Jane Eyre is a ten-year-old girl who was left behind by her parents‚ therefore she was an orphan considering the fact that she lost both of her parents. Jane currently lives with her “aunt”‚ Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed was left widowed because Jane’s uncle also passed away. Mrs. Reed has three children whom are Jane’s cousins. Jane’s cousins are named Eliza‚ John‚ Georgina Reed. Jane’s cousins dislike her for various reasons‚ for example they dislike her because she is poor‚ an orphan‚ and uneducated. Later
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even horror book. But in fact‚ this comes from Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte‚ with a plot nothing like what one might think from this passage. This shows that no matter what the plot of story is; in this case two peoples journey to find love‚ there is some mystery that keeps the reader guessing. Jane experiences several of Berthas crazy escapes from the attic‚ but is completely unaware of who or what she is. This lack of knowledge of Janes brings in a sense of suspense and terror to the
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Both Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Brontë‚ and Great Expectations‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ have many Victorian similarities. Both novels are influenced by the same three elements. The first is the gothic novel‚ which instilled mystery‚ suspense‚ and horror into the work. The second is the romantic poets‚ which gave the literature liberty‚ individualism‚ and nature. The third is the Byronic hero‚ which consists of the outcast or rebel who is proud and melancholy and seeks a purer life. The results
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The overriding theme of class and social status in the Victorian era is forgrounded in the opening chapter of Jane Eyre and explored in the entirety of the novel through Gothic genre literary technique of a double‚ between Jane’s wealthy cousins the Reeds contrasting with her lower class relatives‚ the Rivers. In the 19th century‚ class divisions were far more fixed and pronounced than they are today‚ and the predetermined class you were born into based on wealth‚ dictated the sort of life you would
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Jane Eyre consists of several themes which all play a part in the novel‚ with religion being a major theme. The Christianity religion‚ more specifically‚ is one of the main themes. In this research paper I would like to examine the relationship between Jane Eyre and the Christianity religion. I also want to look at how Christianity plays its role in the novel. There are a few different types of Christianity represented by four characters in the novel; Mr. Brocklehurst‚ Helen‚ St. John‚ and the Jane
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"Jane Eyre" is set during the Victorian period‚ at a time where a women’s role in society was restrictive and repressive and class differences distinct. A job as a governess was one of the only few respectable positions available to the educated but impoverished single women. <br> <br>Not only is "Jane Eyre" a novel about one woman’s journey through life‚ but Brontë also conveys to the reader the social injustices of the period‚ such as poverty‚ lack of universal education and sexual inequality
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This connects to the novel‚ Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte‚ where Jane Eyre finds her first love and only true love. only with a man named Mr. Rochester who is wealthy‚ while Jane is only a governess to Mr. Rochester’s ward. After Jane discovers her lover’s dark past she is conflicted because she had never felt love like this before and did not want to give it up. Jane faces many tough situations and her love for Mr. Rochester makes it even more challenging for Jane to decide what to do
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Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed‚ her cruel wealthy aunt. One day as punishment for fighting with her teasing cousin John‚ Jane’s aunt imprisons her in the ‘red-room’ – the room in which Jane’s uncle died. Whilst being locked up in the ‘red-room‚’ Jane claims that she sees her uncle’s ghost and faints. She woke up to the company of Bessie and Mr. Lloyd who both decide that Jane was to be sent to the school and to Jane’s delight‚ Mrs. Read agrees. The school is extremely unhygienic
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members such as the governess. The display of social dominance by Rochester towards Jane embodies the nature of the upper class and the Victorian expectation held by society. Bronte uses this to show her idealistic values through Jane as a reflection of herself and there for uses her heroin to save the upper classes depicted through the immoral and arrogant Rochester. She does this by first foreshadowing this when Jane causes Rochester to be de-horsed when she first meets him‚ this foreshadows fall
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Charlotte Brontë uses Jane Eyre and Helen Burns as foils to each other in her novel‚ Jane Eyre. To the audience‚ the two characters appear to be complete opposites due to the stark differences in the philosophy they have on life and in their actions. Despite not having much in common‚ Jane and Helen become good friends and Jane even learns some very important life lessons from her friendship with Helen. Furthermore‚ Helen Burns acts as the representation of an ideal Christian child‚ which has the
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