Jane Eyre was born into oppression and cruelty despite the fact that she lived under the household of a very wealthy family of the Gateshead’s. Mrs. Reed had abused her mentally by locking her up in the ‘Red Room’  where Mr. Reed had passed away and the ghost of him haunted Jane. She was physically abused by Mrs. Reeds son, John Reed, and Mrs. Reed never paid mind to that. And after all the injustice Mrs. Reed labeled Jane a liar to Mr. Brocklehurst, who is the supervisor of the school Jane was sent to. Jane had faced much unfairness and although it wasn’t sufficient enough to keep her mood to a happy state, she did receive a source of understanding and kindness in some cases like when Ms. Bessie had explained her relation with Jane after Jane had revolted against Mrs. Reeds’ accusations of her being a liar (Page 48-49). Another time Jane was nurtured with benevolence was when she was humiliated in front of her whole school by being called a liar again but this time by Mr. Brocklehurst. In this case Helen had showed much care for her oppression and tried to make Jane feel better about her situation (Page 81-83).

Audre Lorde depicts the oppression of the female race and in her writing “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” she states that “For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is within that knowledge that our real power I rediscovered”. With the connection of women joining together to help and sympathize one another so that there can be a stronger force to fight the wrongful acts towards the abused is displayed well in Jane Eyre because as Jane is nurtured by others it helps her rise back again to resist the evil and errors she faces.