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    Bessie showed Jane that your class status in life does not affect who you are as a person. Bessie is Jane’s childhood nursemaid and the closest female figure to a mother‚ while in addition being Janes only ally when living at Gateshead. Bessie had just returned to Gateshead after she has spent some time away. They catch up by talking about their lives and everything that has changed since they last saw each other. ‘I dare say you are clever‚ though‚’ continued Bessie‚ by way of solace. ‘What can

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    Jane Addams: An Emotionally Intelligent Leader Throughout history‚ there have been many great feminists and social activists. There are many women who have changed history and made their mark on the world. Few however‚ can be titled as “the greatest woman in the world” and still regarded today as a pioneer social woman in United States history (Times‚ n.d). Jane Addams‚ Born in 1860‚ knew at a young age that life was not all ice cream and trips to the toy store. As the daughter of a well-to-do

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    perfect pleasure for many of the girls and their families from Elizabeth’s neighborhood. Jane’s and Bingley’s chemistry in this ball‚ as Austen depicts‚ completely matches with each other. The Meryton ball works as a catalyst to advance a love between Jane and Bingley‚ they exchange amorous glances since it is for what she does painstaking efforts to cultivate love in her characters through dancing‚ the love that must be emerged from her characters’ inner most feelings for each other‚ and the love that

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    This essay will look at representations of black and white women in both The History of Mary Prince by Mary Prince and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and in doing so it will also look at the distinctions between what is perceived as normal and what is perceived as deviant in the two works. In order to discuss this I will look at the characters of Jane and Bertha in Jane Eyre. This essay will discuss how they are depicted within the novel and will include works such as The Madwoman in the Attic by

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    In Bronte’s Jane Eyre‚ nature reveals Jane’s internal emotions and growth that she has difficulty expressing for herself. Bronte utilizes nature as her expression of what Jane has trapped inside. Jane finds her happiness in nature as well as the ability to grow past what she experienced in her troubling past. Nature acts as guidance for the reader to decipher Jane’s complicated emotions that she doesn’t show. Charlotte Bronte uses nature to parallel Jane’s emotions as well as her evolution from a

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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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    Graded Paper #1: An Analysis of “Why men really do not enjoy Jane Austen’s novels” “It’s a fact that more women read Jane Austen than men”‚ says Vic‚ a blogger. One might want to know why‚ so an individual might research and discover that many men say the real reason they do not like Jane Austen is because‚ “ the main characters are girls and I am a guy” blaming the reason that they do not like her works on the bases of it not being relatable. In actuality‚ men do not like Austen because she depicts

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    On Jane Austen’s View of Marriage ——Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen (1775-1817) is often viewed as one of the greatest realistic novelists in English literature in the 19th century. During the forty-two years of her life‚ she completed six novels and left behind three fragments‚ which vividly revealed the class relationship‚ social customs and morals of her time and depicted the life of the rural gentry in conservative and tight conditions. In her works‚ innocent courting and proper marriages

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    In Jane Eyre Bronte uses descriptions of the inside of Thornfield Hall to create a Gothic atmosphere in which Jane feels uncomfortable. The isolation and large uninhabited spaces of the manor remove it from the outside world. Strange entities and details as well as metaphor make the house seem unknown and plagued with the supernatural. It becomes a place stopped in time and detached from reality‚ in a way Thornfield Hall comes to represent Jane’s life. The first device Emily Bronte uses is a portrayal

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    spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”(Albert Schweitzer) In both of the novels Les Miserables and Jane Eyre‚ there were characters who sparked ideas and philosophies for the other characters in the story as well as the reader. In Jane Eyre‚ one of the most influential characters in the whole stories was Helen Burns‚ and in Les Miserables an important central character is that of Cosette. These two supporting characters

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