Charlotte Bronte makes use of nature imagery in Jane Eyre and comments on both the human relationship with the outdoors and human nature. The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines “nature” as “1. the phenomena of the physical world as a whole… 2. the essential qualities of a thing; the innate character of a person or animal… 4. force vital, functions or needs. " We will see how "Jane Eyre" comments on all this. Several natural themes run through the novel, one of which is the image of a stormy sea. After saving Rochester's life, Jane provides the following metaphor for their relationship: "Until the morning dawn I was cast upon a lively but restless sea... Sometimes I thought I saw beyond its wild waters a shore... .now and then a refreshing storm, awakened by hope, carried my spirit triumphantly towards the bourne: but... a contrary breeze blew from the land and continually drove me back. The storm is all the forces that prevent the union of Jane with Rochester Later, Brontë, whether intentional or not, evokes the image of a lively sea when Rochester says of Jane: "Your usual expression in those days, Jane,...was not lively." this liveliness of Jane's relationship with Rochester that keeps Jane afloat in her moment of crisis on the moor: “Why do I struggle to maintain a worthless life? For I know, or believe, that Mr. Rochester is living." Another recurring image is Brontë's treatment of birds. We first witness Jane's fascination when she reads Bewick's History of British Birds as a child. She reads about "death-white kingdoms" and "lone rocks and promontories" of sea birds. We quickly see how Jane identifies with the bird. For her it is a form of escape, the idea of ​​flying above the hardships of life daily. The narrator speaks several times of feeding the birds crumbs. Perhaps Brontë is telling us that this idea of ​​escape is nothing more than a fantasy: one cannot escape when one must return for basic sustenance. The bond between Jane and the birds is strengthened by the way in which Brontë alludes to the poor diet at Lowood through a bird which is described as "a hungry little robin Brontë combines the lively sea theme and the bird theme in the passage describing the first painting of Jane is that which Rochester examine.