Jane Eyre
In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the issue of the troubled self is a significant element of the novel considering Jane Eyre's experiences at Gateshead and Lowood. Jane Eyre's experiences of the conflicting elements of passion versus reason, of social, sexual and spiritual hunger and the quest for spiritual fulfilment confirm the underlying importance of the troubled self in the novel Jane Eyre. However, to a large extent the novel also deals with " plain Jane's progress" in the words of Gilbert and Gubar. This incorporates the elements of the Bildungsroman, the pilgrimage plot and the concept of awakenings. The concept of the troubled self is evident in the opening chapter through Jane Eyre's choice of reading material, Bewick's History of British Birds. Bewick's etchings are monochromatic, darkly suggestive, yet fine which echoes the landscape of Jane's mind and her yearning to be loved" the words.. connected themselves with the succeeding vignettes, and have significance .. to the rock standing up alone.. to the broken boat.. to the cold and ghastly moon (page 4). Similarily, the scant food and drink at the Lowood School are figurative emblems illustrating broader hungers and thirsts such as Jane's appetite for s
By surviving this horrifying threat she has overcome it and she can control it . " Helen Burn's doctrine of endurance, and her capacity to love and forgive is instrumental in shaping Jane Eyre's self and her deeply moral being. the Lowood constraint still clings you somewhat; controlling your features, muffling your voice, and restricting your limbs. However, this concept of the troubled self is closely interlinked with the notion of the pilgrimage towards self-knowledge, thus the novel, Jane Eyre is not solely restricted to the troubled self. In Freudian terms, the Red Room is overdetermined. Jane Eyre's survival through the experience in the Red Room is symbolic of the awakening from which Jane's strength is born. According to Jungian analyst Erich Neumann in Depth Psychology and a New Ethic, scapegoatism is "projection of the shadow," a method of displacing guilt and other unwelcome psychic components. Like Miss Temple, Jane loves Helen Burns dearly but her inability to confront injustice directly makes her an unacceptable role model to Jane, ". I cannot bear to be solitary and hated" (Page 59). The situation of the seafowl that inhabits " solitary rocks and promontories" (Page 4) is similar to the alienation Jane Eyre feels at the Reed's house. It can therefore be seen that in this novel, male sexuality is strongly associated with death. The conflicting elements of fire and ice represent the conflicting values of passion versus reason within the troubled self.
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