Comments on: 40’s movies marathon – part 48

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Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:16:03 +0000

[…] Jane Eyre […]

By: Bjørn Stærk

Bjørn Stærk — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:59:33 +0000

Well, the style of the movie has a fantastic, unreal element to it. It’s not that the events themselves seem unrealistic, it’s that the movie is shot as if it was some kind of horror movie. Which I thought was great.

By: Sprudlum

Sprudlum — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:59:10 +0000

Charlotte Brontë was in fact sent to a boarding school as a child, together with her sisters, an event which I think has been described as 'disastrous' for them.

As a grown woman she enrolled in another boarding school, and became infatuated with a teacher there. Although I believe she married a friend of the family, events of her own life formed a basis for the novel.

But as an aspiring novelist, I suppose she made use of 'poetic license' as she saw fit. The moral worth and the purity of heart of her characters was what she used as a vehicle for her 'analysis' of the social conditions, so some of the finer points of characterization may have been lost for the purpose of clarity.

With your marathon project, you will be sure to encounter other versions of Jane Eyre in the future.

I would not hold her to account for the zombie movie though..

By: Bjørn Stærk

Bjørn Stærk — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:59:39 +0000

Well, if the movie is a fair adaptation of the novel, is it possible she exaggerated just a little bit?

Jane Eyre also inspired a movie called I Walked With a Zombie.

By: Sprudlum

Sprudlum — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:23:29 +0000

Of course 'Jane Eyre' is meant to be taken seriously ! The novel is at least in part based on the experiences of the author Charlotte Brontë. It is also considered to be a critique of the social conditions in England at the time, early 19th century, and of the gender relations as well.

The novel has been made into a movie numerous times, a good indication it's well worth a read.