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In Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Jane's childhood history at Gateshead is something she must contend with in the future. Her return to Gateshead reflects how she has grown and learned to forgive those who have wronged her before.

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isolated, ill-tempered, unforgiving

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-Books/the Red Room
-pushes John
-confronts Mrs. Reed

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-only friend is Helen and Temple
-doesn’t get why Helen doesn’t throw a fit
-her talk with Helen

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isolated, bitter

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cautious, unwillingness for love

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-not wanting to admit she loves Rochester
-liking Rochester because he respects her

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-Mrs. Reed says she will never forgive Jane for what she “has done“ (once Jane leaves for Lowood)
-Jane does not respond like Mrs. Reed and does forgive her

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-before, she always either didn’t react (did not let John Reed get to her) or reacted with extreme passion
-she acts rationally with her emotions at Mrs. Reed’s death bed

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balanced, rational, in touch with emotions

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-her forgiveness of Mrs. Reed show so Helen’s influence, who is more rational, compared to Jane’s former extreme emotional bursts

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-Jane has developed a deeper desire to understand her tormentors from Gateshead
- In the beginning of the novel we knew little to nothing of any of them besides they treated her cruelty
-coming back to Gateshead we see Jane is much more concerned with finding the “grey” area of these people
-she comes to see them as flawed but still human individuals, even Mrs.Reed who Jane seeks to understand and forgive.

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-jane began the novel disconnected from her emotions, she used this as a coping mechanism
-then she preceded to become subordinate to said emotions, making her uncontrollable
-coming back to Gateshead she is not only balanced between logical and reason but ready to be open with her emotions
- she confronts Mrs.reed not in anger but in wanting to understand her
- she confesses that she would have loved Mrs.reed if she hadn’t only given her a chance
-she even is open with the sisters, becoming closer to them by both parties being vulnerable to one another (in small ways, nothing too drastic)

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-Jane's past helped define who she became at the end of the novel
-because of all the conflicts and this internal notion of these incompatible urges of wanting to do one thing but also another, drives her to want to become better for herself

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Jane's past reflects her decisions in her future, with Rochester's love and not wanting to lead into temptation. Her growth from a young and insecure girl to a strong-willed and independent woman became present as she had to confront her neglectful past.