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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte describes the life of a girl who is at odds with her place in the world. Her life of indignation is one of hardship, clearly depicted by Jane Eyre's thoughts as she sits alone in the Red Room. After being abandoned in the room where her uncle died, Jane acknowledges her emotions regarding all her conflicts in Gateshead. The Red Room is an important scene in Jane Eyre as it will haunt her for the rest of her days. Bronte uses the room to give insight into Jane's feelings of abuse and being an outcast in the Reed family. The Red Room is depicted as an enormous expanse, housing furniture made to appear sturdy, describing the "enormous pillars" (Bronte 10) of the bed frame, "the two large windows" (Bronte 10) and "the stacked mattresses." (Bronte 11). The powerful description of the furniture creates the idea that Jane is just a speck in the room. You can imagine her standing, looking around, admiring the objects in the room, absorbing every detail. The description of the Red Room is very visual in the colors that Bronte uses. Everything in the room is described as a dark or pale shade. Dark shades are reserved for furniture, curtains and blankets; while the lighter shades describe the walls and the armchair. The colors in the room foreshadow Jane's character and her feelings of anger, anger and fury in relation to her treatment at Gateshead. Being locked in the room gives her time to reflect: “Why have I always suffered, always intimidated, always accused, always condemned? Why could I never please you?" (Bronte 11-12). Jane's repetition of the universal term "always" shows that her character feels trampled upon, incapable of being accepted. Jane feels that no matter what happens, she would not be never been accepted into Gateshead; there were too many people against her. Jane is constantly in a "mood of humiliation, self-doubt, desperate depression" (Bronte 13) which prevents her from aspiring to greater things. His depression leads her to thoughts of suicide and death. Bronte portrays Jane, in this scene, as weak and overwhelmed by the pain of her situation. She is alone with herself to reflect on her problems. The Red Room is a powerful scene that has a lot of meaning for the character of Jane in the novel..