jcr:title is not updating with special characters

I am udating jcr:title property through java servlet POST node.setProperty("jcr:title", request.getParameter("title")); the request contains some special character like éé but when i see the jcr:content of the page its converted into éé any idea how to update jcr:title with special character.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks,

Harsh