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Jane Eyre Setting Essay

The most complicated place that Jane Eyre resides in is Thornfield. During her stay there, Jane’s life begins to blossom, but takes a turn for the worst which makes her leave. Throughout the chapters of Thornfield, her desolate future is foreshadowed through her descriptions of the building itself, the weather, and her dreams, culminating in her largest complication: her decision to stay or to leave.
Jane’s life at Thornfield begins as a simple one, but with the arrival of Mr. Rochester her existence only becomes more and more complicated. One of Jane’s first impressions of the inside of Thornfield is of its long hallway above the stairs, in which “a very chill and vault-like air pervaded the stairs and gallery, suggesting cheerless ideas of space and solitude,” (pg. 93). This observation by Jane obviously foreshadows her forthcoming hardships and her departure from Thornfield. She also compares the inside of the house to a church, suggesting the emptiness of the h...

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