Jane Eyre - Critical Evaluation

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Mr Rochester’s voice calling for her, and decides to return to Thornfield immediately. On her return, she finds Thornfield to be a "blackened ruin" due to a fire which has left Rochester blind with only one arm and killed his wife. Jane goes to Rochester’s new home, and they are married.
Jane’s ‘physical’ journeys contribute significantly to plot development and to the idea that the novel is a ‘journey’ through Jane’s life. "Jane Eyre’s" chronological structure also emphasises this idea, the journey progresses as time goes on. Each journey causes her to experience new emotions and an eventual change of some kind. These ‘actual’ journeys help Jane on her four ‘figurative’ journeys, as each one allows her to reflect and grow. The journey only ends when she finds true happiness.
Jane makes her journey from Gateshead to Lowood at the age of ten, finally freeing her from her restrictive life with her aunt. Before making her journey, Jane’s feelings are conveyed by Brontë ...

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her "new duties" and her "new life".

When Jane arrives in the town of Millcote, she is fearful:
"...I am not very tranquil in my mind......I looked anxiously around.....all sorts of doubts and fears are troubling my thoughts."

Her anxiety, though, is counterbalanced by the "charm of adventure"; Jane is finally independent and in control of her own life.

Although journeying into the completely unknown, Jane does not look back, only forward to her new life and her freedom at Thornfield:
"... I saw a galaxy of lights..."

Jane’s reference to ‘galaxy’ highlights the idea that she is not only alone in the world but alone in the whole universe at this point, yet she is excited and ...

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