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    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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    English 102: Introduction to Literature Nov.8.2012 The Eternal Charm of Jane Eyre An Interpretation of the Formation of Women’s Rebellious Spirit  In the middle 19th century‚ Charlotte Bronte successfully creates a character with a striking personality named Jane Eyre who is born unfortunate but dares to fight fate. There are four life scenes in this novel which show the embryo‚ emergence‚ development‚ and climax of Jane Eyre’s rebellious spirit. In 19the century‚ most women do not have right

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    character Jane Eyre is uncivilized because she challenges the social standards of her time with the ideologies she expresses through her actions. Jane Eyre marries for love rather than money or social status and she financially provides for herself; both of which are frowned upon by her society that values money‚ social standing‚ and the cult of domesticity (a doctrine that urged women to stay at home and fulfill their familial and household duties instead of enter the workforce or be single). Jane Eyre’s

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    aspects of virtually the same plot with similar characters. One of the related stories is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Brontë uses the main character Jane as Cinderella who finds her prince charming. Even though Jane Eyre contains more about human nature and less of magic‚ it still resembles the Cinderella archetype through Jane’s early life and her relationship with Rochester. This does not‚ however‚ help Jane Eyre‚ but makes it cliché. Jane’s early life can be defined as the classic Cinderella case

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    Published in 1847‚ under the pseudonym Currer Bell‚ Jane Eyre‚ is “ one of the most widely read of English novels.” Written by Charlotte Bronte‚ this novel made a major impact on the Victorian reading public‚ as well as today’s viewing public. With about thirteen television and film adaptations‚ it is not surprising that Jane Eyre is one of the most filmed novels. Unlike most books of its time‚ Jane Eyre took its readers on a journey into the restricted life of women living in the nineteenth century

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    Bertha Mason- Jane Eyre

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    2012 In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ Bertha Mason serves as both a warning and a savior to Jane. Though Jane has little empathy for her‚ she has much in common with the “madwoman in the attic.” Though seemingly completely mad‚ Bertha Mason is still cognizant enough to know of Jane and Rochester’s marriage. Rather than being jealous‚ Bertha hopes to save Jane from impending doom of a marriage to Rochester. By tearing the veil‚ Bertha Mason is trying to warn Jane and keep her from

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    in history. Both the author‚ Charlotte Brontë‚ and her character‚ Jane Eyre‚ represent the “outsider‚” the free spirit struggling for recognition and self-respect in the face of rejection by a class-ridden and gender-oriented society. In the novel‚ the character Jane Eyre is described as a toad‚ being small‚ plain and elfish. In a conversation in chapter three between Mrs. Abbot and Bessie‚ Mrs. Abbot agrees with Bessie that Jane is to be pitied‚ and then goes on to say‚ “if she were a nice‚ pretty

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    movement of feminism. Long before her time she foresaw the problems with the movement and perceptions of it. This quote simply states‚ women do not need to have power of men but they need to have power over themselves. This quote is true and speaks to the purist nature of equality that true feminists strive for‚ equality for gender and not one gender over another. To be a feminist like me means to be for nothing but equality. Women and men need to be equal. This does

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    In the novel Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Bronte‚ the main protagonist‚ Jane experiences a lot of tribulations in life. When she thinks she can lead a happy life with her lover‚ Mr. Edward Rochester‚ she finds out that he is‚ in fact‚ hiding a dark secret. On the day of their wedding‚ she discovers that he is already married. Her beliefs and moral standing leads her to leave Mr. Rochester and Thornfield‚ her safe haven‚ because she does not want to partake in Mr. Rochester’s infidelity to Bertha Mason

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    Use of Allusion in Jane Eyre

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    ALLUSION IN JANE EYRE This paper will focus on the use of allusion that Bronte has made in her novel Jane Eyre. The novel is written in first person. The novel has in it elements of the gothic. The gothic novel is an amalgamation of romance and terror. The tradition started with Horace Walpole’s novel ‘the castle of Otronto’. Bronte uses elements of this tradition in Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre digresses from the other novels‚ written

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