Faith In Jane Eyre Research Paper

Through the novel, we see that Jane’s faith is of the utmost importance. There are many instances where Jane’s faith is stretched, but we find that Jane continuously stays true to her morality. Although Jane has a lack of faith early on, there were certain people and instances in her life where we see her faith deepen and we find that Jane overcomes the folly of youth. Bronte seems to place a very high regard for spirituality and faith and she uses the eyes of Jane to show the reader what true Christianity is and what it isn’t. In the early chapters, we see Jane as a young, immature girl who “acts out” often. It seems Jane has no moral compass to guide her. She gets hurt and wounded and reacts with no sense of remorse or of what is right and what is wrong. Jane seems to have the urge to hurt back, to seek revenge. Her faith seems very non-existent in the beginning. Take for instance her relationship with Mrs. Reed. Jane is continuously belittled and spoken down to by Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed’s relationship with Jane is one of pure obligation only. Jane makes no apology in feeling for Mrs. Reed, what Mrs. Reed feels for Jane. We see at the very

She soon meets a man that she falls in love with, Edward Rochester. The situations that she must endure while living at Thornfield are a testament to Jane’s now unwavering faith. She faces much hardship and temptation, but one of the hardest fights she faces is when she finds that the man she is going to marry is already married. The depth of hurt she feels and the prodding that Rochester does to try to get her to stay with him pound at her like the waves of the sea. But, keeping true to herself and her faith, she adheres to the wisdom that Helen so graciously taught her. As Yuen says, “If Jane is adhering to a principle it is the principle of self-respecting personal integrity” (185). Jane must be true to herself and to her integrity no matter the