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    A reflection on Jane Eyre

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    past the tensions of party control and wealth to overcome the issues of today. Jane Eyre embodies the heart of the feminist struggling that began amidst the Victorian era. Jane Eyre acquires an education‚ which was fairly rare for women of the age. With her education Jane Eyre avoids the common path of domestic servitude‚ choosing to live as an equal with Mr. Rochester. Class structure in Victorian England: Jane Eyre spends her life struggling to avoid the conformist nature of class. When

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    Religion In Jane Eyre

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    Throughout the novel Jane Eyre‚ the main character‚ Jane‚ not only struggles to find herself and her purpose‚ but also attempts to find her own outlook of religion. On her journey‚ she meets three drastically different variations of Christian faith. Although she does not accept any religion of those that she encounters‚ these characters eventually lead her to the discovery of her own outlook on God. The first character she comes across is Mr. Brocklehurst‚ the owner of Lowood and a harsh and hypocritical

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    Jane Austen's Influence

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    on. An important name that will certainly come to mind is Jane Austen. Austen was a respected writer during her lifetime‚ but her true glory began after her death. During her life‚ Europe was very much expanding with literature and writing was increasingly influential. Austen’s different views on common events and issues really made her stand out from those during the time‚ and her intriguing writing still captivates readers today. Jane Austen greatly impacted European world culture and society

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    Jane Eyre was an exceptionally strong‚ intelligent‚ and independent woman for her time. She was extremely well educated and worked hard to become more so by studying on her own and teaching herself by reading books. She stood up for herself and what she believed in and always spoke her mind. She always did what she believed in even if that meant having to leave the men she loved. She willfully dragged herself through hell and back just to uphold her values. Very few women who lived during the

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    Feminism in Jane Austen

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    Feminism in Jane Austen "I often wonder how you can find time for what you do‚ in addition to the care of the house; and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard works‚ with all her family cares‚ is still more a matter of astonishment! Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb." -- Jane Austen‚ letter of September 8 1816 to Cassandra "I will only add in justice to men‚ that though to the larger and more trifling

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    Theme of Jane Eyre

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    Jane Eyre’ Book Report Jane Eyre has gone through a lot of hard times during her life. I wanted to jot down about her lifetime story‚ but that would be almost the same as just summarizing the whole book. So I came up with three ‘themes’ I had found while reading the book. To start off‚ feminism definitely had a strong scent in the book. In my opinion‚ Charlotte Bronte‚ the author of Jane Eyre‚ probably wanted to tell us that women were more constrained by society than men are. To be specific

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    Jane Elliot experiment

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    experiment a) Jane Elliot a teacher tell her class of 9 years old that people with blue eyes are more intelligent and better than those with brown eyes. Brown – eyed students were to sit at the back and given less break time. Very quickly the brown – eyed became depressed‚ angry and started to perform less well. The next day she told the class that she made a mistake and that blue – eyed were more intelligent. At the end she debriefed students. b) The effectiveness of Jane Elliott’s well-known

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    Feminism in Jane Eyre

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    Feminism in Jane Eyre Jay Sheldon Feminism has been a prominent and controversial topic in writings for the past two centuries. With novels such as Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ or even William Shakespeare’s Macbeth the fascination over this subject by authors is evident. In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre the main character‚ Jane Eyre‚ explores the depth at which women may act in society and finds her own boundaries in Victorian England. As well‚ along with the notions of feminism often

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    Jane Eyre Seminar

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    contradicts their action - difference from the book and victorian concept > Charlotte Bronte > Jane wants to be "Angel in the House"‚ but fails to be one > hides behind the curtain to read > she is passionate > Rochester wants to marry Jane regardless that she is in a lower social class position. - Money causes one’s character to change > Jane inherits money from John Eyre - social class can creates one’s identity > Blanche ( not original ->

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    Interview ; Jane Austen

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    Jane Austen Interview Interviewer: We have here with us today the one and only Jane Austen‚ author of Pride and Prejudice which has‚ to date‚ sold over 20 million copies. Welcome‚ Jane. Austen:Thank you‚ its great to be here. Interviewer:For those who haven’t read Pride and Prejudice‚ could you give us an overview of the story? Austen:Well‚ Pride and Prejudice is a novel centring a female protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ forging her way through an established and rigid social hierarchy in the

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