It is about Jane Eyre, it’s a very early commentary on social inequality between the sexes. Not only Jane’s want for independence and freedom, but her ability to acquire it for herself are compelling and important plots within the book. There are frequent referrals to the notion of being trapped and escaping, from Jane being locked in the ‘Red room’ by her aunt for lashing out at her cousin to being sent off to Lowood. Her class traps her, her gender traps her, her age traps her. Her first attempt at marriage would have trapped her as Rochester’s lesser, his young, much less wealthy wife who would rely on him as most wives did in the time of the novel. Jane isn’t alone, Rochester is trapped in his own social standing, his hyper masculine society pushing his need to dominate and not have young Jane overrule him. And most obviously trapped is Bertha Mason, the mad woman in the attic, held captive by her husband and her
It is about Jane Eyre, it’s a very early commentary on social inequality between the sexes. Not only Jane’s want for independence and freedom, but her ability to acquire it for herself are compelling and important plots within the book. There are frequent referrals to the notion of being trapped and escaping, from Jane being locked in the ‘Red room’ by her aunt for lashing out at her cousin to being sent off to Lowood. Her class traps her, her gender traps her, her age traps her. Her first attempt at marriage would have trapped her as Rochester’s lesser, his young, much less wealthy wife who would rely on him as most wives did in the time of the novel. Jane isn’t alone, Rochester is trapped in his own social standing, his hyper masculine society pushing his need to dominate and not have young Jane overrule him. And most obviously trapped is Bertha Mason, the mad woman in the attic, held captive by her husband and her