Marxism in Jane EyreIn Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë depicts the strict, hierarchical class system of early 1800s England. Bronte develops a complex character, Jane, to break the strict hierarchical class system. Bronte does this to challenge the class system in England which required everyone to remain in their class position. Bronte does this by questioning the role of the governess and whether she should be considered upper class, due to her higher education, or lower class, due to her status as a servant within the family. Bronte also questions the development of relationships between two people of different classes, such as those of Rochester and Jane. Charlotte Brontë demonstrates that class boundaries are not limited and that individuals can transcend them. From the beginning of the novel, Jane's ambiguous class status is evident. Jane is a poor orphan living with parents who despise her. John Reed, Jane's cousin, states that Jane is "a dependent." . . you should beg and not live here with the children of gentlemen like us” (Bronte 101). John cl...