Jane Eyre Female Characters
“Though restrained by social convention, the passions of the female characters emerge with great force.”
In the light of this comment, discuss Bronte’s presentation of female characters.
Bronte presents the female characters in many different ways. One early example we see of this in chapter one is Jane’s passion as you speaks out a John. “You are like a murderer – you are like a slave-driver – you are like the Roman emperors!” This is the first time we see Jane’s true passion as she is speaking out to John. By doing so, she is breaking the social norms of that time.
At the beginning of chapter two we see how Bronte presents Jane as being a lower class and status than her cousin John, which would have been very common at the time, where females were seen as being less important than men. “Miss Eyre, to strike a young gentleman, your benefactress’s son! Your master.
Master! How is he my master? Am I a servant?
No; you are less than a servant, you do nothing for your keep”
We see here that Jane is seen as being less than a servant, whereas John is known as The Master. We also see in this quote that Jane speaks out to the title given to John “Master” How is he my master? Am I a servant” Most children would just accept this and day nothing but through Jane saying this we see that Bronte is presenting her to being different, not just form the Reed family but to most children at this time.
When Jane is locked in the Red Room we see more of her passion when she says “Unjust! – Unjust” rather than accepting her punishment. We see this side of Jane a lot in the early stages of the novel. We see how Jane is angry, rebellious and hungry for adventure.
Charlotte Bronte saw the novel as lifting the lid on an English that was built on violence on the young and vulnerable. It also relates to the position of women at the time in which the book came out. Even though there was a Queen on the throne at this time, it made no difference to the legal and economic
In the light of this comment, discuss Bronte’s presentation of female characters.
Bronte presents the female characters in many different ways. One early example we see of this in chapter one is Jane’s passion as you speaks out a John. “You are like a murderer – you are like a slave-driver – you are like the Roman emperors!” This is the first time we see Jane’s true passion as she is speaking out to John. By doing so, she is breaking the social norms of that time.
At the beginning of chapter two we see how Bronte presents Jane as being a lower class and status than her cousin John, which would have been very common at the time, where females were seen as being less important than men. “Miss Eyre, to strike a young gentleman, your benefactress’s son! Your master.
Master! How is he my master? Am I a servant?
No; you are less than a servant, you do nothing for your keep”
We see here that Jane is seen as being less than a servant, whereas John is known as The Master. We also see in this quote that Jane speaks out to the title given to John “Master” How is he my master? Am I a servant” Most children would just accept this and day nothing but through Jane saying this we see that Bronte is presenting her to being different, not just form the Reed family but to most children at this time.
When Jane is locked in the Red Room we see more of her passion when she says “Unjust! – Unjust” rather than accepting her punishment. We see this side of Jane a lot in the early stages of the novel. We see how Jane is angry, rebellious and hungry for adventure.
Charlotte Bronte saw the novel as lifting the lid on an English that was built on violence on the young and vulnerable. It also relates to the position of women at the time in which the book came out. Even though there was a Queen on the throne at this time, it made no difference to the legal and economic