Topic > Feminism in Jane Eyre - 1432

Jane is a protagonist of the Bildungsroman. “Jane also strongly embodies the Bildungsroman protagonist's search for a role model or tutor, the clearest example being Miss Temple at Lowood School. Jane does not find a calling in the modern sense of career; his journey ends with marriage and a family. But she pursues important goals throughout Jane Eyre, and the achievement of these constitutes the decisive and, in the world of the text, happy ending to her quest (Mosely). The novel begins with Jane living with her evil aunt and cousins. She had been traumatized while living with them, so badly traumatized that a doctor had to be called to check on Jane. The doctor advises Jane's aunt to send her to school, this suggestion leads to the second part of her hero's journey. Jane attends an all-girls boarding school called "Lowood". At Lowood, Jane meets her role model, a teacher named Miss Temple. Miss Temple helps Jane get through her good and bad times at Lowood, she also helps Jane on the next part of her journey, teaching. Jane does not leave Lowood, instead she begins teaching with Miss Temple. Jane wasn't entirely happy at this stage of her journey, so she decided to move on. Thornfield is the next stop, she works there as a housekeeper and falls in love with the man she works for, Rochester. Complications occur with their relationship, so she leaves Thornfield to find him