wrong. In Jane Eyre‚ the characters demonstrate many struggles with their own consciences and their moral values. Although some characters succumb to their temptations in the novel‚ others like Jane are able to stay true to their inner selves and learn from their mistakes. One’s moral values and inner truth are the things that one must strive to find‚ and to maintain. It is important that once one finds them‚ one upholds his or her commitment to them‚ as a guide throughout life. One of Jane Eyre’s central
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varying degrees‚ Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre addresses the expectations of gender roles presently common in Victorian novels during the nineteenth century. Even in modern day society‚ the view of man tends to be aggressive‚ dominative‚ and ambitious‚ while women are portrayed as emotional‚ subservient‚ and sometimes passive. Bronte’s depiction of the stereotypical male and female roles are accurate‚ but she also displays how one’s gender can be altered. Jane‚ the novel’s protagonist‚ is a cookie-cutout
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of life amidst its perils.” (101 An adult Jane Eyre narrates this passage on the afternoon of Miss Temple’s wedding‚ after she has left Lowood for her honeymoon. Jane is eighteen years old‚ and teaches at the school. In this passage‚ Jane reflects on her present situation‚ and begins to realize that she has reached a forked road. Although Jane knows that she will miss Miss Temple‚ a role model and significant influence on Jane’s adolescence‚ Jane believes that the peace created around her is
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Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre explores one woman’s life in 19th century England. Jane lives in a society whose culture is shallow and apathetic to virtue. Even though she is exemplary in character and intellect‚ these attributes are forgotten in place of class and beauty. Jane struggles with the harsh judgment she faces for being poor and conventionally unattractive. Jane departs from Victorian ideals and argues that equality must supersede gender roles and conditions of one’s birth. Phyllis
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is given two choices‚ either to accept his lowly status or to transcend his role in society. In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ Jane is motivated rather than discouraged by the various forms of oppression inflicted upon her and those around her and uses this motivation to rise to a position of both power and privilege‚ two things that she has lacked since birth. The odds of the world were against Jane before she even took her first breath. She was not just born a female‚ but born to a lower-class
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The most important scene in “Jane Eyre” is in chapter 26‚ where her seemingly perfect marriage with Mr. Rochester was prevented by the presence of his living wife. While serving as the turning point of the novel‚ this chapter conveyed the maturation Jane had gone through and included the emerging Gothic writing style during the nineteenth century. In chapter 26‚ Briggs showed up during the marriage ceremony to confront the near-newlyweds that “an insuperable impediment to this marriage exists”
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Throughout Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë uses the character Jane as a tool to comment on the oppression that women were forced to endure at the time. Jane can be seen as representative of the women who suffered from repression during the Victorian period‚ a time when patriarchy was commonplace. Brontë herself was affected by the time period‚ because according to Wolfe‚ she was deprived “experience and intercourse and travel.” (70) Thus Jane offers a unique perspective as a woman who is both keenly aware
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main characters in their books‚ Jane and Tess‚ respectively‚ face similar tribulations‚ but end up with infinitely distinct outcomes in their lives because of their authors’ vastly different worldviews. Using James Sire’s A Universe Next Door‚ as a key to understanding worldviews‚ and analyzing Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles makes the authors’ worldviews well defined. Comparing Brontë’s and Hardy’s worldviews explains why the stories of Jane and Tess
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a sophisticated and renowned Gothic romance novel. Its plot has many unconventional twists and turns and‚ although the novel has been widely accepted and appreciated in the world of classic literature‚ it has also had its share of controversy. From the beginning of the novel‚ it becomes clear that it does not perhaps preach the same religious values as other books written during its time (the 1800s)‚ and some have taken the view that this aspect of the book is
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In the novel Jane Eyre‚ Blanche Ingram indirectly raises Jane’s sense of self-worth by allowing Jane to see that her humility and compassion can be prized above wealth and physical appearance. Blanche Ingram is a a complete contrast to Jane in the way she looks and acts. Ms. Ingram is beautiful and affluent‚ as described by Ms. Fairfax: "Tall‚ fine bust‚ sloping shoulders; long‚ graceful neck: olive complexion‚ dark and clear; noble features; eyes rather like Mr. Rochester’s: large and black‚ and
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