Jane Eyre is a feminist novel. A feminist is a person whose beliefs and behavior are based on feminism (belief in the social‚ political‚ and economic equality of the sexes). Jane Eyre is clearly a critique of assumptions about both gender and social class. It contains a strong feminist stance; it speaks to deep‚ timeless human urges and fears‚ using the principles of literature to chart the mind?s recesses. Thus‚ Jane Eyre is an epitome of femininity - a young independent individual steadfast in
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Revolutionary Jane In Brontë’s time‚ the Victorian era‚ class system still played a huge role in society. People of a certain class would often look down on people from another class. Class was something you were born into. It was almost impossible to shift from one class to another. In the novel Jane Eyre‚ Brontë presents a very revolutionary character in that aspect. Charlotte Brontë is critical about the class system and tries to show that through Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre is not influenced by
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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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It was a cold night and I lie down in a room with my friend Jane. Her full name is Jane Addams. She had just been on a trip to Europe then Baltimore trying to find herself but I saw that she still wondered what she would do with her life. "So‚ do you have a plan now?" I asked. She cleared her throat. "I am lost‚ Raina. But I’m thinking about taking another trip with Ellen." I nodded my head slowly at her. Ellen was her former college roomate and a really good friend of hers. "Where to?" I decided
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Jane Austen’s Word: a reading of Jane Austen’s novels shows that her materials are extremely limited in themselves. Her subject matter is limited to the manners of a small section of country-gentry who apparently never have been worried about death or sex‚ hunger or war‚ guilt or God. Jane Austen herself referred to her work as “Two inches of ivory.” In a letter to her niece‚ Jane Austen wrote‚ “Three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on.” Those three or four families
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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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In the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Brontë‚ Jane gradually matures until she is an independent woman. To achieve this state of autonomy‚ she must first make some life-changing decisions which mark major turning points in the story. Her first step to establishing herself as a self-sufficient woman occurs when she decides to leave Lowood‚ as she states‚ “I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer…” (page 72). Jane indicates in this plea that she undoubtedly desires
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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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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and A Passage to India by E. M. Forster are novels that both hold beliefs and prejudices‚ religion and culture‚ agreements and disagreements‚ which resultantly connect and divide characters. The novels primarily focus on the characters‚ Jane Eyre and Mrs. Moore‚ who both‚ consciously and unconsciously affect the lives of the men (Mr. Rochester and Dr. Aziz) they involve themselves with. There are several other characters that play significant roles in the novel as well
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Explanation: Violence and hate is not a resolution. Sometimes forgiving is the best way to let go of the past. Journal Entry #3 “‘You will come to the same region of happiness: be received by the same mighty‚ universal Parent‚ no doubt‚ dear Jane. Again I questioned‚ but this time only in thought. ‘Where is that region? Does it exist?” - Chapter 9‚ page 124 Reaction: It was kind of sad seeing how an eight year old little girl can lose all faith in the world‚ other‚ and also herself
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