charlotte bronte

How Does Charlotte Bronte create sympathy for Jane Eyre in the first two chapters of the novel?

How does an author go about creating an air of sympathy for a fictional character? In Jane Eyre the author, Charlotte Bronte, uses several different devices in order to achieve this aim.
She uses the ‘social context’ of Jane’s time to help the reader respond to what is written. Jane Eyre is set in the early to mid nineteenth century and we see clearly through reading the text how different life today is compared with, the time when Jane lived.
In Jane’s period it wasn’t unusual for the males of the house to be dominant and be the ‘stronger’ sex. Women were seen as the ‘weaker’ sex and frequently were made to entertain guests and take care of the house. Women were more vulnerable in those days too, and the fact Jane was an orphan as well meant that she was seen as a ‘burden’ to society.
Charlotte also includes different types and styles of unique language throughou...