Aliyah Hall AP Literature 4th Mrs. Shewmaker Nov-30-15 Jane Eyre Critical Analysis Essay In the novel Jane Eyre‚ Charlotte Bronte fuses an independent woman’s struggle to escape the forces of Victorian society with a woman who searches for happiness and acceptance in society. Bronte tells the story of a young ten year old orphaned girl named Jane who lives with a family that thinks of her as a nuisance. She excels in school‚ becomes a governess to a little girl named Adele‚ and falls in love with
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Charlotte Brontë-Jane Eyre (1847)-Chapter 14 He had been looking two minutes at the fire‚ and I had been looking the same length of time at him‚ when‚ turning suddenly‚ he caught my gaze fastened on his physiognomy. "You examine me‚ Miss Eyre‚" said he: "do you think me handsome?" I should‚ if I had deliberated‚ have replied to this question by something conventionally vague and polite; but the answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I was aware—"No‚ sir." "Ah! By my word! there is something
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Charlotte Bronte used many of her literary works‚ and especially Jane Eyre‚ as a means to question a gendered system of values and the role and functions women played in a society that was clearly male dominated. The titular character of Jane Eyre is meant to portray the negative consequences being controlled and suppressed by social norms can have on women. The class and age differences between the two characters serve as both an exaggeration and commentary on the extreme binary logic of Victorian
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Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre embraces many feminist views in opposition to the Victorian feminine ideal. Charlotte Bronte herself was among the first feminist writers of her time‚ and wrote this book in order to send the message of feminism to a Victorian-Age Society in which women were looked upon as inferior and repressed by the society in which they lived. This novel embodies the ideology of equality between a man and woman in marriage‚ as well as in society at large. As a feminist writer
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Christianity Portrayed in Jane Eyre There is a difference between spirituality and religion‚ and Bronte presents this to readers through her novel. In times of despair and difficulty‚ Jane turns and relies on the God in whom she believes. As with any religion‚ Christianity is the faith of many people‚ sometimes labeled “good”‚ and sometimes labeled “bad” by society. Jane Eyre is a novel that portrays the genuine‚ as well as hypocritical aspects of Christianity and varying members of the faith.
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To varying degrees‚ Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre addresses the expectations of gender roles presently common in Victorian novels during the nineteenth century. Even in modern day society‚ the view of man tends to be aggressive‚ dominative‚ and ambitious‚ while women are portrayed as emotional‚ subservient‚ and sometimes passive. Bronte’s depiction of the stereotypical male and female roles are accurate‚ but she also displays how one’s gender can be altered. Jane‚ the novel’s protagonist‚ is a cookie-cutout
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights written by Emily Bronte. Bronte takes you on a bunch of adventures throughout this book. The book starts out with Heathcliff on the side of the road as a orphan. The Earnshaws adopted him but the other kids got very jealous of the attention he was getting from the parents. After a little bit‚ Catherine starts to bond with heathcliff and they grow close together. In the middle‚ Catherine decides to marry Edgar for his money and leave Heathcliff heartbroken
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Throughout the classic novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ written by Charlotte Brontë‚ Jane Eyre progresses from a somewhat immature child to a well-rounded and mature woman. Nature plays a large role in the novel‚ as it symbolically portrays Jane’s "education" and progression as a woman. Nature is first used in the beginning‚ when Jane is speaking of her loneliness in the Reed household. She toils in the idea that she is separated from the rest of the family‚ and that she is not allowed to be an equal. No matter
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In the novel titled Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte every character reveals a sort of cruelty each one of them conceal. Throughout the chapters of the novel‚ three major characters make an appearance and reveal their cruelty towards one another. These three major characters that may catch the eye of a reader for their cruel actions are Heathcliff‚ Hindley and Catherine. Inside of this novel‚ the cruel actions of the characters have driven the plot of the set story. For example‚ Heathcliff‚ the
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Bread and Burnt Porridge: The Role of Comestibles in Jane Eyre Throughout Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre‚ Jane’s ambiguous social class is often a problematic force within the novel. One mechanism with which Bronte attempts to elucidate Jane’s standing during certain episodes in the novel may be the appearances of food strewn throughout the book. The particular foods provided to Jane – specifically bread and porridge – as well as the providers of the sustenance and the varied contexts in which they
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