Lowood is significant to Jane Eyre because it was written after the Clergy Daughters' School that Charlotte Brontë attended as a child. Brontë was sent to this school with her two sisters Maria and Elizabeth. Just like the in the novel they were also living in poor conditions, Brontë sisters' died from the same illness that was spreading around Lowood (typhus). This information comes from the the Brontë Parsonage Museum and Historic England, which provides historical information about the Brontë family and locations that are in the novel. The Cowan School illustrates gender and confinement because this school was created to teach Clergy daughters. These girls daily lives were controlled by strict rules, limited resources, and adult authority. These same conditions can be seen at Lowood, where Jane and the other girls live under Mr.Brocklehurst's strict control and expected to live in terrible conditions with out objection. The connection between these two places become more clearer when looking at a map. Mapping the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge reveals how the history behind this places deepens the novel plot, because Lowood isn't just a place when Jane experienced hardships, it is based on a real place that Brontë experienced as a child. This transforms a personal childhood experience into Jane's story of confinement, suffering, and soon independence.
Research: https://www.bronte.org.uk/about-the-brontes/the-lives-of-the-brontes?ut…
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