Representation of the ‘Other’ in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre Abstract This study aims at examining the representation of the’ other’ as portrayed in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1847). It attempts to inspect how the ‘Other’ is viewed in Nineteenth century England and the cultural ideology behind such specific representation. It poses crucial questions as to why the ‘Other’ is always represented negatively in main-stream western narrative as in the case of Bertha Mason who is portrayed as
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Bronte’s Jane Eyre serve the purpose of highlighting the reversal of gender roles established between Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester‚ as well as the fundamental difference between the two characters. Mr. Rochester views‚ in his fantasies‚ Jane Eyre as a “fairy”‚ to save him and take him to “the moon”. Jane Eyre views Mr. Rochester realistically‚ but does have fantastical views of the world‚ whether it be fairies leaving “notions” (103) for her or her mother reaching out to her in a dream. Jane Eyre’s
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pleasure but form and inspiration’(1) to those successful voices such as Charlotte Bronte’s in Jane Eyre‚ that can be viewed in many ways as a variation of Cinderella. Bronte is able to connect easily to her readers by both using and twisting the conventional ideals and elements presented in Cinderella story and thus succeeds in re-shaping the prototype of the female. Although the story of Cinderella and Jane Eyre are not exactly the same‚ there are extremely close relations between the two in terms of
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between Jane and Rochester‚ in Jane Eyre is an intriguing‚ captivating and unconventional one‚ right from their first meeting. Throughout the novel‚ Bronte conveys the struggles in which Jane is faced with‚ in order to have a genuine loving and equal relationship with Rochester‚ without betraying her own personal beliefs and principles. Also the issues of social class standing‚ social rules‚ gender roles and religion in the nineteenth century Victorian culture present as obstacles to Jane in her quest
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Tim Bartlett ENG 396 March 23‚ 2011 Funhouse Mirrors: Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason “Jane Eyre” is a book centred around female duality. In a time when females were still expected to fulfill their “womanly duties‚” Charlotte Bronte wrote a novel dealing with a woman’s view on morality & sexuality‚ passion & sensibility‚ and conformity & insanity‚ among other themes. This motif of duality plays a strong part in the dynamism that makes up the book‚ and is not limited to the themes‚ but is also used
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Uminah Baja E6 Ms.Cortez February 27‚ 2012 Home Reading Assignment Worksheet 1: What is the social problem? 1. The social problem is: People killing themselves. 2. Identify all the players involved in the social problem. The victims‚ the person provoking‚ and the by stander. 3. List 3 undesirable social conditions that result from this problem: Murder‚ Suicide‚ & depression 4. Write a short description that summarizes the social problem and explain how it affects
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Throughout the novels Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte countless comparisons of eternal love can be made. Characters within Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre overcame the constraints society had upon them‚ what appeared to be their destinies and characters were able to overcome themselves. These obstacles were lengthy struggles that characters within each novel were faced with and went through immense pain all for love. The love that characters felt for each other
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Women writers use their personal lives as stimulus when writing works of fiction. As seen in the classic author Charlotte Brontë and her novel Jane Eyre (1847) and also for the contemporary author Kathy Reichs. While Jane Eyre is a novel telling the life story of its title character‚ it is mostly based upon aspects of Brontë’s life. Kathy Reich’s uses her life and personally traits to develop the main character and her life in her novels as well. There are a few reasons why women use this technique
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Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre; serves to underpin the fantastical nature of the bildungsroman story. In passage 3‚ Rochester’s lamentations while “sitting by the window” is reminiscent of Jane sitting in Lowood and wishing more from the world. This is expanded when Rochester describes Jane’s voice as being “spoken amongst mountains”; as Jane originally looked to the mountains and “longed to surmount” them. This parallel shows the similarities between the new Rochester and Jane‚ it reveals Rochester’s
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with other people of the same class and that has always been that way; possibly even more so in the book Jane Eyre. Classes were even more separate than they are today when the book was written and published back in October of 1847. It was highly unlikely and even frowned upon if people from different classes interacted often and especially when they spoke out against the class systems. However‚ Jane was a different kind of person. She broke the mold and spoke out for herself when it wasn’t popular or
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