Themes

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë explores a range of themes, which you can read about on the following pages.

Gender roles and marriage
Faith and religion
Passion versus reason
Family and home
Social class
The supernatural

Extract

Here, you can read an extract from our study guide:

In Rochester Jane finds a kindred spirit who treats her like an equal. Her love for him makes her declare that he is her home: “ ‘wherever you are is my home, - my only home’ ” (Chapter 22, 78%). However, Jane’s reliance on Rochester to fill her need for a family and home becomes a problem when his tie to Bertha is revealed, and Jane is forced to leave him and Thornfield behind.

Jane’s departure from Thornfield allows her to experience two extremes: being homeless and having no personal ties to anyone in the world, and discovering family connections in the...

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