In Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre", Bronte emblematically presents Jane as a model woman. Jane's search for love and self worth sends her on a journey where she runs into the arms of many, hoping to find her true self. Jane's persona involuntarily gives women inspiration and encouragement to face barriers that sometime afflict our lives. Readers are bound to read this story and explore many aspects of Jane's life, and become motivated by Jane's strength in overcoming failure, incompleteness, and rejection.
             The Nineteenth Century was a time of inequality for woman; a time in which there was no role for the woman outside of marriage, children, and keeping a clean house (www.grazian-archive.com). In addition to Jane facing discrimination because of her gender, she experiences it from her own family because of the love her Uncle Reed expressed to her. As a result of Uncle Reed's love, Aunt Reed excludes Jane and sanctions her children
             to treat Jane accordingly. This exclusion is seen in the beginning of the book, "Me she had dispensed from joining the group" (Bronte 20). This unfair treatment that Jane receives from Aunt Reed fuels her to accept the hard route at a young age, and although she is extremely affected by her harshness she remains strong and indestructible.
             In evaluating Jane Eyre as a model women one must subsequently examine her struggles of rejection as a parentless child. Primarily because, this missing relationship plays a factor in Jane's search for her true self. This incomplete portion of Jane's young life is temporarily filled by the Reed's family servant Bessie Lee. Bessie plays the role of mother to Jane as she consoles her with songs and stories in times of the unbearable cruelty orchestrated by Mrs. Reed.
             Throughout Jane's journey the quest of a motherly figure is never quite fulfilled leaving her search for self worth an
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