The importance of Miss TempleIn the novel Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, a recurring motif is the idea of ​​Jane, the protagonist, who needs of a maternal figure to guide her. From the beginning it's obvious that Jane is an orphan with no real mother figure, so she finds a few people to fill this void in every environment she's placed into. The main surrogate mother is a woman named Miss Temple who Jane meets at the Lowood Institution. Miss Temple dramatically helps Jane on her journey and comforts her in a way only a mother could. Miss Temple can be described as Lowood's non-discriminatory female superintendent. During their first meeting Jane states that she is "impressed by his voice, his appearance and his air" (180). Helen, another student whom Jane befriends at Lowood, describes Miss Temple as "above the rest, for she knows so much more than they do" and "altogether good and very intelligent" (221). The fact that Helen describes Miss Temple in this way speaks volumes because she herself is very fair and admirable towards Jane. Miss Temple's strongest quality is her ability to be a role model to girls, this quality is described by Jane as "considerable an organ of veneration, for I still retain the sense of admiration and wonder with which my eyes followed her steps " (216). When Jane is at Lowood, Miss Temple constantly displays her genuine kindness towards the students. A great moment of her kindness was when the girls did not want to eat the burnt porridge that had been given to them one morning and so she ordered that they be served a meal of cheese and bread for lunch. Mr. Brocklehurst did not like this act done by Miss Temple, and probably knew that it would be disapproved of but he knew that it was just subtle... middle of paper... and Miss Temple had a relationship which can be compared to that of a mother and a daughter. Each of them cares deeply about their future and to think that Miss Temple is not in Jane's condition feels lost. Mothers pass on a moral sense to their daughters and set the standard for the rest of their lives. “I had absorbed from her something of her nature and many of her habits” (353). Miss Temple's influence continues on Jane throughout the rest of the novel or for the rest of her life. Miss Temple has given Jane the idea that she can be an intelligent individual. Although Miss Temple is not a main character in this novel, she is vital to Jane's personal and emotional development. Throughout the eight years of Jane's life, Miss Temple is what helps her to be the person she has always tried to be. One might think that his last name (Temple) suggests the value of his existence to Jane.