The way Arkham Origins Joker goes from wanting Batman's head on a platter to rambling about how he's head over heels for him to the first person who will listen within like 24 hours because Batman saved his miserable little life is so unbelievably funny and pathetic and sad. Babygirl you are deranged

On Jane, Part 1

In Which I Yell About One of My Favorite Books

What do we talk about when we talk about Jane Eyre? After nearly 175 years, this novel remains lodged in the popular consciousness, enough that most people have at least a baseline familiarity with the story. An orphaned young woman, with little knowledge of the outside world, becomes employed at a mysterious mansion, and falls in love with the owner, who is harboring a Deep Dark Secret. Misty moors, bumps in the night, cruel relatives, an angelic child who dies of tuberculosis, a brooding anti-hero: so far, so Gothic. It’s been adapted and interpreted by the likes of Orson Welles and Franco Zeffirelli, referenced by C.S. Lewis, and been thoroughly dissected by hordes of scholars.

            But I want to talk about it some more. Be forewarned: I’m not coming at this from any kind of ‘academic’ perspective. I’m not an expert on anything (though I have been told I shoot a pretty good game of pool, and my baked goods have lately been in demand at family gatherings). I am a Person Who Likes Things, and likes writing about those things, so that’s what I’m going to do.

            One final caveat: if you have not read this book, this may not be the greatest introduction, as I’m going to spoil the heck out of it and also be discussing it from the perspective of someone who has read it many times. But I’m not going to stop you; I trust your judgment. To quote Rik Mayall in Blackadder: “Let’s dooooo it!”

             Right. So, who exactly is Jane Eyre? In the opening pages of the book, we get a vivid portrait of our protagonist. When we meet her, she is ten years old, orphaned, and living a miserable life with her wealthy, widowed aunt and cousins. She is subjected to bullying of both the physical and emotional variety, treated as less than a servant because she is a ‘dependent’. But little Jane is a feisty creature: she fights back against her wicked cousin John, dealing him a well-deserved punch to the nose. She is roundly punished for this, locked in the bedroom where her uncle died, and she broods on the fact that his unquiet ghost might just visit her.

A visitor does come, in the form of the local doctor, called in after Jane faints from fear. For likely the first time in Jane’s life, someone listens to her, and takes her seriously. He suggests that Jane be sent to school, and her aunt is seemingly only too happy to be rid of her, though not before calling in the headmaster of her school of choice and putting a flea in his ear about Jane’s ‘deceitful nature’. In return, Jane boldly informs her aunt that she knows her dead uncle would disapprove of her treatment, and calls the older woman a liar to her face—which, honestly, is pretty hardcore for any ten-year-old.

This is something that I think people tend to miss about Jane, and often the reason why adaptations of her story feel miscast. Her appearance, throughout the book, is described as petite and unremarkable, her manner quiet and shy. But Jane is not fragile—no little porcelain doll. Her inner spirit is as bright and hard as a diamond.

Consider her in contrast to the first friend she makes at school: the gentle, but doomed Helen Burns. Helen is thirteen—nearly a grown-up in Jane’s eyes. And crucially, she sees and acknowledges Jane in a way that no one else has, taking Jane under her wing and trying to give her some guidance.

But Helen is already ill when we meet her, and, though she doesn’t say it explicitly right away, she knows that she is dying. Consequently, her mind, genius though it is, is turned away from the world—she dismisses her own intellectual prowess and cautions Jane against over-valuing human attachment. It’s cruel, because if her flame had been allowed to burn, it would have blazed, but instead, it’s snuffed out in the space of a few pages.

Helen is undoubtedly good, and her love for Jane is clear, but both the reader and the young Jane understand that her ascetic detachment is no way to live. After Helen’s death, the narrative skips ahead to Jane at the age of eighteen, now teaching at the school she passed through. And Jane wants to get out and see the world. Though the school itself has improved from the miserable place it used to be, it’s still a stifling atmosphere, and Jane wants to change her situation.

This, I think, is one of the most important elements of the book: Jane’s journey to control her own destiny. At the beginning, she is utterly at the mercy of authority figures, and though she makes some stabs at independence, she is largely acted-upon—things happen to her. But now, here she is, taking action and advertising herself as a governess. Soon enough, she is called to Thornfield Hall.

A word about the job of ‘governess’ is necessary here. For a woman in Jane’s position at that time: educated, but no family ties or sponsor of any other kind, being a governess was one of the most respectable things she could be doing (outside of marriage). Jane’s specific situation is an excellent one: only one child to look after, room and board provided, and a salary of 30 shillings a year. (I don’t know the conversion into modern figures, but consider this: in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit makes 15, and he’s got a wife and six kids to take care of, and they’re squeaking by. Jane isn’t exactly going to get rich, but in theory, she’ll at least be able to lay some aside.)

This new position brings three brand-new figures into Jane’s life. The first is the kindly housekeeper Mrs. Fairfax, who takes an immediate liking to Jane and makes an effort to secure Jane’s comfort. The second is Adele Varens, Jane’s charge. Adele is the daughter of a Parisian dancer, and though her situation is much easier than Jane’s was at that age, Jane sympathizes with her, because she’s in a foreign place, utterly dependent on the ‘kindness and charity of strangers’. The third, of course, is Mr. Edward Fairfax Rochester, master of the house and probable father of Adele. When Jane arrives at Thornfield, Rochester is away, but soon enough, the two of them meet, in a moment that, to me, represents another step on Jane’s path to self-determination.

Jane sees Rochester on the road to Thornfield on a winter evening, when his horse slips on ice. She offers aid, and it’s grudgingly accepted by this gruff stranger. As far as Rochester knows at first, Jane could be a visitor to any of the nearby houses, or someone’s daughter—again, he is able to see her without context. Likewise, Jane is undaunted by any fear of ‘impropriety’ toward her boss—he’s just a man who needs help, and no one else is there to do it. So she steps forward, laying the foundation for everything that will come after.

I have come to the conclusion that I’m going to need to split this into three parts; I hope you’ll all stay tuned. Before I go, let me say one more thing: during my most recent re-read of this book, one thing that leaped out at me was the beauty of the prose itself. Yes, the language is flowery and elaborate, and there’s a ton of rumination, but if you’re patient, you’ll find plenty of gorgeous phrases. Like Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte was devoted to the land itself—in her case, the moors and ancient woods of Yorkshire. The countryside is just as much a character as any of the humans, rendered with vivid life, and tracking the seasons through the progression of the story is a fascinating experiment. I guess that’s all for now, but come back for Parts 2 and 3 if you like what you’ve read so far!

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