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Jane Eyre is the main character in the novel named Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. She is but a fictional character, and in our hearts she will stay. This incredible lady in her beloved story has carried on through the centuries to inspire all its readers. Jane is a cherished woman with whom everyone can find a bit of themselves in.

　　The captivating character of Jane Eyre was created in the mid 1800's by an awe-inspiring writer by the name of Charlotte Bronte. This enchanting woman was nothing short of amazing. She was one of the first ever female writers, and she wrote a story about a strong lady. This bit of history allows us to look at Jane Eyre as a liberator. She was a very strong woman in the days that women were not allowed to be self-reliant.

　　Jane had a way about her that demanded attention. She was very shy and introspective, yet her sheer presence was enough to demand attention for all men. Jane captivated the hearts of many older men. She began with her uncle, Mr. Reed. He was a gentleman who cared for his own children, but when Jane lost both of her parents he was quick to take her in as his own.

　　Mrs. Reed only would say that he pitied her, but we all know there was more. She enchanted the lives of Mr. Rochester and St. John. Both men, in or near there thirties, proposed her twice. She accepted both of Mr. Rochester 's proposals. She also did something remarkable; she refused St. John's proposals of marriage. Jane Eyre was a very special woman of her time.

　　Jane's life story is greatly admired by women around the world due to the nature of her character. She searches for love and acceptance and she finds it in every place she is. Even though Mrs. Reed did not accept her in the time she went back she made a friend of Mrs. Eyre's daughter,

　　Elise. Jane also found acceptance in the harsh Mr. Rochester, and the unwilling household of St. John. She was always taken in her lowest hour and raised up to a great triumph later. While at St. John's she found the family in whom she had searched. She was financially secure and now had the family love and acceptance she always longed for. Jane Eyre is a character to be admired through the ages.

　　Jane Eyre will forever be in the hearts of all her wishful readers. She was an inspiration to many a generation, and she will carry on a terrific legend of hope. We all have a hand in our fate if we keep looking and striving for the goal. We can all achieve the love, so marvelous and wonderful, that our hero Jane Eyre has.

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　　You can't judge a book by it's cover. In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, we meet Jane Eyre, who finds her true love to be someone she is not attracted to. Jane is attracted to people who contain the same intellectual capacity as her, and has no regard for those who have only beauty and money to give. After attending an all girls seminary until she reached the age of
　　eighteen, Jane advertises for a job as a governess, and receives one at an estate named Thornfield. This is where she meets, Rochester, the owner of the mansion, and her true love. When she learns of a dark secret he has been keeping, she flees to another part of England where she meets St. John, a man who she does find good looking, but doesn't like his personality. From here she returns to Thornfield where she marries Rochester. If Jane had gone through her life looking for beauty instead of someone who shared a mental similarity with her, she never would of found happiness.

　　Jane is attracted to Rochester, even though she does not find him to be handsome. "...it was not easy to give an impromptu answer to a question about appearances; that tastes mostly differ; and that beauty is of little consequence..." After answering no to Rochester's question of whether or not he was handsome, she goes on to tell him that appearances mean little or nothing. Jane understands that to have a true and loving relationship with someone, that both must have not looks, but a similarity in thought, and a like for the other's personality. Relationship's such as this are ones of quality that will last for a long time. Although Jane is
　　not a beautiful women, she is able to find happiness and that is what's most important.

　　Jane has no regard for the beautiful Miss Ingram, for she has no intellectual capacity. She is not jealous of her closeness to Rochester for she has no qualities to be jealous of. "She was very showy, but she was not genuine; she had a fine person, many brilliant attainments, but her mind was poor, her heart barren by nature..." Jane knows it is far ter to have a good mind and to be a good thinker than to have beautiful features and an abundance of money. It is this attitude of Jane's that allows her to make the right decisions.

　　Jane does not fall in love and marry St. John for even though is more handsome than Rochester and she is attracted to him, he does not have the same intellect. "He was young-perhaps from twenty-eight to thirty-tall, slender; his face riveted the eye; it was like a Greek face, very pure in outline." St.John has beautiful features, but he cannot communicate with
　　and talk at the same intellectual level with Jane as can Rochester. ...there was another barrier to friendship with him: he seemed of a reserved, an abstracted, and even of a brooding nature...he did not appear to enjoy that mental serenity..." Jane never could of had a quality
　　relationship with St. John for they wouldn't have been able to talk with each other, and they wouldn't have been able to truly love one another. It is because of Jane's decision to leave St. John due to a lack of soul likeness that allows her to marry someone for their personality.

　　One of the purposes of this book is to make us realize that love comes from within the heart, and that beauty is actually only a bonus. When people fall in love with people for their personalities, the love is stronger and it will last longer.