Jane Eyre /ˈɛər/ (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847 by Smith‚ Elder & Co. of London‚ England‚ under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was released the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Writing for the Penguin edition‚ Stevie Davies describes it as an "influential feminist text" because of its in-depth exploration of a strong female character’s feelings.[1] Primarily
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In the novel Jane Eyre‚ Charlotte Bronte wants the readers to be able to have insight about what it was like growing up as a female during this era. In my analysis of the book‚ I found that the novel did a great job portraying what it is was like for women to grow up in the era that the book takes place in. Women is this period of time were treated with disrespect‚ and were forced to be a typically housemaid and were not allowed to have real jobs. When Jane Eyre was growing up‚ she was often shunned
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Nicholas Scelzi Mrs. Pinto English 10H Period 2 April 14‚ 2013 Jane Eyre as a Bildungsroman Jane Eyre‚ written by Charlotte Brontë‚ is a Bildungsroman. A Bildungsroman is a novel in which the protagonist engages in a moral and psychological growth. A Bildungsroman generally exhibits the growth and development of a particular individual within a confined social order. The character‚ to travel on this road to adulthood and development‚ must have some sort of loss or discontent. The path that the character
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The novels Jane Eyre and Little Women are strikingly similar in many ways‚ and the characters Jane Eyre and Jo March are almost mirrors of each other. There are many similarities between Jane and Jo‚ and also some differences‚ as well. From childhood‚ although they find themselves in completely different situations‚ both girls experience many of the same trials in their younger years. Jane is an orphan who has no family to call her own‚ and lives with an aunt and cousins who despise and dislike her
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ROCHESTER By Samir Mustavi Class 10BT‚ Term 1‚ 2012 “Bigamy at its worst‚ blind man loses all‚ now to tell all.” Good afternoon‚ my name Samir Mustavi‚ and 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
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somewhat mysterious personality. However‚ with the gothic atmosphere of Jane Eyre‚ it seems almost suiting for the hero to embody many such attributes of a Byronic hero One of the most prominent literary character types of the Romantic period‚ the Byronic hero is not conventionally "heroic" and his dark qualities tend to reject the image of a "traditional" hero. We see the influence Byron’s poetry had on Bronte’s writing; when in Jane Eyre‚ Bronte makes a reference to one of his works‚ The Corsair‚ "Here
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This passage greatly shows the stark contrast between the two women‚ the demonization of the Oriental female subject and the innocence of the English one. Rochester’s narration of his life with Bertha paints a very negative portrait of hers. He tells Jane that he was bonded with a mad Creole woman that came from a Jamaican mad and degraded family‚ having “idiots and maniacs through three generations” and a mother‚ “the Creole…both a madwoman and a drunkard!” (JE 337). Apart from her insanity‚ his disappointment
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an emotional need that even Jane‚ from Charlotte Bronte’s book Jane Eyre‚ can’t ignore. Throughout the story line‚ Jane is searching to find love. She was looking‚ not just for the love of a man‚ but for the love of a family but Jane’s search for love sometimes ends up challenging her independence. Jane’s independence is related to autonomy which is seen throughout the story and is often used as the center for determining moral responsibility for one’s actions. While Jane is wishing for love‚ she is
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In the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ the main character Jane has gone from a dark childhood to an acceptable young Victorian woman‚ by going through many years of change and her overcoming her adolescent difficulties. In her younger years‚ a result of being unaccepted by her family‚ negatively affected her mental state. Once she reached Lowood Institution‚ she was taught how to become a respectable Victorian governess‚ which entails maturity and the ability to control emotion. Jane would see
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Jane Eyre and Upward Mobility of Women Jane Eyre was written based on Victorian society. The following thesis will focus on the topic of marriage‚ social and economic standings‚ and upward mobility during a time of socially suppressed women. The position of women is seen in Jane Eyre is shown accurately when she deals with her struggles in Victorian society. As a woman during her time‚ Jane must live up to strict expectations of society. Women were seen as inferior to men during this time
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