cheese after breakfast arrived spoiled and inedible. Brocklehurst informs her that in such a circumstance, the spoiled food should more appropriately have been seen as a lesson from God. He determines that a more suitable instructor would instead "take the opportunity of referring to the sufferings of the primitive Christians; to the torments of martyrs; to the exhortations of our blessed Lord himself, calling upon his disciples to take up their cross and follow him." (Bronte, 70)"

Tags:Lowood, Helen, Brocklehurst, endurance, resistance

Abstract
This paper explains that gothic novels often establish a sense of mystery which is aided, to a greater or lesser extent, by some involvement with supernatural forces, often relying on religious
conventions for expression in the text. In Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", this sense of religious or supernatural mystery allows Jane to expostulate from her double-narrative point of view on the suspicious happenings at Thornfield House, where Jane is employed as a governess. The author points out that the role of religion can be seen in many ways in the novel using the characters Mr. Brocklehurst, St. John Rivers, Jane (the protagonist) and Rochester as the opposite of the role of religion. The paper relates that "Jane Eyre" takes place in a
society plagued by situations in which women are regarded as religious angels who are kept in a state of either decorative consumption or holistic servitude.

From the Paper
"When Jane is relating to Mr. Brocklehurst at the school, he is a religious figure who gives mandates and constantly draws attention to the faults of others. Like St. John Rivers later in the novel, this character represents what Jane sees to be religious authority, and its goal towards her life is apparently repressive in nature. "And I was placed there, by whom I don't know: I was in no condition to not particulars; I was only aware that they had hoisted me up to the height of Mr. Brocklehurst's nose, and that a spread of shot orange and purple silk pelisses, and a cloud of silvery plumage extended and waved
below me. (He said) 'You see she is yet young... Who would think that the Evil One had already found a servant and agent in her?'" (Bronte). It can be seen therefore that Brocklehurst represents a sort of oppression over Jane in terms of influencing perceptions of her early in the novel."

Tags:bildungsroman, supernatural, mystery, double-narrative, women

Abstract
This paper shows how Jane's character develops and strengthens throughout the novel. The writer explains that Jane is faced with many difficulties while attending Lowood School that force her to strengthen her resolve to persevere in spite of many obstacles. Some of these obstacles are mentioned and discussed.

From the Paper
"At the novels opening Jane Eyre is subjected to various cruelties by Mrs. Reed leading her to renounce her family and hope for the relative escape of Lowood School. Jane is aware that she has little other chance for escape because her social standing as an orphan leaves little options for her future and welfare. While a male can easily strike off on his own, an orphaned female's only options for escape are education at an acceptable school for females or through marriage."

Tags:character, development, perseverance, lowood, reed, brocklehurst

Abstract
This essay details the struggle for recognition of inner beauty over outer beauty as seen in ?Jane Eyre?. The author discusses how Jane?s life is a stage for her education and the building of character and value that goes against the traditional notions of beauty. At each of her homes she gains confidence and strength, challenging societal views of beauty and is rewarded with her marriage to a man who respects her for who she is.

From the paper:

?The notion of beauty, what it is and whether it is an inner or outward quality, has been long debated. For centuries people, and particularly women, have struggled with the concept of their own inner beauty as something as important, if not more important than their outward, physical beauty. This is no less true in literature. The idea of female inner beauty has not always been valued. In Charlotte Bronte?s ?Jane Eyre?, the protagonist, Jane, rejects her own outer beauty in favour of nurturing her intellect, her humility and those other inner qualities that she herself views as beautiful. She respects her wisdom and philosophy before any of her physical attributes, partly because of her need as a child to read; partly from the lessons she is taught.?

Tags:bronte, character, moral, quest, strength, value, victorian, jane, eyre, rochester, brocklehurst, georgianna