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    be Jane Eyre in the worldwide famous novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Jane’s admirable qualities in the thought provoking narrative in which she narrates her journey as an angry‚ rebellious 10 year old orphan and develops into a intelligent‚ independent‚ maternal‚ and artistic young woman. As the protagonist and narrator in the novel Jane Eyre‚ Jane begins her journey into womanhood as an orphan in the household of Mrs. Reed‚ feeling alienated and ostracized. Treated as an outcast‚ Jane decides

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    Charlotte Bronte’s novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ shows an enormous amount of relevance to the Victorian era while establishing the Victorian respect for high standards of decorum and moral conduct. The main character Jane Eyre proves by the results of her moral choices that in Victorian society the idea that women who wanted to gain various rewards would need to obtain the patience to wait for these rewards to come to them to be true. Jane’s firmness to refuse the offer from Mr. Rochester to become his mistress

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    Jane in the Wallpaper In reading Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” I found the perspective of the woman’s mind-set towards the wallpaper to be out of the ordinary. At first the room and wallpaper were viewed to be “repellent‚ almost revolting” by the woman but later she grows “fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper”(Gilman 222). The woman goes back and forth from hating the paper to then becoming intrigued with it when she sees another woman within it. Her

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    Symbolism in “The Last Leaf” “A cold‚ unseen stranger‚ whom the doctors called Pneumonia‚ stalked about the colony‚ touching one here and there with his icy fingers” (Henry 1). This unseen stranger dominates the topic as the story goes on. Throughout the story the main character‚ Johnsy‚ has two major involvements with hope; one positive‚ one negative. The story begins with Johnsy’s negative experience as she thinks she will die once the last leaf falls. As the story continues Johnsy begins to

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    Jane Eyre In the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Brontë‚ Jane Eyre is a character whose consistent characteristics are significant in terms of the novel. Characteristics are a feature or quality belonging typically to a person‚ place‚ or thing and serving to identify it. Jane Eyre’s character is measured by her looks and beliefs‚ what she says‚ and how she contributes to the novel. Jane Eyre’s bland looks‚ beliefs‚ and background define who she is. Jane thinks that she is Plain looking with

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    treated unfair. One kind of injustice is abuse. In the novel Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Bronte‚ the main character is abused at a young age. Injustices occurred everywhere in the main character‚ Jane Eyre ’s life. Jane lived at different places throughout her life which include Gateshead‚ Lowood‚ and Thornfield. Gateshead is the location where the orphan Jane grew up with her cousins‚ the Reeds. Lowood is the school for orphans in which Jane is sent to at the age of ten. Finally‚ Thornfield is one

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    Becoming Jane

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    1) “Becoming Jane” Director: Julian Jarrod Year: 2007 Shot in: Dublin‚ Ireland Becoming Jane is a fictionalised historical drama about the early stages of Jane Austen’s life and experiences. However‚ the film mostly highlights the romance Austen in which presumably inspired her now highly recognised writing‚ especially Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility (supported by the movie’s tagline: “Between sense and sensibility and pride and prejudice was a life worth writing about”). In Becoming

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    REPRESENTATION OF VARIOUS WOMEN IN JANE EYRE AND THE SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte utilizes the Victorian convention of the orphaned heroine who is forced to find her way in the world. Two popular feminist theorists‚ Sandrs M. Gilbert and susan Gubar have said in their essay “The Madwoman in the Attic” that there is a trend int the literary history that places women characters into one of the two stereotypes : either the “passive angel” or the “active

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    tackle Dr. Ladi Toulghui’s talk about: “Calamity Jane‚ Tender Calamity: Discovering the Hidden Feminism Character of Masculinity Transgressor.” Calamity Jane was a woman of the Wild West. She was known for her hybrid character and cross-dressing. She was a fearless rider who shot remarkably well‚ a liqueur addict[‚] and a reckless[‚] adventurous woman. [She was‚] however‚ known [for] her kindness towards others. Her real name [was] Martha Jane Cannary. She was born in 1852‚ in Princeton Missouri

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    In Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Brontë‚ the main character‚ Jane Eyre‚ is a low-class feminist woman that stands up for herself and is not afraid to express her opinion in public. Throughout the novel‚ she receives two completely different proposals for marriage‚ one from Mr. Rochester and one from St. John Rivers. Mr. Rochester is a rich and intelligent man who is captures by Jane’s wit. St. John Rivers is a conservative and religious man led by the Church. John finds in Jane an incredible generosity

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