This novel represents the behavior of the time period very well. All of the characters in the novel are proper and are very reserved in what they say to each other. Also, the way the people dress expresses how you were expected to behave. Women wore long, conservative dresses and the men wore top hats. The time period this was in was so much more formal than what we are today.
This novel also represents the social issues of the time well too. They show how men were the leading gender and that wives were just meant almost as ornaments and to have children. Women were thought on as if they were beneath men and less intelligent. Also, they were only allowed to do certain things. They couldn't play cards with the men, or engage in the conversations they were having. An example of this is when Mr. Rochester has his rich house guests and the women were upstairs changing and doing other things.
I think the book symbolizes that hard times will eventually get better. Jane has so many struggles and she eventually gets through them. This book can also symbolize to be strong. Bronte shows that if you are weak, you won't get things done. Also, I think its theme is to keep perservering. Jane never gives up, and I think that is what Bronte wanted to show us.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes and Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
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