“Your task is not to seek love, but simply to try to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”- Jalalad - din-Rumi Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre both show two people destined to meet in forbidden circumstances that should have prevented them from being together but instead push them to go against their intended destiny. Morgenstern's Night Circus shows the main characters, Celia Bowen and Marco Alisdair, slowly developing feelings for each other as they learn the true ending to their story. In Brontë's Jane Eyre, the protagonists, Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester, learn to trust each other as they face hardship and an important secret that tests her loyalty to her. Jane finds herself falling deeper and deeper into the depths of love. It shows how the love evident between the two characters only grows stronger and deeper through the destruction of boundaries and the rules that come with them. Through both female characters' violent pasts, the boundaries and rules established, the first time they meet, and the decisions and sacrifices made to be together, are all signs of their bond becoming a strong combination. First, the female character's past is a very important part of who they become and how they are able to be resilient in fighting the restrictions that bind them. When she was younger, Celia was stubborn, impulsive and short-tempered. In Night Circus, it all begins with the introduction of Celia and Hector Bowen, her father, the beginning of her cruel fate. His father's presentation is what turns his life into a competition. It all began when the ring was engraved on her finger to make her magic stronger, her father put it... in the middle of paper... she wanted and true love that persisted even after years of separation. The star-crossed lovers in both books highlight a love that grows stronger as they fight through the obstacles in their journey together. The past influencing the female characters of the future, the boundaries/rules set for each of the lovers, the first time they speak to each other, and finally the difficult and painful decisions that are made. The circumstances of each book should have left the lovers alone, away from the pain, but instead they stand there undefeated as a couple with the power to clash but the ability to lift each other up. Works Cited Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Rep ed. New York: Everyman Library, 2011. 656. Print.Morgenstern, Erin. The night circus. 1. Canada: Doubleday Canada, 2011. 3-384. Press. .