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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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    Jane Eyre is a ten-year-old girl who was left behind by her parents‚ therefore she was an orphan considering the fact that she lost both of her parents. Jane currently lives with her “aunt”‚ Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed was left widowed because Jane’s uncle also passed away. Mrs. Reed has three children whom are Jane’s cousins. Jane’s cousins are named Eliza‚ John‚ Georgina Reed. Jane’s cousins dislike her for various reasons‚ for example they dislike her because she is poor‚ an orphan‚ and uneducated. Later

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    I have come from the future to interview the great aristocrat of the once great Thornfield Hall‚ Mr Edward Fairfax Rochester. This man fought hard for love when he met his ward’s new governess‚ Jane Eyre‚ although having a few secrets of his own. Rochester attempted bigamy through attempting to marry Jane and leave his mentally deranged first wife‚ Bertha Mason at Thornfield. After hearing of his deceit‚ she ran away from him suddenly and soon after‚ Bertha set fire to the great house before jumping

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    happen to have covered windows‚ which further attributes the visual absence of the outside to punishment. Even though Jane no longer endures John Reed’s particular punishment‚ the conditions

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    “The four settings in the novel reflect the four stages in Jane’s life”. In light of this comment‚ discuss in the importance of settings in Jane Eyre Setting is an essential feature of Jane Eyre‚ and a key method in which Bronte constructs bildungsroman throughout the novel‚ showing Jane’s progression. The names alone of the four settings give us a significant insight and foreshadowing of what Jane’s future holds for her. For example Gateshead may suggest a barrier which she can’t go through or

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    How is Jane Eyre presented as a victim? Described as “humbled” by her “physical inferiority to Eliza‚ John and Georgiana Reed” Outsider – “dispensed from joining the group” “like a Turk” minority group? Not sure Needs to be protected – windows‚ curtains etc physical barrier from the other Conflicted – separates herself whilst longing to belong Pathetic fallacy – mist‚ clouds‚ ceaseless rain Reference to sea-fowl – who dwell on “solitary rocks and promontories” “bad animal”‚ “Madam Mope” – verbally

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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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    Analysis of Jane Eyre Chapter XXIII In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ chapter twenty-three sees a climax of previous events in the form of Mr Rochester proposing matrimony to Jane. This event was built up in previous chapters through Jane’s developing love for him that she kept concealed due to their differing classes and the fact that she was led to believe by Rochester that he was to wed Blanche Ingram. Within the passage‚ a variety of themes are explored by Brontë regarding

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    Ms. Milliner Nneoma Anyanwu E8-04 2-26-14 Essay #2 Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre can be viewed in many different ways‚ but most of all‚ it is a romantic novel. Some‚ however‚ don’t see it this way. The beginning stages of the love relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester’s are a bit unusual. We first encounter this relationship between Jane and Rochester during their first dramatic meeting. She encounters him when he falls off his horse and she is required to give him assistance

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    school where Jane is sent by her aunt is the penitentiary for which the red room was the tribunal. Lowood represents sexual diminishment and sensual discipline thee he girls are systematically starved and deprived of all sensory gratification In 1824 both Charlotte & Emily attended the clergy daughter’s school at Cowan Bridge for 10 months. The recollection of childhood at this school forms the model of lowood institution which Jane attended for eight years in the novel Jane Eyre. Jane is sent away

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