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Jane Eyre of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, develops drastically within the
first few chapters of the novel. Her environment was a major influential factor
in Jane’s development. It would shape the person she is and will be. Jane is a
character of strength as a result of her vivid imagination and strong emotions,
these made her extremely vulnerable to the environment around her. At the very
beginning Jane is very feisty, and almost rebellious towards everyone around
her. She seems to be aggravated and irritated by everything around because she
is an orphan.
With the progression of the novel she transforms by allowing the
environment she is in to “influence” her by opening up to others and slowly
terminating that “rude” little girl which existed at the very beginning. As Jane
“grows” she becomes the influence of her environment. Her “boldness,”
intelligence, kindness, as well as vulnerability transform her role in the
novel. Jane has become the “authority” figure, a woman taking a strand without
allowing others to stomp all over her. Jane’s role has reversed. Jane isn’t only
the main character of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre she is also a revolutionary
character. She is a representation of strength, symbolizing the “new” woman of
literature. She was and has influenced her environment by being a blunt and
outspoken person.
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