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    are for ever sundered: – and yet‚ while I breathe and think I must love him." (2.2.85) Seeing Rochester among his high-class houseguests‚ Jane realizes that he has more in common with her than he does with them. Despite Jane’s and Rochester’s different class backgrounds‚ their master-servant relationship‚ and the strict gender roles of Victorian society‚ Jane

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    The novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë consists of the continuous journey through Jane’s life towards her final happiness and freedom. This is effectively supported by five significant ‘physical’ journeys she makes‚ which mirror the four emotional journeys she makes. 10-year-old Jane lives under the custody of her Aunt Reed‚ who hates her. Jane resents her harsh treatment by her aunt and cousins so much that she has a severe temper outburst‚ which results in her aunt sending her to Lowood

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    Apology for Poetry Occasion The Apology was provoked by the Puritanical attack on poesy by Stephen Gosson’s 1579 The Schoole of Abuse “having slipped into the title of a poet‚ am provoked to say something unto you in the defence of that my unelected vocation” 326 “And first‚ truly‚ to all them that‚ professing learning‚ inveigh against poetry‚ may justly be objected that they go very near to ungratefulness to seek to deface that which‚ in the noblest nations and languages that are known‚ hath

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    Explore the use of religion in the text of Jane Eyre Religion is a main theme throughout the novel; we are reminded that everything in this period of time is focused around religion at almost every stage in Jane’s life. There are three religious figures that Jane encounters throughout the novel‚ Mr Brocklehurst‚ Helen Burns and St.John Rivers. With each encounter Jane struggles more with religion‚ she struggles with the balance of what is her moral duty and what she thinks is right herself. Mr Brocklehurst

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    How is the theme of childhood presented in “Jane Eyre”? Support with “The Magic Toyshop”. (40) Although Jane is only ten years old‚ “I was but ten.” at the start of the novel‚ the tone to which “Jane Eyre” is written empowers her and shows her strong spirit‚ especially when she fights back against the bullying of John Reed‚ her cousin. “I received him in frantic sort.” For Jane to fight back against him‚ is an example of her female empowerment and her fighting the patriarchal ways of the Victorians

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    Jane Eyre is a novel that presents many views on religion through its various characters. Charlotte Bronte successfully employs several characters throughout the novel‚ who each have a distinct view on religion‚ specifically Christianity. These characters include Mr. Brocklehurst‚ Eliza Reed‚ Helen Burns‚ St. John Rivers‚ Jane‚ and Mr. Rochester. Some of these characters practice the strictness aspect of Christianity‚ while others believe in duty and works‚ and the remaining few are actual true Christians

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    everyone‚ it was not always fair‚ nor true. Jane Eyre was a nine year old orphan who lived with her aunt‚ Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed didn’t want Jane‚ so therefore she was sent to Lowood Charity School to be disciplined. On her first few hours of being there‚ Jane finds out that only Mr. Brocklehurst‚ the master of the school‚ was the only one allowed to decide what happened there. One afternoon Jane decided to draw a portrait of who had become her friend‚ Helen Burns‚ and asked her to take off her cap to

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    Set in the nineteenth century‚ Jane Eyre describes a woman’s continuous journey through life in search of acceptance and inner peace. Each of the physical journeys made by the main character‚ Jane Eyre‚ have a significant effect on her emotions and cause her to grow and change into the woman she ultimately becomes. Her experiences at Lowood School‚ Thornfield Hall‚ Moor house‚ and Ferndean ingeniously correspond with each stage of Jane’s inner quest and development from an immature child to an intelligent

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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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    Jane Eyre: Christian Values Throughout the novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ written by Charlotte Bronte‚ Jane struggles to find the right balance between moral duty and earthly pleasure; between obligation to her spirit and attention to her physical and emotional needs. She lives most of her childhood as a rebellious and defiant youth‚ but the impact of those whom she is surrounded by helps her grow and develop into a disciplined woman of the Christian faith. Bronte represents Christianity with three major

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