FIRE AND WATER AS SYMBOLICAL ELEMENTS IN JANE EYRE. The struggle of passion and mind

We ask for help, even when doing so seems “as unromantic as Monday morning.” We walk on toward ourselves. And we make our way forward, as long as we don’t cling too tightly to the principles that drive us onward. Like Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte, we find we “must struggle on, strive to live and bend to toil like the rest.” READ THIS BOOK: • In the midst of breakups and life passages • With a box of tissues at hand • When you’re not sure if you can deal with another personal bombshell JANE’S LITERARY SISTERS:  • Mrs. de Winter in Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier • Cassandra Mortmain in I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith • Cathy Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte Chapter 11 Ambition Jo March in Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott Any mention of her “works” always had a bad effect upon Jo, who either grew rigid and looked offended, or changed the subject with a brusque remark, as now. “Sorry you could find nothing better to read. I write that rubbish because it sells, and ordinary people like it.” LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, LITTLE WOMEN Louisa May Alcott had always imagined her return from her first trip to Europe as a kind of triumph, a graceful homecoming replete with happy memories and artistic and romantic accomplishments aplenty ...»