This paper focuses the images of fire and water in Jane Eyre, and argues that the novel
is not formless “romantic” art. The
novel makes up a certain flabbiness of plot by a hard coherence of thematic and
symbolic pattern.
Yes, I think the way that certain symbols are used (for example, the colour symbolism) provides a continuity and development within the narrative. It's quite amazing that Bronte could do this, because it's hard to see it as a reader (much easier now that we have digital text, of course).
I wonder how conscious she was of the effect of such symbolism?
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Yes, I think the way that certain symbols are used (for example, the colour symbolism) provides a continuity and development within the narrative. It's quite amazing that Bronte could do this, because it's hard to see it as a reader (much easier now that we have digital text, of course).
I wonder how conscious she was of the effect of such symbolism?
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