Topic > Reflection on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - 621

Reflection on Jane Eyre"That strange little figure there looking at me, with a white face and arms dotting the darkness, and eyes glittering with fear moving where everything else was still, it had the effect of a true spirit." This was young Jane Eyre's painful reaction to her horrible reflection in the mirror when she was ten. This reflection illustrates the harsh and scary childhood of a strong-willed girl at the beginning of Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte. Set in the mid-nineteenth century in the English countryside, Jane Eyre tells the story of an orphan's troubled childhood and her desire to belong somewhere as she grows into adulthood. Jane Eyre is a story full of romance, morality, mystery and coincidence. After the death of her parents, Jane lives in the house of her aunt, Sarah Reed. Sarah only allows Jane to stay in her house because of a promise Sarah made to her brother who was on his deathbed. However, Sarah regrets her promise, despises Jane from the beginning, and blames her for every disturbance among her own children...