Jane Eyre Jane Eyre is one of the great heroines of classic literature; likewise, she is equally complex in nature. The novel that bears her name offers little outright testament to the multifaceted layers of her true disposition. She is the protagonist and the narrator of the novel but in the beginning is shrouded by mystery. Upon further analysis the reader is enticed to delve deeper into her personality. Little is known of Janes physique apart from her absence of striking beauty. She is described as small and plain, a rather mousy-looking young woman who has no interest in trying to change her physical complexion. This plain heroin was quite the contrary for the cliche of 19th century literature. Heroines were suppose to be elegant, much the same as models are viewed today. This feature sets the tone and inevitably aids her next predominate attribute. Jane possesses a personality that many women today would admire, even though she is born over a century ago. She is deeply passionate and feels a need for adventure and excitement. Strong and compelling, her intelligence and honesty often allow her to maintain her principals of justice, human dignity and morality. In the beginning she feels exiled and ostracized due to the vindictive environment that her Aunt Reed raises her in. These feelings send Jane on a quest for sovereignty and freedom. However, she is confronted with many forms of freedom and is forced to discover which is her true necessity. She comes across Mr. Rochester who first offers her a chance at freedom of passion. This, she realizes, could lead to certain enslavement, in that by becoming a mistress, she would be forced to yield her decorum and uprightness, both social and personal. A second form of freedom is offered to her, a freedom to act on her own principals, this is presented by St. John Rivers. However, this freedom would constitute an incarceration of her true feelings and passions. All in all, Jane Eyre is a character whose multifarious traits both forces her and supports her on an emotional roller coaster ride which she travels with classic Victorian prestige despite her initial social stature. She encounters many impediments that the reader accompanies her on, and by utilizing all of her diverse persona, she is able to surmount them to a superb degree. Jane Eyre the rebel turned conventional housewife and mother, who totally devotes herself to her steadfast and true love, her husband, shall forever be immortalized as one of literatures most complex and ultimately splendid heroines for many more centuries to come.