Preeti Patel itibaren Berbenytsi, Poltavs'ka oblast, Ukraine

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2018-10-14 13:40

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** spoiler alert ** A review of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte that contains spoilers (for those out there still unfamiliar with the story). My first ever experience of the Jane Eyre story was of a two part movie that I saw on TV. After all these years I really can’t remember anything more about it. The first time that I read the book was when I was ten or twelve years old, ten most likely. Now, after almost ten years has passed since then, I re-read it again. This review is written some ten days after I have finished reading the book because I just couldn’t figure out what to say. What do you put in a review when all that your brain can put forth is – WOW that was AMAZING! Four words does not a review make. Also saying “I was blown away” is not exactly a stellar description of your reading experience. It might have just been the nostalgia of revisiting and old, forgotten favourite. Often things you liked way back just make you embarrassed but on rarer occasions you discover some new things. So what can I say that hasn’t already been said? One thing that surprised me on my second reading were the many Christian themes in Jane Eyre. Somehow the first time around it just flew under my radar. The first half of the book is Jane’s journey from paganism to Christianity. I do believe it is Helen Burns who first calls her that. The word Helen means torch so you have to love the double fire symbolism of her name. All the while Jane is plagued by Gnostics, people who focus on the divinity of Christ while denying his humanity and consequently the humanity of others. Brocklehurst is the perfect example of this, but then so is Mr. Rivers (I just don’t like the nickname St. John). But after acquiring the Christian teaching one must also apply it in the real world. That’s why I think that the part where Jane decides to leave Thornfield in the middle of the night is one of the stories most vivid images. Because it is easy to follow a code when there are no temptations or obstacles. During that moment it would be easy for Jane to abandon her principles but instead she chooses the much more difficult way. Hence the straight and narrow path. And about the mad first wife. There again one can see beautiful symbolism because you could say that she represents the Old Covenant and Jane the purer New Covenant with Rochester being the sinful world. It is only after all the old has been burnt and destroyed can a new, pure life commence. About the rest, well what can I say? You’ve got your Strong Independent Woman™, hardened by a tough live, who falls in love with a Flawed Character... and then we discover that love does not let you just wallow in filth. Because that’s the real difference between Jane and Miss Ingram. Miss Ingram just cares about Rochester’s money, she doesn’t care about him as a person. And she also doesn’t care about his flaws. Jane on the other hand truly loves Rochester, hence is not blindly accepting of his failings, tolerant as the moderns would say. She doesn’t want him to be further degraded and so leaves him rather than see them both sink into sin. So that’s my rambling two cents. Final verdict – you should definitely read it if you have any love for 19th century literature.

Okuyucu Preeti Patel itibaren Berbenytsi, Poltavs'ka oblast, Ukraine

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