PAINTING

  Jane's Painting

Page 198-199. Jane paints a picture of Mr Rochester while at Gateshead visiting Mrs Reed.

Page 108-109. Jane shows Mr Rochester her three paintings of Lowood.

Page 137 Jane paints two paintings for comparism one of Blanche Ingram and the other one of herself.

  Dreams in Jane Eyre


Page 187-188 Bessie dreams about a little child and the next day she is called to her sister's death bed.

Page 240-241  Jane dreamt that Thornfield Hall was a dreary ruined shortly before Bertha entered her room.

Page 207 Jane dreamt that Blanche Ingram kicks her out of Thornfield hall.
                                                 

Jane's dreams and paintings are included in the autobiography because they offer incite into her. For example her painting of Mr Rochester shows that she is thinking of him and is in love with him. One figures out Jane's clue actions and thought through her paintings. The paintings especially makes her subconscious become conscious, they give her an oppurtunity to express feelings she cannot express in public. The paintings also biuld intimacy between Jane and the reader because they create trust. Her inner self is laid out in the open for the reader to share. The paintings are also part of characterisation because they are part of Jane, what she does and who she is. Characteristaion is needed in this instance because the readers feel that the character is real and creates a connection leading the reader to care for Jane.

Jane also uses the paintings as a way to suppress her feelings for example she paints a picture of herself and Blanche not only for comparism but also kill off the idea that Mr Rochester loves her. She is asking herself why he will love her when he has a gem in Blanche. So paintings keep her firm in reality.

The dreams are a sign of foreshadowing for example Bessie's dream foreshadows her sister's death and Jane's dream forshadows Bertha coming to her room and it also foreshadows a barrier between her and Mr Rochester

THE WOMAN QUESTION

                                                               
The woman question referred to the fundamental role of woman in society and about what women want. It is also a question about the woman ideology, the body rights of women, their medical rights, whether  they should have leagl rights. By possessing rights for example working women would be dethroned as the queen of the house if she moved move private to public space. The woman question was debated in the 19th century time(In Europe and in the United States) and it was contested that it was against  God's will.

References relating to be a Governess in Jane Eyre

Page 85 Miss Fairfax reveals to Jane that Mr Rochester commissioned her to find a governess for Adele.

Page 97 Jane on meeting Mr Rochester for the first time reveals that she is a governess at Thornfield Hall

                                          

Women were stimulated by the Industrial revolution to work officially since there were not enough men to work. This led to insecurity in society and this is the main theme in Poovey extract. Private and Public boundaries started to weaken as women moved into men's work. The ideology of women staying and working at home still remained after they moved into men's work and scientific methods were used to try and maintain the staus-quo. This ideology is based on who has control and who could have had control. The position of the governess is one of the jobs women performed and found themselves in peculiar positions beacuse of this means of employment.
                                        

Poovey describes the governess as "the figure that epitomizes the domestic ideal, and the figure who threatened to destroy it". The role of the governess was the domestic ideal as the governess worked at home and looked after the children and educated them. That was what women were meant to do and by practising those duties, the governess fulfilled society's view of what women should be. However, the governess threatened to destroy the domestic ideal because she got paid for her duties. This totally went against society's norm at the time as women were not meant to be paid to do home duties. So governesses were viewed as a threat. They men felt challenged by the woman because by getting employment and payment, the women wre considered independent from the men and were empowered thereby having the ability to challenge superiority. This independence allowed women to challenge for property, divorce and custody right as described in Poovey's article. The church described the phenomena as being against God's will but there was really nothing anyone could do because the number of jobs exceeded the men.