Jane Eyre: A Coming of Age Story Charlotte Bronte’s novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ is a coming of age story‚ about a young‚ orphaned‚ and submissive girl growing up‚ through many hardships‚ into a young‚ passionate‚ and free willed woman. Charlotte Bronte begins the story with a ten-year-old Jane Eyre living with an impartial and sometimes cruel aunt‚ Aunt Reed. Aunt Reed‚ after neglecting Jane for the whole of her life‚ finally decides to send her away to boarding school‚ to Lowood School. Upon her departure
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should be withheld‚ or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.” (Bronte 141). It is this quote that I believe accurately sums up the incredible transformation the character Jane Eyre undergoes throughout the duration of the novel of the same name. There are many things that influence and shape the character of Jane as she grows and matures throughout the story‚ from the chiding and abuse of her aunt and cousins at Gateshead‚ to the religious zealotry of Mr. Brocklehurst at the Lowood School
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and see others as distorted mirrors that they are not what they are. The female figures in Wuthering Heights create a whole version of women together. 2.Role of Women – Pride and Prejudice Discussion Women in England in the 1800’s‚ which is when Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is set‚ had one primary function‚ which was to marry‚ and marry well. The Bennet girls have a temporarily comfortable life‚ for in the absence of sons‚ when their father dies‚ his property will be inherited by their cousin
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them. Charlotte Bronte plays off of these disturbing superstitions in her novel Jane Eyre. She creates a system so that each supernatural episode has certain elements and manifestations. These manifestations are interesting to observe‚ but Bronte uses them as much to emphasize the importance of events that do not follow the rules as to set the scene for the incidents that do. All of these episodes surround Jane Eyre‚ and each has some affect on her‚ influencing her either psychologically or in her
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Isolation in Jane Eyre and the Wide Sargasso Sea. The theme of isolation is explored in Bronte’s novel; Jane Eyre. This theme is also developed in The Wide Sargasso Sea‚ by Jean Rhys. Both pieces present different types of isolation‚ such as isolation due to location and the isolation of a character due to their social status‚ such as Jane’s status as a governess. The various ways in which isolation is present in each of the texts show how inescapable and unavoidable isolation is for the characters
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“In Jane Eyre‚ Bronte explores the importance of love and acceptance through a narrative technique which has immortalized her text” Discuss this view‚ with close reference to the novel and your critical understanding of perspectives. In Jane Eyre‚ Bronte captures the protagonist story through a bildungsroman and explores the importance of love and acceptance. The author constructed narrative presents these universal issues as being battled between the religious and romantic structures‚ which extends
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the character Jane Eyre? (40 marks) The novel of Jane Eyre engages the reader form the first chapter. Bronte cleverly uses intrigue throughout the novel but in the first five the author reveals a lot about the plot and characters to keep the reader interested. In chapter 1 Bronte begins to reveal parts of Jane’s character. We first see her as a vulnerable girl who is unable to show her emotions‚ this is because Bronte cleverly uses pathetic fallacy to only give us a hint of what Jane is like and
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authors experimenting with this genre was Charlotte Brontë‚ whose groundbreaking novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ forever changed Gothic literature. Indeed‚ the grandiose but desolate buildings and English gardens thick fog furnishing the Victorian England landscape exhibits all the signs of a proper Gothic setting. However‚ Brontë distinguishes her novel with one brilliant twist: it is narrated by a female protagonist. Jane Eyre explores the titular Jane’s coming of age story‚ and her struggle to conquer society’s
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it gives people a greater purpose for existence‚ a reason to live and die for‚ something beyond themselves to devote their life to. These constructions of love are repeatedly promoted in two of the most well known novels of the Victorian period‚ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. ‘She walks in beauty‚ like the night‚ Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright‚ Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow’d to that tender
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Charlotte receives knowledgeable advice from Doctor Jacquith‚ He says “Not to make use of her free-will was like putting a blindfold over the eyes and letting somebody else lead her around” (51). Charlotte learns this valuable lesson throughout the novel. At first‚ she struggles with free-will but overcomes this fear by finding a purpose in life. She experiences freedom‚ love‚ and relationships far from home. Her mother took her identity by controlling every outcome. She was unfamiliar with the
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