Religion Through Spiritual Explorations in Charlotte...

Religion Through Spiritual Explorations in Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre In Jane Eyre, religion is embraced through a series of spiritual explorations. Bronte portrays Janes character and zest for religion by revealing Janes transitions from Gateshead to Lowood, Lowood to Thornfield, and Thornfield to Moor House. Jane ultimately rejects everyone of these organized styles of worship. However, that does not mean that she rejects all their beliefs. She is forever changed by each experience and they have helped mold her view on religion and her relationship with God. Each location plays a significant role in the development of Janes perspective on religion. Jane struggles to acquire true faith in God, which will help her overcome†¦show more content†¦In the novel Eliza tells Jane that she will leave once her mother passes away. She says that she will execute a long cherished project; seek a retirement where punctual habits would be permanently secured from disturbance, and place safe barriers between herself and a frivolous world. (Bronte 235 ) Eliza is going to join a nunnery and follow the Roman Catholic dogmas. Eliza feels that the structure of the Catholic religion is the one best calculated to ensure the doing of all things decently and in o rder (Bronte 241). Yet even with her religious structure, Eliza lacks the true compassionate spirit of Christianity. She has little patience even when it comes to her sister. Eliza conveys the feeling that having such a rigid schedule made one morally superior and no one could have considered her morally lax. Yet it is through these ritualistic attitudes that Bronte portrays Eliza as a morally lazy Christian. Eliza believes that completing three hours of prayer every day will secure her a place with God. Bronte considered the belief that this type of Catholic contrition will save your soul as ridiculous (Rife). Though she may seem devoted to her religion, Eliza is a rigid, angry, compassionless woman who does not shed a tear when her mother dies. Eliza is self-centered and unable to express any form of love. By portraying Eliza in this manner, Bronte was able to express her feelings about the Roman CatholicShow MoreRelatedEssay Role of Faith in Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre708 Words   |  3 PagesThe Role of Faith in Jane Eyre      Ã‚  Ã‚   In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontes inspirational novel, religion is embraced through a series of spiritual explorations. Bronte portrays Janes character and zest for religion by revealing Janes transitions from Gateshead to Lowood, Lowood to Thornfield, and Thornfield to Moor House. Each location plays a significant role in the development of Janes perspective on religion. Jane struggles to acquire true faith in God, which will help her overcome theRead MoreVictorian Novel9605 Words   |  39 PagesVictorian England life and society, that aspect is change. Nearly every institution of society was affected by rapid and unforeseeable changes.  As some writers greeted them with fear and others embraced the progress, this essay will guide a reader through an important era in English literary history and introduce with the voices that influenced its shape and development. It was the novel that was the leading form of literature in the 19th century England. The term ‘novel’ itself was a simple narrative