face in life. This archetype can be found in slightly different forms in the three novels: “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë‚ “The Odyssey” by Homer‚ and “The Plague” by Albert Camus. Each author uses the archetype‚ the journey‚ to express their own thoughts; they create an overall theme or message to influence their readers. “Jane Eyre” was written in 1847 by Charlotte Brontë. The novel follows Jane Eyre from her childhood as the family scapegoat‚ through her schooling at a poorly managed charity
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subsequently treated. Especially in 19th and 20th century pieces of literature‚ characters portray symptoms of mental illnesses‚ but their conditions are often not directly acknowledged as mental illness and are in return poorly treated. Specifically Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys‚ and Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf depict how mental illnesses affect both men and women and how society generally stigmatizes them. In a patriarchal society‚ women are expected to be subordinate
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himself to be superior to others who may actually precede his status in society. His judgment is cast back on him at the end of the novel when everyone realizes his true nature‚ and any sliver of content he once held has now left. Mr. Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre is similar to the character of Bob
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(117-124) 2/19 Helen Burns is several years older than Jane Eyre. Helen is able to remain graceful and calm in the face of the harsh punishment taken place at Lowood. Jane immediately becomes attached to Helen‚ appealing that she is he savior. Helen was the first to befriend her. With all the crude conditions and grim discipline‚ she seems to be incapable of anger or vengeance. She epitomizes religious devotion and Christian principles to Jane. She never passes judgment nor rebels even against Miss
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In Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre‚ a man named Edward Rochester is the master of Thornfield Hall‚ where Jane Eyre is hired as a governess to the young Adèle. When Jane first meets Mr. Rochester‚ she sees him as a cold and forbidding man. Through the influence of Jane Eyre‚ Rochester goes through a dramatic change in both his body and his mind. Physically‚ he has suffered debilitating injuries‚ while mentally‚ he is more open and has learned the true meaning of love. The most obvious transformation
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Discuss the presentation of confict in the texts that you have studied In “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens‚ conflict is presented as the outcome of industrialisation‚ material prosperity and a strict utilitarian way of life. In the 1850’s when the novel was written in instalments in ‘Household Words’‚ Victorian England was in the age of reform‚ which was creating new tensions between social classes‚ and creating a new type of ‘master’ represented by characters such as Mr. Gradgrind and more particularly
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Antoinette comes up with a plan to end her suffering‚ just as many slaves ended theirs. Antoinette setts Thornfield on fire and jumps to her death believing she is meant to live with Tia. Also‚ the essay hints at how differently Antoinette and Jane Eyre are treated. Jane is part of the English culture‚ but is very different than an English woman. Antoinette has no clue who she identifies with‚ but there are many similarities between her beliefs and those of other cultures. As it says in the same essay‚ “Though
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If nothing else‚ the Cannonball Read is teaching me that the more I care about a book‚ the harder it is for me to write about it. In the light of recent personal events‚ I was having a hard time delving into Jane Eyre’s love story without my own romantic baggage weighing my interpretation down. At the very least‚ I can still say that I bristle whenever someone compares the Twilight series to Charlotte Bronte’s best known novel. However‚ I didn’t want to spend the review going on and on about how
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Fraga Honors English 1‚ per.6 27 February 2013 Topic B In Jane Eyre there are characters that being rich changes them. They believe that since they have money they are better than the people that don’t. Mrs. Reed and her family after Mr. Reed died thought they were more than her. Then Blanche Ingram disrespected Jane when she was at the party. She treated Jane like she wasn’t even human. Finally when St. John got the 5‚000£ from Jane he treated her differently than before. Money is the root of
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Read about Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre. Change the extract of the novel into reported speech online and finish the rest of the extract on paper. |Jane Eyre (excerpt from chapter 6) Charlotte Bronte | | | |Jumping over forms‚ and creeping under tables‚ I made my way to one of the fire-places;
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