Friday, May 15, 2020

Juxtaposition in Jane Eyre Merging Contradictory Voices

Throughout Charlotte Brontà «Ã¢â‚¬â„¢s novel, Jane Eyre is afflicted with the feud between her moral values, and the way society perceives these notions. Jane ultimately obtains her happy ending, and Brontà «Ã¢â‚¬â„¢s shrewd denouement of St. John’s fate juxtaposes Jane’s blissful future with St. John’s tragic course of action. When Jane ends up at the Moor House, she is able to discover a nexus of love and family, and by doing so, she no longer feels fettered to Rochester. Moreover, Rochester is no longer Jane’s only form of psychological escape, and thus Jane is in a position to return to him without an aura of discontent. At the end of the novel, Jane is finally able to be irrevocably â€Å"blest beyond what language can express† (Brontà « 459) because she is â€Å"absolutely bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh† (459). The conclusion focuses on St. John’s odyssey to India, and how the travails of the mission practically dest roy his life. While the novel has emphasized the effects of love and ethics, it ends with the line â€Å"Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus!† (461). An objective of this could be to contrast the adamantine will and religious viewpoint of St. John, with the versatile beliefs that Jane harbors at the end of the novel. Throughout her life, Jane has difficulty unveiling religion for herself. Ending with St. John’s utterance of heaven tethers together the heaven that Jane has found in her love for Rochester, with the unyielding affinity for religion that St. John possesses. An

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