The gothic romance novel “Jane Eyre‚” by Charlotte Bronte‚ is essentially the story of a woman’s quest to find love. Through the many challenges in her life‚ Bronte portrays her character‚ Jane‚ as one who struggles not only with her gender and class‚ but also with her sense of belonging. Growing up in the absence of a mother‚ Jane struggles with her identity and her womanhood. Through the different stages of her life however‚ she encounters various women who nurture her and act as her guides and
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Love is a huge concept in Jane Eyre. Her entire life Jane looks for love whether it is the kind of love between family‚ friends‚ or a partner. Jane ’s need for love is so great that‚ according to Charles Burkhart‚ "Love is a religion in Jane Eyre."(academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu) Many people judge Jane and don’t get along with her because they can’t see past her plain face or her unladylike mind and personality. Jane even points those things out in herself. Jane desires to find a life of independence
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occurs when Jane learns from Mrs. Reed that her parents lived in poverty. Mrs. Reed asks if Jane would like to go live with her parents instead of in the well-off Reed household‚ leading to this reflection. This quote shows that Jane has a stereotypical idea in her head about the impoverished. It foreshadows Jane’s desire for a higher place in society late on in the book‚ where it is a primary
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How and why are selected canonical texts re-written by female authors? Answer with close reference to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Sea is a relatively still sea‚ lying within the south-west zone of the North Atlantic Ocean‚ at the centre of a swirl of warm ocean currents. Metaphorically‚ for Jean Rhys‚ it represented an area of calm‚ within the wide division between England and the West Indies. Within such an area‚ a sense of stability
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succession of encounters with the external world) Time and place written: 1847‚ London Date of first publication: 1847 Protagonist: Jane Eyre Antagonist: Jane meets with a series of forces that threaten her liberty‚ integrity‚ and happiness. Characters embodying these forces are: Aunt Reed‚ Mr. Brocklehurst‚ Bertha Mason‚ Mr. Rochester (in that he urges Jane to ignore her conscience and surrender to
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING "Behind every book is a man; behind the man is a race; and behind the race are the natural and social environments whose influence is unconsciously reflected”‚ this we must know‚ if the book is to speak its whole message. In simple word‚ we have now reached at the point where we wish to understand and enjoy literature‚ and the first step toward it is to know its essential qualities as exact definition is impossible.” -Author Unknown Introduction
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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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themselves. They explore others to find themselves‚ and see others as distorted mirrors that they are not what they are. The female figures in Wuthering Heights create a whole version of women together. 2.Role of Women – Pride and Prejudice Discussion Women in England in the 1800’s‚ which is when Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is set‚ had one primary function‚ which was to marry‚ and marry well. The Bennet girls have a temporarily comfortable life‚ for in the absence of sons‚ when their father dies
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references to develop characters in the novel Jane Eyre such as “Rebekah at the Well‚” “The Twelve Apostles‚” and “Noah’s Ark.” The story “Rebekah at the Well‚” from Genesis‚ comes into play in an important instance in Bronte’s classic Jane Eyre. In the novel‚ this occasion is the start of Jane and Rochester’s burning love. This passion between the two lovers mirrors God’s Word in the way that both “Rebekah at the Well‚” and the steamy story of Jane and Rochester are both beginnings; the start
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The Role of Comestibles in Jane Eyre Throughout Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre‚ Jane’s ambiguous social class is often a problematic force within the novel. One mechanism with which Bronte attempts to elucidate Jane’s standing during certain episodes in the novel may be the appearances of food strewn throughout the book. The particular foods provided to Jane – specifically bread and porridge – as well as the providers of the sustenance and the varied contexts in which they are given to Jane‚ indicate
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