"Listen to me, oh no I never say anything at all But with nothing to consider they forget my name"

Charlotte Bronte did not paint a pretty picture of the aristocracy and middle class in Victorian society. Her aristocratic characters in "Jane Eyre" were always rude and arrogant Bible-huggers who believed that they were the ultimate authority on the issue of morality. Mrs. Reed and Mr. Brocklehurst both believed that Jane was a devil-child that needed punishment in order to save her soul. Mrs. Reed and Mr. Brocklehurst looked upon Jane is such a way simply because she was a poor orphan. Later in her life, Jane was again looked down upon for being poor. Lady Ingram openly insults Jane, stating that all governesses are foolish people who far less clever than the pupils they taught. Jane is forced to submit to this torment and say nothing at all in her own defense. All Jane wants is for someone to listen to her opinions and treat her as an equal. She wants someone to "remember her name". She is never called by her name, except by Mr. Rochester, by an aristocrat. The upper class always refer to her as "the governess" or "that person" or simply "her". To Jane this is extremely insulting. She is hurt that know one except Mr. Rochester will think of her as an equal. I would be furious if I was subjected to the manners of the upper class in Victorian society. I could never think of myself as inferior to someone simply because I was not born into a rich family. I feel deep sympathy for Jane because people are constantly disrespecting her by "forgetting her name", in other words, forgetting that she is a human being worthy of being respected as an equal.