Charlotte Bronte uses elements of weather in her novel, Jane Eyre, to convey moods and experiences. As Jane travels and her character develops, Bronte employs weather as a powerful metaphor. Weather can be cold, wet, pleasant, and frightening. By incorporating weather into certain scenes, we gain a greater understanding of what Jane is going through. This is an effective technique because weather, just like moods and emotions, can be unpredictable at times.
             The novel begins with a reference to weather and sets the mood and tone for Jane's We read that there was "no possibility of taking a walk that day" (Bronte 1). Sandra Gilbert states that the novel opens with a reference to weather, which "is the first real beginning of Jane's pilgrim's progress toward maturity" (Gilbert 60). Harold Bloom agrees with this line of thinking, adding that this desolate scene establishes the central themes of isolation and the quest for personal power" (Bloom 10). This image is successful in that it prepares us for the difficulty Jane will encounter at the beginning of the novel.
             When Jane is thinking of leaving Lowood, she looks outside and thinks of what see she. She looks over the horizon, which leads her to think positively. She says:
             My eye passed all other objects to rest on those most remote, the blue peaks: it was those I longed to surmount; all within their boundary of rock and heath seemed prison-ground, exile limits. I traced the white road winding round the base of one mountain, and vanishing in a gorge between two: how I longed to follow it further. (68)
             Here we can see how Bronte is looking outside with a sense of hope. The nice weather is a metaphor of her strength and independence. She may not know what the future holds but she is not afraid.
             Another example where Bronte uses the metaphor of weather is when Jane first arrives at Thornfeild. We are told, "The chambe...