How Is Mr Farlehurst Presented In Jane Eyre

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OPTION 1: In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Mrs. Reed and Mr. Rochester shape Jane into the tenacious and affectionate woman she grows to be by the end of the novel. While living at Gateshead with Mrs. Reed and her cousins, Jane is mistreated. Jane’s redoubtable aunt constantly looks down on her for being poor and a burden to the family. Once Mrs. Reed decides to send Jane off to boarding school, Jane is relieved since she will now be far away from Mrs. Reed and her horrible cousins. In order to ensure Jane’s future at her new school will be vigorous, Mrs. Reed lies to Mr. Brocklehurst and states, “I should be glad if the superintendent and teachers were requested to keep a strict eye on her, and, above all, to guard against her worst fault, …show more content…

Since Mrs. Reed wants Jane’s life at Lowood to be equally as difficult as her life at Gateshead, she lies to Mr. Brocklehurst making him believe Jane is a wicked child. Considering Mr. Brocklehurst is a truculent man, Mrs. Reed knows that telling him Jane is deceitfull will confirm that her time at Lowood will be more callous than she expects. After Mr. Brocklehurst departs from Gateshead, succeeding Jane’s acceptance into Lowood school, Jane is furious with her aunt. She acts out, screams at Mrs. Reed, and exclaims, “I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to visit you when I am grown up; and if anyone asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty” (Chapter IV). Since Jane has been mistreated by Mrs. Reed throughout her life, she is accustomed to her aunt’s cruel behavior. But when Mrs. Reeds lies to Mr. Brocklehurst claiming Jane is a liar, Jane decides enough is enough. Her sudden outburst causes her to tell Mrs. Reed how she has truly felt during her life at Gateshead which causes her to stand up for herself and become more assertive. Mr. Rochester also helps Jane become a strong willed and

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