daughters brought up at home without a governess! I never heard of such a thing. Your mother must have been quite a slave to your education…you must have been neglected…Very odd!” (112). During Elizabeth’s first visit‚ Lady Catherine analytically judges Elizabeth’s intelligence and status based on her piano-playing abilities and whether or not she has the experience of having a governess. Because of the customary traditions of musical talent and having a governess in England‚ Lady Catherine’s view of
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while still at Gateshead‚ Jane may have had the same reaction when she was sent to the red room; crying herself to exhaustion. Now being older‚ she has learned how to deal with adversity. Later‚ Jane decides that it’s time for a change and takes a governess job at Thornfield
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society. The absence of advanced educational opportunities for women and their alienation from almost all fields of work gave them little option in life: either become a house wife or a governess. Although today a tutor may be considered a fairly high class and intellectual job‚ in the Victorian era a governess was little more than a servant who was paid to share her scarce amount of knowledge in limited fields to a child. With little respect‚ security‚ or class one may certainly feel that an intelligent
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Chasuble‚ the man set to christen both Jack and Algernon‚ arrives‚ and mentioned Cecily’s governess. Lady Bracknell recognizes the name and demands that the governess be called to her. Evidently‚ the governess had left Lady Bracknell’s sister with a baby‚ never to return. Lady Bracknell demanded to know the whereabouts of the child‚ but the governess was ignorant to them. She claimed that she had mistakenly placed the baby in a handbag that she left at the railway station
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he stops the wedding. Adele is the little girl in whom Jane is governess to. Jane Eyre is under the care of her aunt‚ whom hates her‚ and is sent to an institute where she spends nine years‚ seven as a student two as a teacher. The institute wasn’t sanitized and there was an illness that passed through the institution and killed a lot of young girls. Jane survived but she lost a friend whom she only talked to. Gets a job as a governess at Thornfield where she falls in love with Mr. Rochester‚ who
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Forsyth Major Works Data Sheet AP Literature and Composition Class Period: 3B Title of Work: Jane Eyre Author: Charlotte Brontë Date of Publication: October 16‚ 1847 Genre: Bildungsroman‚ Governess Novel‚ Gothic (Romantic)‚ Victorian (Realism) Characteristics of the Genre: Bildungsroman: A Bildungsroman is translated from German to literally mean a “novel of education.” It is a coming-of-age novel. It is clear that Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman because the
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John Reed’s decline into alcoholism and dissolution is most likely modeled upon the life of Charlotte Brontë’s brother Branwell‚ who slid into opium and alcohol addictions in the years preceding his death. Finally‚ like Charlotte‚ Jane becomes a governess—a neutral vantage point from which to observe and describe the oppressive social ideas and practices of nineteenth-century Victorian society. Summary Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed‚ her cruel‚ wealthy aunt. One day‚ as
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Jane Eyre: A Critical Analysis of Gender Relations in Victorian Literature Modern society tends to view the Victorian era as one of oppression and constraint‚ despite the social and cultural upheaval of the time. This contradiction refers‚ in large‚ to the constraints imposed on the female gender. Women in Victorian England were viewed as inferior to their male counterparts‚ and were allocated clearly defined roles within society. Their treatment is a subject that is explored and critiqued throughout
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Introduction Jane Eyre has been popular with readers all over the world since its publication in 1847. It was written by Charlotte Bronte‚ one of the most outstanding British writers in nineteenth century. The character of Jane Eyre attracts everybody of us and encourage lots of women to pursue the real love and keep the spirit of Jane Eyre . I am one of the beneficiary ‚ so I chose this title as my thesis . This thesis first introduced the author Charlotte Bronte‚ for they have many common
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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 a brooding man named Edward Rochester. After being lied to by Mr. Rochester she leaves to go to Marsh End‚ where she learns to gain her independence. Towards the end of the novel Jane Eyre is
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