governesses of those who are high up. Several of these mores are demonstrated and contradicted in Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 masterpiece Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre is the life story of a young heroin that faces incredible odds and terrible situations and still manages to follow her heart and morals through an exciting life that leads her to a blissful ending. Charlotte Bronte uses her narrative to display several of the Victorian mores and demonstrate why they’re important‚ and alternately disprove the significance
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hierarchy. The novels themselves were long‚ with multiple subplots and numerous characters. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre‚ however‚ had a strong-willed anti-heroine main character that did not comply with social customs. Characteristics of anti-heroes and heroines are definite human flaws‚ not always thinking about what the moral action is‚ and rejection of traditional values. Jane Eyre is considered the anti-heroine because she defies the patriarchy and the social hierarchy in Victorian Society‚
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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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Authors like Edgar Allan Poe‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and William Faulkner have presented gothic literature throughout their writing during the 18th and 19th centuries. Gothic literature is defined as a "distinct modern development in which the characteristic theme is the stranglehold of the past upon the present"(294 Drabble and Stringer).Therefore‚ to deliver this theme to their readers they used gothic elements to create a "dark" sensation especially in the area of setting. All three authors in their
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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
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and questioning what really matters to them and what their own true beliefs are‚ it’s just the normal progression of life. In Jane Eyre‚ Jane is seen as searching‚ and questioning her own spiritual beliefs from an early age. Jane struggles to find the right balance between ideas of faith and her own principles. Jane meets Mr. Brocklehurst at a very young age and leads Jane to question everything about religion; this moment illustrates Mr. Brocklehurst as an embodiment of harsh evangelical religion
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Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte Chinese version Beijing ‚the People’s Literature Publishing House ‚ 2000 1.The reasons why I selected the book is that this is the first full –length English novel that I read and I really admire the heroine Jane and her life story. 2.The amount of time I spent reading the book: about two weeks 3.Summary： The novel tells the story of an orphan girl. Jane Eyre‚ the daughter of a poor parson‚ loses her parents shortly after birth. She lives at the household
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Analysis of the Theme of Jane Eyre and its Literary Devices Jane Eyre is an outstanding and meaningful novel which was written by Charlotte Bronte who didn’t have a fascinating appearance‚ a perfect figure and a glorious family and who had the similar fate with the heroine of the novel. The essay is focused on the first chapter‚ life at Gateshead‚ in which it tells us the little Jane Eyre’s miserable and menial life at Gateshead and that her cousins and Mrs. Reed treat her badly. In this
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changing event. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a bildungsroman where the reader follows Jane though her life as she matures. Jane Eyre falls in love with Mr. Rochester of Thornfield Hall‚ yet leaves him as she feels her love is not returned by Mr. Rochester. Brontë emphasizes that the balance of passion and reason contributes to a person’s maturity through Jane’s struggle with her emotions before she leaves Mr. Rochester and her maturity after she leaves. Before leaving Thornfield‚ Jane has a lack
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In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ there are many characters that are foils to each other. Foils have different values and morals‚ and often has a difference is dress and appearance. They enhance the story with new perspectives and images. The point of foils is for each character to highlight each other‚ Blanch Ingram and Jane Eyre and Miss Temple and Aunt Reed are parallels of each other. As soon as Jane Eyre encounters Blanch Ingram it is very obvious that they are complete opposites
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