Religion in Jane EyreCharlotte Bronte addresses the theme of religion in the novel JaneEyre by using many characters as symbols. Bronte says: “Conventionality is not morality. Self-satisfaction is not religion” (preface v). In Jane Eyre, Bronte supports the theme that customary actions are not always moral through the conventional personalities of Mrs. Reed, Mr. Brocklehurst, and St. John Rivers. The novel begins at Gateshead Hall when Jane has to stay away from her aunt and cousins. because she doesn't know how to speak pleasantly to them. Mrs. Reed has a higher position in society. Due to Jane's low status, Mrs. Reed treats Jane like an outcast. As Bessie and Miss Abbot lead Jane into the "red room", a most frightening room for a child, Miss Abbot tells her: "No, you are not a servant for you do nothing for your livelihood" (14 ). must remain in the red room after retaliating against the attack that John Reed launches on him, his odious cousin. John said to Jane "mama says you have no money; your father left you none; you should beg and not live here with gentlemen's children like us and eat the same meals as us and wear clothes at our mother's expense" (12). She receives neither love nor approval from her family. The only form of love she has is the doll she clings to at night when she sleeps. Mrs. Reed is a conventional woman who believes that her social class makes her superior, and therefore better than a member of her own family. Due to Jane's tantrums, short temper, and lack of self-control, society classifies her as an immoral person. She speaks up for herself even though she knows she's not supposed to, and her family thinks she's acting more like a "rebel" than a young woman. Her spontaneous and violent actions go against convention and she must suffer from being so free-spirited. Mademoiselle Abbé believes: “God will punish her: he could strike her in the midst of her anger”; (15). Jane's tantrums are neither usual nor acceptable, so during these specific moments of her tantrums, she is especially susceptible to God's punishment. Miss Abbot constantly reminds Jane that she is wicked, that she must repent, and that she is especially dependent on prayer. The Reed children, on the other hand, are treated in completely opposite ways. Although John Reed is cruel and vicious to Jane, he receives no warning that God will punish him..