Analysis of Literary Devices of Jane Eyre

psychoanalysis of the Theme of Jane Eyre and its Literary Devices Jane Eyre is an outstanding and meaningful novel which was written by Charlotte Bronte who didnt have a fascinating appearance, a perfect aim and a glorious family and who had the similar fate with the heroine of the novel. The essay is focused on the first chapter, life at Gateshead, in which it tells us the little Jane Eyres slimy and menial life at Gateshead and that her cousins and Mrs. Reed treat her badly. In this chapter, the author intends to show us Jane Eyres subway system toward their torture and scolds.In show to demonstrate the motif, the author uses some gothic characters and suck ups evil images of persons who goon Jane Eyre.Firstly, many gothic elements are adopted in this chapter in order to set the fundamental tone and manifest what a cruel and miserable life little Jane Eyre leads. It uses many delicate and horrified words to depict the weather, the season and some other things concerning the environment. Not only does it makes us life that its really bad weather, but also we can looking Janes emotions and feelings at that time, upset, hopeless and so on, which will incite her yucky power.Secondly, Bronte is an expert in depicting characters images. We can find many burnished figures in front of us via reading the chapter. Take Janes cousin, John, as an example. From the novel, we can see that Johns mother spoils and dotes on him and she satisfies his demands no matter how ridiculous they are. Because of those, he shapes a naughty, arrogant and capricious personality. Jane is a poor girl whose parents are dead, so she has to live with her aunt. John evermore teases and bullies her, for she is a fragile and obedient stranger in his eyes.And what is much worse is that his mother always gives a cold shoulder to little Jane. As time goes by, Johns maleficences become more and more violent. wholeness day, little Jane cant stand it and she resists. She says you are l ike a murderer, you are like a slave-driver, you are like the Roman emperors. It uses illustration and parallelism to depict a vivid figure of John in front us. Figures of speech made the image brighter and clearer. Third, the setting of the chapter is dark, miserable and depressive.At the beginning of the chapter, a cold, dark and rainy evening was presented in front of us, which give readers a depressive impression. The description sets the basic tone of the chapter and implicates the terrible environment in which little Jane live. In this chapter, the author intends to present Janes resistance to life to readers. Its dark, cold and miserable setting implicates Janes poor lifespan condition and her fragile emotion, which hide the foreshadowing of her resistance. Also gothic elements active in the chapter deepen the theme. And depictions of each character promote the development of the theme.