Hung Harris Pham English 111 Prof. Amster Final Paper The Red-room in _Jane Eyre_ It is not rare to encounter effective and incisive uses of space within nineteenth century literature. The famous novel _Jane Eyre_ by Charlotte Brontë is one of the finest examples of a fictional work with profuse uses of space in the period. The red-room in which the little Jane Eyre is locked as a punishment for her panicky defense of herself against her cousin John Reed is the first noteworthy use of space
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Jane’s punishment in the red room emphasizes the existence of separate‚ yet accessible worlds‚ while perverting Jane’s comfort to being indoors with the discomfort of a supernatural encounter in an isolated room. As a result of her altercation with John Reed‚ her aunt‚ Mrs. Reed‚ orders her to stay a night in the Red Room–the place where her uncle‚ Mr. Reed‚ died. In this scene‚ Brontë describes that in the Red Room‚ “…the two large windows‚ with their blinds always drawn down‚ were half shrouded
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haunted house‚ the red room from chapter two of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is seen as a spooky setting‚ causing people to feel anxiety and fear while inside. The characteristics and mysteries the red room holds as well as Jane’s severe distress throughout the scenery are the gothic elements that significantly contribute to the spooky atmosphere of the setting. The element of a mysterious‚ suspenseful atmosphere is enhanced through the red room’s overwhelming use of the color red‚ as well as being
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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. Primarily of the bildungsroman genre‚ Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character‚ including her growth to adulthood‚ and her love for Mr.
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Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre emerges with a unique voice in the Victorian period for the work posits itself as a sentimental novel; however‚ it deliberately becomes unable to fulfill the genre‚ and then‚ it creates an altogether divergent novel that demonstrates its superiority by adding depth of structure in narration and character portrayal. Joan D. Peters’ essay‚ Finding a Voice: Towards a Woman’s Discourse of Dialogue in the Narration of Jane Eyre positions Gerard Genette’s theory of convergence
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Devina Chintaman Survey of British Literature II Veronica Schanoes December 13‚ 2012 Hidden Meanings in Jane Eyre Jane Eyre is the story of an underprivileged‚ orphaned girl ’s pursue for love. However‚ the plot of Jane Eyre is very obscured. Suspense plays a great role in the story. In each chapter‚ Jane discovers an answer to one question only to be perplexed with another mystery or dilemma. Through the use of similes‚ metaphors‚ and other literary devices‚ Charlotte Bronte conveys
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It is possible to read and enjoy Wide Sargasso Sea without any knowledge of its relationship to Jane Eyre but an important dimension of the story will be missing. It is certain that Jean Rhys herself expected that her readers had a passing knowledge of Charlotte Brontë’s novel even if they didn’t know it in detail. In an interview in 1979 Jean Rhys said that‚ on reading Jane Eyre as a child‚ she resented the way in which Creole women were represented as mad and that this inspired her to present Bertha’s
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Jane Eyre is a gothic novel. A gothic novel contains an atmosphere of gloom‚ terror‚ or mystery. Jane Eyre is a gothic novel because it contains elements of gloom and horror. One element of a gothic novel is that the uncanny challenges reality‚ and causes the character to believe in supernatural beings. The first example of this is when Jane is at Thornfield. Jane has left to mail a letter and is returning to Thornfield when she sees something. She believes it to be a gytrash‚ which is a spirit
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undefined Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë Cliff’s Notes - Chapter Summaries & Character Analyses • Introduction • Chapter Summaries • Character Analyses • CHARLOTTE BRONTE - HER LIFE AND TIMES At the time‚ literary society in England was a very small world. For a complete unknown to publish a successful novel was relatively unusual. For three unknowns to manage it in a single year was unheard of. Naturally‚ everyone was curious about them‚ though normally the curiosity would have died down
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treated unfair. One kind of injustice is abuse. In the novel Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Bronte‚ the main character is abused at a young age. Injustices occurred everywhere in the main character‚ Jane Eyre ’s life. Jane lived at different places throughout her life which include Gateshead‚ Lowood‚ and Thornfield. Gateshead is the location where the orphan Jane grew up with her cousins‚ the Reeds. Lowood is the school for orphans in which Jane is sent to at the age of ten. Finally‚ Thornfield is one
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