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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Discuss how Charlotte Bronte employs narrative techniques in the novel Jane Eyre Throughout Jane Eyre‚ Bronte incorporates narrative techniques to emphasise certain points and to keep the reader’s attention. In the first few chapters of the novel we are introduced into the world she is surrounded by‚ with the use of very descriptive imagery‚ with a gothic element also incorporated for the audience to obtain a grasp of Jane’s situation. As the nature of the book develops and unravels‚ frequently
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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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elemental imagery in Jane Eyre‚ revealed throughout the novel both literally and metaphorically‚ is one of Charlotte Bronte s key stylistic devices. The opposition of the two elements‚ fire and water‚ highlights the need for the characters to find equilibrium between the two. Fire can describe passion and warmth‚ but it can also burn. Water can describe coolness and comfort‚ but it can also chill. Because of Charlotte Bronte s use of elemental imagery in her book‚ Jane Eyre‚ the reader can better
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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 are given to Jane‚ indicate that Jane’s
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Erica Chandler 29 January 2013 Dr. Smith Reading Response: Jane Eyre Vol. III Religion plays a prominent role in the life of Jane Eyre‚ and arguably the two most religious characters she encounters are Helen Burns and St. John Rivers. Both play similar—if slightly different—parts in Jane’s own personal faith. Both portray a noble and self-sacrificial Catholicism. But while Jane may admire these characters and try to emulate the qualities they possess‚ she ultimately bends toward her own style
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Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Bronte‚ is about a young girl who grew up without parents. This young girl was named Jane Eyre. Her parents died when they went to a different country and contracted an illness while they were there. Jane then went to live with her Uncle Reed who then died shortly after. His dying wish was for his wife‚ Mrs. Reed‚ to keep his niece‚ Jane‚ in her care and not abandon her. While Jane grew up with Mrs. Reed‚ she was deserted. In this book‚ Jane Eyre shows the development
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24 January 2012 Pro-social Behaviour in Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Eliot’s Middlemarch “Sacrifice is an act of giving that is necessarily reciprocated‚” says Marcel Mauss in his work The Gift (21)‚ emphasizing the fact that the gift is never free and has to be repaid. While both Jane and Dorothea‚ the main characters of two great Victorian novels‚ made their kinds of sacrifice‚ it can be concluded that those sacrifices arose from two different causes. Pro-social behaviour or “set of actions that
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In the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Jane travels many places as a young woman. It begins with her at Gateshead‚ where she lives as a young child. She then goes to a private school called Lowood. Here‚ she learns many disciplines and gains wisdom. After being a teacher for two years at Lowood she wants to seek a new way of life. Jane travels to Thornfield; she meets Mr. Rochester‚ a man who causes her to mature at the young age of 18. She learns that she must start making decisions for herself
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Jane is a character repeatedly subjected to violence and hatred from her adoptive family‚ The Reeds. Her experiences are scary and abuse her body and her mind and eventually shape her into who she will become later in her life. She is also often undermined and taken advantage of and therefore made to feel small and worthless. ‘Roughly and violently thrust me back – into the red-room‚ and locked me up there’ demonstrates the cruelty in which Jane Eyre is treated. The use of the power of three on
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