"Jane Eyre is nothing more than a simply love story?" Discuss

"Jane Eyre is nothing more than a simply love story?" Discuss A simple love story is where a girl meets boy, falls in love, girls loses boy then they get back together and live together in harmony. For the Jane Eyre novel there are many factors that lift it above a simple love story. The novel is known has a Bildungroman, a autobiographical in form and displays similarities with the author's own life, mostly with …

…to break them and women were expected to what they were told but Charlotte showed that women were able to have a choice and do what is morally right. Jane character was spontaneous, passionate, genuine and compassionate these qualities would not be found in a typical character in a love story. The issue of society, religion and strong characterization is what elevates this novel above a simple love story. Bibliography Bronte, Charlotte, Jane Eyre, Penguin, 1994.