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    Charlotte receives knowledgeable advice from Doctor Jacquith‚ He says “Not to make use of her free-will was like putting a blindfold over the eyes and letting somebody else lead her around” (51). Charlotte learns this valuable lesson throughout the novel. At first‚ she struggles with free-will but overcomes this fear by finding a purpose in life. She experiences freedom‚ love‚ and relationships far from home. Her mother took her identity by controlling every outcome. She was unfamiliar with the

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    one emotion‚ one thing is for sure‚ it gives people a greater purpose for existence‚ a reason to live and die for‚ something beyond them to devote their life. Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Brontë and A Tale of Two Cities‚ by Charles Dickens‚ are two popular‚ classic examples of love. Thesis: While both novels have a central theme of love‚ Jane Eyre focuses on the search for love while A Tale of Two Cities interprets the love for family‚ as well as‚ the search for new relationships. Compare: Contrast

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    Charlotte Brontë creates sympathy for Jane Eyre is by telling the story through her. We see everything from her point of view. The effect is that‚ even if we see her behaving in a way we do not like‚ we understand why she behaves as she does‚ and share her feelings. At the beginning of the book‚ Jane gets into trouble because of her behaviour towards John Reed. Described as it is‚ we realise immediately that she is the victim‚ and not a naughty child. When Jane refuses to live with Rochester as his

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    Comparison of Setting between Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre In two literary works‚ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ setting plays an important role. Setting can be described as the time [http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=time&amp%3Bv=56] and place in which an event occurs. It helps the reader to understand the story and where the character is coming from. Both the authors associate setting to the characters in the story. In Wuthering Heights‚ the setting

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    journey’s; transporting them into the past and into the future‚ displaying the changes in societies across the years. The tale of abused orphan Jane Eyre‚ who through the words of Charlotte Bronte‚ defies expectations‚ as she faces various obstacles and difficulties on her journey towards equality and autonomy. Bronte’s novel explores the emotional journey of Jane‚ using the physical process of her travels throughout the thirty years of which the novel spans to illustrate the change in her character‚

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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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    Discuss how Charlotte Bronte employs narrative techniques in the novel Jane Eyre Throughout Jane Eyre‚ Bronte incorporates narrative techniques to emphasise certain points and to keep the reader’s attention. In the first few chapters of the novel we are introduced into the world she is surrounded by‚ with the use of very descriptive imagery‚ with a gothic element also incorporated for the audience to obtain a grasp of Jane’s situation. As the nature of the book develops and unravels‚ frequently

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    Another example is what Jane says to Mrs. Reed before she leaves Gateshead. “I am not deceitful: if I were‚ I should say I loved you‚ but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar‚ you may give to

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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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    By reading both Jane and Bertha together‚ it is clear that Bertha is a vehicle through which Jane’s inner conflicts and desire for freedom are brought to life. Brontë successfully portrays this through her use of language‚ mirror imagery and constant proximity between the two characters. Firstly‚ both Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason are perceived by Victorian society similarly – they are both unwanted‚ unnoticed and unfitting to their surroundings‚ with Bertha being locked away as a result of her supposed

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