After reviewing a long journey of Jane’s spirit, from the readers point of view, what she gives us is not a pretty face or a transcendent temperament that make us admire deeply, but a huge charm of her personality, She is a marvelous figure, and it is safe to say that Jane Eyre gives readers treasure spirit.

　　A. Self-respect and Pursuit of Freedom and Independence

　　From Jane’s journey of life, we have learned that she was exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggles for her ideal life. The story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent spirit. When Jane lives in Gatesheed for ten years, little Jane suffers with hard work, mistreatment and unchanging hatred, so Jane has no one to rely on. Her hobby is reading. She always observes circumambient thing with her witted mind, when in Lowood School, although condition is so harsh that oppresses human nature, and Jane often bears starvation and frost with other orphans, but she says that she would not exchange stay in Lowood with Ggateshead’s privations and daily luxuries. Jane learns variety of subjects to enrich her brain. After six years, Jane becomes one of teachers at here. Under the tyrannical controlled ruler, Jane feels that she would relish a new challenge, so she advertises for a work as tutor. At Thornfield Hall, Jane shows her independence fully. First, she works as a governess to support herself. She gets along with Adele very well; she teaches what she knows to this little girl. In spite of Jane is plain and penniless, Rochester falls in love with her, and Jane feels as if he were her relative rather than her master, although rich Rochester would be glad to help Jane, Jane refuses to his helps, her troubled comment on Mr. Rochester’ proposal that Gentleman in his situation is not accustomed to marry their governess. Rochester is a man with warm heart despite a cold expression; Rochester emphasizes that Jane will be his bride so Jane does not have to work, because Rochester is very rich. At the same times, Jane still worked as Adele’s governess and tries to get the information that a lawyer tells her that her uncle gives a quit amounts of inheritance, which is helpful for her marriage that she does not want to depend on Rochester’s wealth. After Jane accepted Mr. Rochester’ love, Rochester would like to marry Jane as a noble woman and buy jewels and expensive clothes for her, which remind Jane greatly of her poverty. Jane forbids Rochester’s desire to buy them, because she loves him without regard others. Furthermore, she would like to be his friend and companion rather than someone in his possession. Jane remains economical independence by maintaining her job as the governess. She refuses to have sexual relationship with him because she does not want to lose her independence for her passion. Jane seldom spends some time with him except the moment after the dinner hours. Just as they are holding the wedding in the church, Mr. Mason come in with a lawyer declares that Mr. Rochester still has a wife who is alive. Although his wife has gone mad for many years, Rochester has been trying to convince Jane to stay with him, and Jane also loves Rochester deeply however Jane is very sorrow and conflictive in her heart. Jane fells from an eager, happy woman-a bride to a cold and lonely girl again. All of her hopes are dead. She thinks that if she stayed with him as a mistress she will lose her integrity; ultimately, she will degrade herself and dependent upon Rochester for the unprotected marriage bond. No matter how Mr. Rochester persuades her to stay, Jane states, “I am a free woman with an independent will, which I now extend to leave you.” Jane leaves Thorn field, quietly without dawn.

　　At Moor House, St. Jones and his sisters save the dieing Jane, and treat her friendly. When Jane recovers, she insists on having a work no matter how hard and humble it is. With St. Johns River’s help, Jane gets a job as a teacher in a village school. It is poor condition. Jane lives in a low and dark hut. In the school, there are twenty pupils, but only three of them can read and no one can write or cipher. Jane takes on the work as actively and faithfully as she can. After a period, St. John admires Jane for her indomitable spirit, kind-heartedness and wit, so he urges to marry Jane in order to undertake missionary and trip to India, because St. John is a loyal clergyman and decides to devote his life to religious affairs. In many ways, John’s proposal tempts her. Because it is an opportunity to have a decent job and to be more than a governess or schoolteacher or homemaker, it also can help to relieve Jane form the previous painful experience. Jane rejects St. John’s offer of marriage because she does not want to live as a tool to serve god. St. John’s proposal leads Jane understands that, paradoxically, a large part of one’s personal freedom is found in a relationship of mutual emotional dependence, so Jane returns to Thorn field Hall where has been burned down and became a blacken ruin. When Jane encounters Rochester in Fern dean garden, Rochester has been blind, losing one of his hand and his manor house. His wife burned it and lost her life in the conflagration. At Fern dean, Jane reunites with Rochester. Jane says “If you won’t let me live with you, I can build a house of my own close up to your door, and you may come and sit in my parlor when you want company of an evening” (Chapter 37). Because Jane gets five thousand pounds inheritance from her uncle, so she gets equal marriage with Rochester.

　　B. Pursuit of Equality

　　Jane struggles continually to achieve equality and to overcome oppressions. In addition to social hierarchy, she must fight against patriarchal domination. In Gates heed, becauseJohn Reed beats Jane, Jane strikes back, the servants at here cry‘ for sham! for Sham! What shocking conduct, Miss Eyre, to strike young master.” Jane is surprised to say “Master! How is he my master? Am I a servant?” In Jane’s mind they are equal which is different from other servants who think that they are inferior that those upper class. At Lowood Institution, the school headmaster is a very serve and hard-hearted, especially very arbitrary, which make other person yield to him, but Jane is unwilling to obey him, because Jane thinks that they are equal in mind. Therefore, after two years of teaching experience, Jane goes Thorn field Hall as a governess through advertisement. When Jane arrives at Thorn field Hall, Mrs. Fairfax treats her kindly, Jane fells very comfortable because she fells equality in their conversation. In the beginning, Jane mistakes Mrs. Fairfax as the master of Thorn field, when Mrs. Fairfax tells Jane the truth that she is not the master of here but a servant, Jane dose not change her attitude to her, on the contrary, Jane fells the equality between her and Mrs. Fairfax is real equality. Jane says “So much the better-my position as all the freer.”