authors experimenting with this genre was Charlotte Brontë‚ whose groundbreaking novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ forever changed Gothic literature. Indeed‚ the grandiose but desolate buildings and English gardens thick fog furnishing the Victorian England landscape exhibits all the signs of a proper Gothic setting. However‚ Brontë distinguishes her novel with one brilliant twist: it is narrated by a female protagonist. Jane Eyre explores the titular Jane’s coming of age story‚ and her struggle to conquer society’s
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Jessica Fish Mrs. Sullivan English 9H Period 3 30 January 2017 Title Nineteenth century women were expected to be quiet and reserved‚ but there were some exceptions. Jane‚ of Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre‚ is one of these exceptions. In her early life‚ Jane endures harsh treatment from her aunt and cousins‚ so she is sent away to boarding school in order to escape them. Later‚ she becomes a governess to a young girl‚ but leaves after romantic complications with her employer. Eventually
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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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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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Isolation in Jane Eyre and the Wide Sargasso Sea. The theme of isolation is explored in Bronte’s novel; Jane Eyre. This theme is also developed in The Wide Sargasso Sea‚ by Jean Rhys. Both pieces present different types of isolation‚ such as isolation due to location and the isolation of a character due to their social status‚ such as Jane’s status as a governess. The various ways in which isolation is present in each of the texts show how inescapable and unavoidable isolation is for the characters
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Jane Eyre: A Coming of Age Story Charlotte Bronte’s novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ is a coming of age story‚ about a young‚ orphaned‚ and submissive girl growing up‚ through many hardships‚ into a young‚ passionate‚ and free willed woman. Charlotte Bronte begins the story with a ten-year-old Jane Eyre living with an impartial and sometimes cruel aunt‚ Aunt Reed. Aunt Reed‚ after neglecting Jane for the whole of her life‚ finally decides to send her away to boarding school‚ to Lowood School. Upon her departure
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Jane Austen’s portrayal of women differs from the Bronte sisters’ portrayal of women. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen portrayed Elizabeth Bennet as a strong-willed character who was not easily swayed by material wealth or social status. This differs from other characters such as Charlotte Lucas. In the case of Charlotte‚ she was more concerned over monetary aspects than love. Charlotte does not view love as the most vital component of marriage‚ and instead is more interested in having a comfortable
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about them. Charlotte Bronte plays off of these disturbing superstitions in her novel Jane Eyre. She creates a system so that each supernatural episode has certain elements and manifestations. These manifestations are interesting to observe‚ but Bronte uses them as much to emphasize the importance of events that do not follow the rules as to set the scene for the incidents that do. All of these episodes surround Jane Eyre‚ and each has some affect on her‚ influencing her either psychologically or in
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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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In the novel Emma‚ the author‚ Jane Austen‚ uses many different techniques to characterize Miss Bates as a woman with no intellect‚ but a very kind heart. Miss Bates in a humorous character who is loved and loving. Austen’s diction is one such technique used to characterize Miss Bates. Miss Bates is a "contented" old woman with certain "cheerfulness" to her nature. Miss Bates always has good intentions and is always a happy‚ joyful woman. Her good will towards others makes her such a popular
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