2.2 Eve---Jane Eyre

God removes a rib from Adam’s body and creates Eve. Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden. Eve steals “the fruit of the tree of good and evil” and eats it when allured by the snake. Finally, Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden by God. Similarly, Jane Eyre is regarded as the “Bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh” for Rochester, which is the best explanation for Eve as the archetype of Jane Eyre..

Both Jane Eyre and Eve have independent thinking ability. Eve has a free mind unbound by restrictions. If not so, she would not have eaten “the fruit of the tree of good and evil” when allured by the snake. She can do things according to her own wishes. In this aspect, Eve is similar to Jane Eyre. Throughout the novel Jane Eyre has solved problems by herself. When Jane Eyre is a child, she lives with her aunt, named Mrs. Reed. she is often bullied and spends her childhood in a hostile and ruthless environment. Then her aunt sends her to Lowood School. Jane Eyre gives full play to her initiative to solve the problems during that period. She tries her best to gain the knowledge and improve herself. 来*自-优=尔,论:文+网www.chuibin.com

Apart from being independent, Jane Eyre holds the view that men and women should be equal. Both Eve and Jane Eyre want to abandon their subordinate positions.  Two years later, Jane comes to Thornfield Hall to be a tutor, and she falls in love with Mr. Rochester. Jane Eyre believes that she and Rochester are equal in spirit. Jane Eyre is a dependent and passionate lady; she is on an equal footing with Rochester. She is brave enough to shoulder the responsibility when they love each other. Similarly, in the Garden of Eden, Eve puts forward the pision of labour with Adam and expresses concern about the efficiency of labour.