Verified Document

Seasons: Weather In Charlotte Bront's Research Proposal

Another powerful scene that connects weather and Jane's emotional state occurs when Jane realizes that Rochester is already married. She writes from a forlorn state of mind:

Jane Eyre, who had been an ardent expectant woman-almost a bride-was a cold, solitary girl again: her life was pale; her prospects were desolate. A Christmas frost had come at midsummer; a white December storm had whirled over June; ice glazed the ripe apples, drifts crushed the blowing roses; on hayfield and cornfield lay a frozen shroud; lanes which last night blushed full of flowers, to-day were pathless with untrodden snow... My hopes were all dead... my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill livid corpses that could never revive" (324)

Bront successfully captures the depth of Jane's despair with the images of weather. We are presented again with the cold solitary life that Jane lived for so long and we also relate events in her life to December storms and crushed roses. Death and coldness are images that the girl connects to her dying hopes.

Even at the end of the novel, we find that the weather suits Jane just fine. After the terrible events that precede her returning to Thornfield, her reunion with Rochester can be nothing but pleasant. While the two become reacquainted, Jane takes pleasure in describing the environment to him. The grass is brilliant green and the "flowers and hedges looked refreshed;...

It only seems fitting that he story ends with the brilliant green grass blowing in the breeze and the bright blue sky resting overhead. While we have seem so much gloom and despair linked with cold winter days, it is nice to know that Jane does spend all of her days in sorrow. In addition, the pleasant conversation foreshadows the couple's future. They will have a happy marriage and Rochester will see his son. All is good again.
Throughout Jane Eyre, Bront uses the weather to create more than just a setting for her characters. The weather becomes an object by which we can gauge Jane's experiences and her emotional state. The connection is subtle but very real and extremely successful. Bront introduces us to Jane in an environment that is cold and desolate, which describes her emotional state. As the novel progresses, Jane's experiences are directly related to weather. In addition, the weather often acts as an indicator for what will happen next. Foreshadowing is a technique Bront employs to further heighten our experience. Dark and light scenes indicate Jane's mood and emotional state at times and they signify emotional changes within her character. Bront's narrative sequence of weather and emotions adds the perfect backdrop to Jane Eyre.

Works Cited

Bront, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Scholastic Books. 1988.

Sources used in this document:
Works Cited

Bront, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Scholastic Books. 1988.
Cite this Document:
Copy Bibliography Citation

Related Documents

Weather and Caves Windward and
Words: 944 Length: 3 Document Type: Essay

There are, however, a number of types of caves that are formed through different processes (even volcanic action). A new theory says that some caves (about 5%) are caused through the action of sulfuric acid produced by microbial life. In this theory, microbes consume materials, oils, etc. And release hydrogen sulfide gas, which then in turn rises through rocks and combines with groundwater to produce sulfuric acid, which then

Weather Observations: November 21st --
Words: 721 Length: 3 Document Type: Term Paper

Winds had been blowing from the south and southeast all day, but at 22:00 the wind had shifted to the northeast and had dropped to 9km/hr, accompanied by a drop in temperature and pressure and a rise in relative humidity. Wednesday, November 23rd Weather stayed relatively stable throughout the day on Wednesday, with temperatures ranging only from five to seven degrees Celsius throughout the day. Cloud cover was complete and consisted

Weather "From the Beginning, Slowness Defined It.
Words: 1344 Length: 4 Document Type: Essay

Weather "From the beginning, slowness defined it. Tedious, plodding, grinding, unrelenting slowness…And when the storm system took an unexpected turn as it spread into the central Plains, the table was set for violent weather," (Hoedel & Gutierrez, 2012). Hoedel & Gutierrez (2012) are describing the mysterious origins of the 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado, one of the deadliest in American history. After its tumultuous journey "down the Pacific Coast, across the California

Weather and Building
Words: 985 Length: 3 Document Type: Term Paper

Weather and Construction: Las Vegas Valley The Las Vegas Valley, including the cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, and North Las Vegas is the fastest growing region in the United States. Some reports indicate that ten thousand people move to the city every month with a mere four thousand leaving. The result is that the city is growing by six thousand people every month. The valley's permanent population currently exceeds one million people,

Weather and Climate Comparison of
Words: 1127 Length: 3 Document Type: Research Proposal

Following the introduction, the report discusses framing issues, including international policy. The social and international context of global climate change is given a great deal of emphasis in this section. The relationship between climate change and sustainable development are also discussed in the framing concepts section of this report. This concept is important in order to deal with climate change because sustainable development models are what most of the development

Weather Underground Background- During Almost Every Major
Words: 1525 Length: 4 Document Type: Film Review

Weather Underground Background- During almost every major conflict in United States history there have been protests against involvement in that conflict. However, it was not until the Vietnam "Police Action" of the 1960s and 1970s that so much popular student protests coalesced into such a popular uprising that it had a significant effect upon foreign policy. Really, though, it was not just the U.S. presence in Vietnam that caused the protests,

Sign Up for Unlimited Study Help

Our semester plans gives you unlimited, unrestricted access to our entire library of resources —writing tools, guides, example essays, tutorials, class notes, and more.

Get Started Now