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    In “Digging up the Roots”‚ Jane Goodall (1994) argues that people should stop destroying the world and start caring about nature. She also talks about how love and care should not be for humans only‚ but also for anything that lives around you such as nature. Goodall then sadly mentions how people are killing the living things around them including themselves without feeling guilty or responsible for it. Goodall describes her relation toward nature with passionate feelings joined with a sound of

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    knowledge. Her intellect and propensity to act autonomously attracts Darcy; but‚ her autonomous nature causes her to be ridiculed by others’ as well. Her reflections when walking to Netherfield along with her determination to endure hardship to visit Jane exemplify her independent spirit. However‚ Elizabeth’s decision to walk alienates her from Miss Bingley since any indication of self promoted thought gave people the impression of a poor

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    Clarke‚ Micael M. "Bronte’s Jane Eyre and the Grimms’ Cinderella." SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900. 40.4 (2000): 695-710. Clarke explores the similarities and importance of Brontë’s use of the Grimms’ version of Cinderella within the story of Jane Eyre. She outlines how the two stories are parallel and then skillfully explores the symbolism that is present in both. Through her analysis of the ways the two stories are similar‚ Clarke concludes that the combination of

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    Jane Eyre By: Charlotte Bronte 1. “There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering‚ indeed‚ in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed‚ when there was no company‚ dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so somber‚ and a rain so penetrating‚ that further out-door exercises was now out of the question. I was glad of it: I never liked long walks‚ especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming

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    The Expectation of “True Ladies” in Middle and Upper Class Societies in the 19th Century England is a theme Jane Austen is alluding to her novel Northanger Abbey. There are many key characteristics that exemplified a true lady of European culture in the 18th and 19th century such as being attractive‚ but also being polite and respectful. Most of these features were taught to help the young lady on the marriage market. Catherine Morland‚ a blossoming young lady‚ is educated about the “true lady” characteristics

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    should be withheld‚ or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.” (Bronte 141). It is this quote that I believe accurately sums up the incredible transformation the character Jane Eyre undergoes throughout the duration of the novel of the same name. There are many things that influence and shape the character of Jane as she grows and matures throughout the story‚ from the chiding and abuse of her aunt and cousins at Gateshead‚ to the religious zealotry of Mr. Brocklehurst at the Lowood School

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    Jane Austen published her seminal novel Pride and Prejudice during a period of time where ideas on social class and the role of women in society were beginning to shift. In her novel‚ Austen uses two of the main dynamic characters‚ Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett‚ to portray these shifting ideas. Through the changes that Darcy and Elizabeth experience throughout the narrative‚ Austen questions the prevailing attitudes of the time on responsibility‚ class‚ and basic human emotion‚ conveying to the

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    Jane Eyre falls in love with Mr. Rochester because of her attraction to Mr. Rochester’s byronic traits. Jane lost her parents and was raised by her Uncle Reed. When her Uncle died‚ she was treated poorly by her Aunt and kids. She was finally sent to a boarding school known as Lowood. It is an all girls school that had a massive typhus epidemic‚ killing her friend. After teaching and learning at Lowood‚ she became a governess for Adelé at Thornfield. There she meets her master Mr. Rochester. The byronic

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    journey’s; transporting them into the past and into the future‚ displaying the changes in societies across the years. The tale of abused orphan Jane Eyre‚ who through the words of Charlotte Bronte‚ defies expectations‚ as she faces various obstacles and difficulties on her journey towards equality and autonomy. Bronte’s novel explores the emotional journey of Jane‚ using the physical process of her travels throughout the thirty years of which the novel spans to illustrate the change in her character‚

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    of Comestibles in Jane Eyre Throughout Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre‚ Jane’s ambiguous social class is often a problematic force within the novel. One mechanism with which Bronte attempts to elucidate Jane’s standing during certain episodes in the novel may be the appearances of food strewn throughout the book. The particular foods provided to Jane – specifically bread and porridge – as well as the providers of the sustenance and the varied contexts in which they are given to Jane‚ indicate that Jane’s

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