After being sent to this room, Jane is both physically and mentally isolated from both Gateshead Hall and the society she lives in. “”The room was chill, because it seldom had a fire it was silent, because remote from the nursery and kitchens solemn, because it was known to be so seldom entered”” (19).
After misbehaving, she is sent to the Red Room, a room isolated from the rest of the house. While in the house, Jane is separated even further from the Reeds. Because she cannot be grouped with the family, Jane often describes herself as sharing characteristics with nature or people that she reads about. This could be interpreted as meaning that although Jane is protected from the realities of life outside Gateshead, as she is always isolated inside the house and its’ grounds, she is not really separated from the harsh realities of life itselfs she believes she is suffering a cruel life locked inside with the Reeds. Charlotte Bront?« immediately describes Jane’s setting with “”The clear panes of glass, were protecting, but not separating me from the drear November day”” (12). Jane is also physically an outsider while at Gateshead Hall and is often forced to be locked away or kept separate from the rest of the family. Furthermore, she is often kept separate from the family, adding to her isolation from society.
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By being reminded so cruelly of her inferiority at a young age, Jane is immediately taught how to be an outsider. This causes her to not want associated with the Reed children, helping her to cope with her consistent treatment as an outsider. Although Jane refers to herself as physically inferior, she implies that she is much smarter than her cousins which she believes to be much more important than physical looks.
In the opening lines of the novel Jane writes that she is “”humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgina Reed”” (11). Rather, she prefers to be an outsider because she believes that she is superior to those surrounded her. However, being viewed as an outsider, Jane isn’t discouraged by this. Instead, she is forced to watch her family thrive in the upper middle class with possessions and a status that she can only dream of. Growing up amongst wealthy children and then being told that she is less than a servant doesn’t even allow Jane to consider herself apart of the help. There, sit down and think over your wickedness”” (17, Barnes & Noble Edition). When Jane protests by saying “”Master! How is he my master? Am I a servant?””, she is told “”No you are less than a servant, for you do nothing for your keep. Although she and her cousins are young, she is still forced to refer to her cousin John Reed as “”Master””. Jane is consistently reminded of her inferiorities and is taught from a young age that she is not equal to those surrounding her. When growing up, Jane lived in Gateshead Hall with her aunt and cousins but is never treated like family. In the opening pages of the novel, Jane is immediately depicted as a girl who physically and emotionally treated as an outsider. When finally finds herself as an insider, she isn’t satisfied until she is able to become an insider in the upper class which allows her to gain a sense of self-importance and finds a place in society. Although Jane spends the majority of her life as an outsider, she often chooses to put herself in that position because she believes that she is superior intellectually to those around her. Jane Eyre is constantly seen as a threat to other characters because she is either different than those that surround her or because her views threaten the norm. Throughout Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, the reader follows the bildungsroman of Jane Eyre, a young girl turned woman who constantly challenges the ideas of what it means to be an insider and outsider in society.
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