The Power of Vision in Jane Eyre --A Study of Charlotte Brontë's Imaginative Expression--

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  • KAWAKITA, Yuki
    Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

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  • 『ジェーン・エア』におけるvisionの力 --シャーロット・ブロンテの想像力の表現について--
  • 『 ジェーン ・ エア 』 ニ オケル vision ノ チカラ : シャーロット ・ ブロンテ ノ ソウゾウリョク ノ ヒョウゲン ニ ツイテ

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Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre(1847) has been accused of depicting Jane's behavior unnaturally and inconsistently. In particular, the scenario where Jane, who once left Rochester, suddenly hears his voice calling her out of nowhere and returns to him has been criticized strongly. These criticisms tend to be based on a misunderstanding of Jane's principles. This paper focuses on "a power of vision which might overpass that limit" that Jane yearns for in Chapter 12, subsequently hypothesizing that Jane desires the "power of vision" and her marriage to Rochester grants that desire. Conventionally, this "vision" has been comprehended as "eyesight, " but this paper will explore other connotations ; "prophecy" and "imagination." These interpretations will demonstrate that Jane consistently follows mystical foretelling throughout her life and her development as a story-teller parallels the progress of Charlotte Brontë's own imaginative expressions. Jane returns to Rochester because he alone can share the vision with her ; this is rooted in Brontë's desire to share the vision with readers. Rochester's loss of eyesight should be interpreted as a means of sharing the vision with Jane rather than as a punishment for his transgressions.

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