Ode to Jane Eyre...
So the new movie is out and of course I had to see it immediately. I have seen every variation and hope they continue to produce them throughout my life. I count Jane Eyre as one of my all time favorite female characters in fiction. When a new version comes out I always love to see how they'll interpret the story, what lines of dialogue they'll use, etc. In this one they used the … "as if there was a string tied to my rib…" My favorite.
This I thought was a very good version. Jane for me was very convincing. But what I liked about this version is they started the movie with her leaving Rochester. So we see her trek through the moors, her suffering until she finally arrives at the Rivers door. Then we see her life essentially being told through back story. Sort of cliché I know, but done with great affect here because I really got to see how the events of her childhood formed who she was.
In the book, she suffers, she suffers, her bff dies, she suffers some more and finally there is happiness, until there is more suffering. Bronte did not give her girl a break. Talk about throwing her in the dumpster!
But looking at it retrospectively I was able to really see how each event in her life brought her to the place she was. I remember reading the book - which I didn't do until I was 22 – and screaming at Jane to stay with Rochester. What is the BIG deal? Go to Paris. Pretend you're married. Who will know?
As she says… she'll know. And it's the iron core belief in herself that makes this heroine so compelling. She is plain, little and poor. She has ugly dresses and she's always wearing her hair in that awful knot. Yet Rochester loves her and every single time I believe it. This movie really helped to showcase her developement into the woman.
Jane Eyre might be the very first Bombshell. She is tough, resilient, strong, witty and she loves. She loves completely and with her whole heart.
Great great character. I think I've been aspiring to write someone as amazing as her my entire writing live.
What about you? Who is your favorite heroine? Favorite hero?
This I thought was a very good version. Jane for me was very convincing. But what I liked about this version is they started the movie with her leaving Rochester. So we see her trek through the moors, her suffering until she finally arrives at the Rivers door. Then we see her life essentially being told through back story. Sort of cliché I know, but done with great affect here because I really got to see how the events of her childhood formed who she was.
In the book, she suffers, she suffers, her bff dies, she suffers some more and finally there is happiness, until there is more suffering. Bronte did not give her girl a break. Talk about throwing her in the dumpster!
But looking at it retrospectively I was able to really see how each event in her life brought her to the place she was. I remember reading the book - which I didn't do until I was 22 – and screaming at Jane to stay with Rochester. What is the BIG deal? Go to Paris. Pretend you're married. Who will know?
As she says… she'll know. And it's the iron core belief in herself that makes this heroine so compelling. She is plain, little and poor. She has ugly dresses and she's always wearing her hair in that awful knot. Yet Rochester loves her and every single time I believe it. This movie really helped to showcase her developement into the woman.
Jane Eyre might be the very first Bombshell. She is tough, resilient, strong, witty and she loves. She loves completely and with her whole heart.
Great great character. I think I've been aspiring to write someone as amazing as her my entire writing live.
What about you? Who is your favorite heroine? Favorite hero?
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