Essay Archive - Jane Eyre: The Settings
Jane Eyre: The Settings
Throughout Jane Eyre, as Jane herself moves from one physical location
to another, the settings in which she finds herself vary considerably. Bronte
makes the most of this necessity by carefully arranging those settings to match
the differing circumstances Jane finds herself in at each. As Jane grows older
and her hopes and dreams change, the settings she finds herself in are perfectly
attuned to her state of mind, but her circumstances are always defined by the
walls, real and figurative, around her.
As a young girl, she is essentially trapped in Gateshead. This
sprawling house is almost h....
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