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Charlotte Bronte's Portrayal of the Injustices Suffered by Jane Eyre

In the schoolroom scene, Charlotte Brontë portrays the injustices
suffered by Jane Eyre but expressing her pain through figurative
language and illustrating her pain through a vivid image in the
readers' mind. She also does this by using Mr Brocklehurst, so that
the audience can empathise with Jane and see the injustices in a
better perspective.

The descriptions of Mr Brocklehurst's clothes are illustrated in the
readers' mind. '…shot orange and purple silk pelisses, and a cloud of
silvery plumage extended and waved below me' This is to pursue the
point of Mr Brocklehurst's status and to let the reader know he is the
superior of the two. 'Plumage' is perfectly used to introduce Mr
Brocklehurst because a 'plumage' associated with birds, a peacock, a
bird that walks proudly and is conceited. Brontë has pushed this point
across to the maximum to make sure the contrast between the rich and
poor (clothing) is shown. The effect of this is it showed one of the
injustices to the audience. I think Mr Brocklehurst's attitude towards
the students is affected by the opinions and influences of people who
surround him. In those days, the rich and poor separated themselves
from each other and did not socialise together.

Mr Brocklehurst uses his power as the head of the school to humiliate
and patronize Jane. '"Fetch that stool", said Mr Brocklehurst,
pointing to a very high one…"place the child upon it"…I was only aware
that they had hoisted me up to the height of Mr Brocklehurst's nose…'
To place Jane on a high stool in front of the whole class was
embarrassing for her. She was being publicly humiliated. The effect of
this is that it showed the audience what type of person Mr
Brocklehurst really was. I think he was smug and liked to abuse his
power as a head teacher.