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Over the past decades, Jane Eyre has been read and interpreted by scholars both to its religious ... more Over the past decades, Jane Eyre has been read and interpreted by scholars both to its religious themes, and the doctrinal and theological controversies of femininity in Bronte’s era. Based on the previous journals and studies regarding Jane Eyre and feminism in the early nineteenth century, this study examines how Charlotte Bronte contravenes Victorian Era theology in her novel, Jane Eyre, through Jane’s character and journey of feminist spirituality that comports with a Christian worldview. By depicting Jane’s resistance to conventional female subject-position, Bronte portrays the tensions real Victorian women experienced in trying to meet conflicting demands of domesticity and faith in their lives. The paper further supports that Jane Eyre’s Christian commitments are compatible with the book’s feminist emphases by examining Jane’s relationship with Mr Rochester and Saint John and her struggle to find independence by following God’s will. This study’s finding is important to the field of literary studies as it gives a detailed interpretation of Jane Eyre that suggests answers to the debates over whether Jane Eyre is a novel of female liberation or a novel of female restraint.
Over the past decades, Jane Eyre has been read and interpreted by scholars both to its religious ... more Over the past decades, Jane Eyre has been read and interpreted by scholars both to its religious themes, and the doctrinal and theological controversies of femininity in Bronte’s era. Based on the previous journals and studies regarding Jane Eyre and feminism in the early nineteenth century, this study examines how Charlotte Bronte contravenes Victorian Era theology in her novel, Jane Eyre, through Jane’s character and journey of feminist spirituality that comports with a Christian worldview. By depicting Jane’s resistance to conventional female subject-position, Bronte portrays the tensions real Victorian women experienced in trying to meet conflicting demands of domesticity and faith in their lives. The paper further supports that Jane Eyre’s Christian commitments are compatible with the book’s feminist emphases by examining Jane’s relationship with Mr Rochester and Saint John and her struggle to find independence by following God’s will. This study’s finding is important to the field of literary studies as it gives a detailed interpretation of Jane Eyre that suggests answers to the debates over whether Jane Eyre is a novel of female liberation or a novel of female restraint.