Jane from a young age was taught that she was not beautiful and deserved nothing because of it. The theme of appearances is prevalent throughout the novel. If one can have physical beauty, it can make up for lacking in other traits. Jane was a very bright and clever girl who was never appreciated throughout her childhood because was not as pretty nor as fashionably dressed as other girls hew age. Those who raised Jane told her if only she was a bit more physically attractive that it might make up for the fact she was parentless child. However, as Jane becomes older she realizes that people do not mean this, and it does not matter how beautiful she is they will always see her the low ranking orphan and then governess. She learns to ignore their comments and continue on doing what she loves, teaching, despite what society says about the profession. Anyways, she ends up making Mr. Rochester fall in love with her over the beautiful Miss Ingrahm without changing herself to do it.
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