Jane Eyre Post-structural Analysis

Throughout the novel, Jane has been a very strong character in that her feelings and emotions directly relate to who she is as a person. Her attitude towards others and how she feels in certain situations is related to the reader very clearly, making her story that much more compelling. Jane’s trials and tribulations are expressed passionately by the author, and her relationships with others are very dynamic. With many of the people Jane meets, she is unable to connect with because they immediately reject her. However, there are a few people that accept Jane for who she is and provide her with true friendship, something that Jane was lacking in her life. Even though Jane believes that she is comfortable with being alone, everyone needs others to rely on and care for. And in the end, I think the premise of Jane’s story is that she is searching for true acceptance once and for all.

There are numerous similarities between Frankenstein and The Call of the Wild that play prominent roles in both works. Perhaps the most obvious similarity between the two men is the effect that solitude has on them. They are both men who once had perfect lives, but decided to leave those lives in search of something deeper. They chose to discover their existence through living by themselves, and the reader sees that their solitude has severely negative effects on both characters. The main character from The Call of the Wild eventually dies because he was unable to survive on his own, and Victor becomes very sick from avoiding contact with others. The main character in The Call of the Wild puts it best when he said that happiness is only real when shared with others. In Frankenstein, Victor would never be able to appreciate any success or happiness he may have felt through his experiments because he had no one to share it with. As we have read in Frankenstein, it is clear that The Call of the Wild's main character's message is true in more than just one work.