The film (2011) based on the book of Charlotte Bronte entitled Jane Eyre
is a great work that covers many aspects and brings many Gothic elements as
well. The literary work belongs to Romanticism, and as it was written in 1847
has more characteristics of the Victorian British society and its strict
morality. The work belongs to Romanticism, and was written in 1847, then had many
adaptations for cinema, and television series.
The film tries to preserve elements of Romanticism, but it becomes more
evidence sounds gothic elements that give more mystery plot. . These elements are present to emphasize not only the protagonist -
Jane’s (Mia Wasikowska) internal development and her emotions, but also the
passion and love between her and Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbinder), as well
as the Gothic Romantic Genre of such as an intensifier of the mystery, the
supernatural and the romantic atmosphere of the plot.
Jane Eyre is an orphan girl who lives with her aunt, Mme. Reed (wife of
her true uncle) and her cousins, who treats her with violence sends Jane to a
women's school, where she grows and becomes a teacher. After some time she puts
an ad in the newspaper looking for work as a governess. Mrs. Fairfax invites
her to work at Thornfield Hall. There, she meets her boss, Mr. Rochester, a
sharp and dark man, with whom she falls in love. However, a big secret from the
past comes between them.
The film begins with Jane's escape amid landscapes and ruins, entering
"flashbacks" of his childhood. The Gothic Morbidity outraged the
orphan and the secret nuptials are expensive gadgets to English Literature and
serve here, frame for a larger clash: Jane effort to preserve their autonomy
and mental integrity in a puritanical environment, marked by the demonization
of women and insanity-elements that assume airs of social allegory in this
romantic tragedy.
You can see that fire is an ever-present element in the narrative,
marking turning points of the plot. Also the issue of the old, gloomy castle.
The last of his boss, the night visions, and the laughter around the house
while everyone sleeps becomes the narrative more dense. Jane Eyre is a
character devoid of beauty, but it has a bold character for her time, seeking
your own destiny. The mysterious air your boss is one of the elements that lead
the character to fall for it.
Another important aspect is the Byronic Hero, played by character Edward
Rochester (Michael Fassbinder), a mysterious man, who falls in love intensely
for Jane Eyre. The anti-hero lived the character nicely demonstrates the
characteristics of a Byronic Hero, showing that the work has much to offer its
readers.
The character Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) is also a mix of many elements.
She is a strong woman who has had troubles in her childhood. The lack of
familial love, the death of his friend at the orphanage, the cruel punishments
applied to orphans helped build the personality of Jane: a chaste woman,
obedient, but that is both fearless and goes in search of her own destiny.
Jane Eyre is divided by reason or emotion all the time. Part of her
burns with passion for Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbinder), and part of him
preserved the purity and the reason because she knew their love was forbidden.
Again, the fire element becomes decisive for the course of their life,
because the same fire that destroyed everything is the fire that gives a chance
for a new life.
You can work with the symbolism of the fire element that was used by
ancient people as a form of purification. It was necessary to pass through the
fire to be pure. In the film, the fire is destructive, but at the same time
gives the opportunity for a new beginning for the Jane’s love.
Another important person in the narrative is Bertha Mason (Valentina
Cervi) - the mad woman in the attic is the owner of the frightening laughs
heard by Jane (Mia Wasikowska) by the time she arrives there. The character
shows how women back then would follow and obey standards, because the first
wife of Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbinder) was a very beautiful and sensual
woman. These features were not seen with good eyes by society. Only interest
and immense suffering held the wedding. A mad woman living trapped in the tower
of the castle of Edward Rochester, was actually the feminine side that society
tried to hide.
Jane Eyre is a new sort of woman that society was not accustomed to
have. The work shows a woman who seeks her purposes, and that despite the
misfortunes of life is ready to overcome challenges and pursue their own path.
The work is revolutionary, because for that time such behavior did not fit the
profile of women who were submissive to their husbands and did not have any social
value.
References:
GILBERT, Sandra
M. and Susan Gubar, Eds. The Madwoman in the Attic, the Woman Writer
and Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979.
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