Jane Eyre
... " was one of Jane Eyre’s last words to Helen Burns as she slowly passed away. Charlotte Brontë presents many religious characters in her autobiography of Jane Eyre. ... John, are figures that expressed a lot about God towards Jane and “the sense of God and what is due to Him is very strongly woven into the [her] character” (Chapter 3: Religion 26). ... Throughout Jane Eyre, readers realize how God is a big part of Helen’s life and how she uses religious reasons and God as a way to explain everything. During her last moments in the book, the author tries to reach the reader and make us try to understand how Helen is feeling and “on her deathbed Helen speaks with Jane about both her depravity and her deep affinity with God” (Schwingen). ... She tries to stay positive and not make Jane sad. ... This is important because it makes Jane feel like she isn’t an orphan anymore. Helen tries to reassure Jane by describing God that way so Jane can feel like a sister to Helen because God is everyone’s parent. This is Helen’s way of saying that she will never leave Jane and that she will always be with her. I believe Helen symbolizes Christ or a holy figure in Jane Eyre and towards Jane. ... “Jane experiences Helen’s religious asceticism as something impossible for herself” (Brontë 473), but even years after Helen’s death, Jane still looks back and remembers what she told her that night and how she made her feel.