A Romantic Ending In An Anti-Romantic Novel:
This paper discusses the ending of Jane Eyre, discussing whether it is a "good" ending. The paper draws on three criticisms of both the novel and Romantic literature in general to conclude that, yes, it is indeed a good ending because it both fits the prevailing realism of the main character's worldview, and conforms to the predominant literary trends of the period.
The climate in which Charlotte Bronte wrote her magnum opus was one that had almost fully recovered from the rationalist excesses of the Enlightenment. The existing climate had replaced scientific' realism with Romanticism of the Byronic sort, drawing on the ancient ideals of chivalry and the new ideals of individual freedom to craft a literature in which suffering does not end with the last romantic sunset.
Ultimately, concepts such as happiness cannot be guaranteed to skeptics like Jane Eyre and "hideous" men like Rochester -- only the divine union of passion can be guaranteed. Yet, for Bronte's characters,......
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