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    Lies and Love The main protagonist from both Jane Eyre and The Eyre Affair both deal with the struggles of achieving honest love with their respective love interest due to the unusual circumstances of the relationships. For Jane‚ her and Rochester’s relationship is not normal in any sense of the word. For Thursday‚ the issues she has with Landen are much more realistic‚ but they sting just the same. Both Jane and Thursday have their fair share of issues with their men‚ but some of them are not that

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    JANE ADDAMS Jane Addams is known for Hull House‚ located in Chicago‚ IL. While this isn’t her only contribution to society during her life‚ this is the one contribution that has probably made the biggest impact on society. Jane became interested in social issues when she went on a trip to England with two college friends. She was exposed to the poverty that was all around England’s East End. Also‚ while she was in England‚ her and her friends came across Toynbee Hall‚ which was a settlement house

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    Audrey J. Johnson ENG-393 Jane Austen Prof: Christine Hansen June 21‚ 2014 Marriage in Jane Austen’s Emma The subject of marriage and its effect on women is a topic lively debated by Jane Austen in her many books. In Emma‚ the title protagonist is the spoiled daughter of a wealthy widower who spends her time gossiping and patronizing those less fortunate. Emma is kind hearted but a touch naïve‚ and her lack of impulse control finds the young woman often causing more disorder than she intends.

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    ENN203J: Jane Austen 28/02/2013 ASSIGNMENT 01: Emma STUDENT NUMBER: 51004623 The misunderstandings with regard to perception and deception in Jane Austen’s novel Emma undeniably suggest something sinister about human nature‚ given the negative effects it has on those that fall prey to such conjecture. However‚ the misunderstandings may also render the novel comedic to a certain extent because of the ironic amusement throughout‚ which involves complete misunderstandings from characters on

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    This passage greatly shows the stark contrast between the two women‚ the demonization of the Oriental female subject and the innocence of the English one. Rochester’s narration of his life with Bertha paints a very negative portrait of hers. He tells Jane that he was bonded with a mad Creole woman that came from a Jamaican mad and degraded family‚ having “idiots and maniacs through three generations” and a mother‚ “the Creole…both a madwoman and a drunkard!” (JE 337). Apart from her insanity‚ his disappointment

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    Steven Earnshaw deconstructs the significance of “name” in Jane Eyre in his article‚ “‘Give me my name’: Naming and Identity In and Around Jane Eyre.” Earnshaw asserts that‚ “a focus on the framing provided by the title page with respect to name will offer further insights into the importance ‘names and naming’ have for the author‚ and insights into how ‘names and naming’ are being carefully handled in this mid-nineteenth-century context” (174). Earnshaw addresses the peculiarity of publishing a

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    Introduction The first sentence has a taunting gaiety which dares reader to challenge Jane Austen’s view of a heroine ‘whom no one would like but myself.’ Emma Woodhouse‚ handsome‚ clever‚ and rich‚ with a comfortable home and happy disposition‚ seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. Emma A girl with power and authority‚ & more than enough egotism for the forgivable follies of youth.

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    from all family‚ friends‚ and relations; having to start a whole new life alone. As terrible as exile may seem‚ this is what Jane Eyre‚ protagonist of Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre had to experience several times throughout her life. Although exile can be a degrading experience for anyone‚ Jane Eyre shows to her readers that it is also enriching.The motif of exile in Jane Eyre teaches that although feelings of alienation may arise at the start of the exile‚ you are still able to make companions

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    3HOW IS YOUNG JANE PORTRAYED IN THE OPENING 3 CHAPTERS Charlotte Bronte is the author of the novel Jane Eyre about an orphaned girl struggling throughout the novel to achieve equality and to overcome oppression. In the opening 3 chapters‚ Bronte emphasizes Jane’s loneliness‚ lack of familial affection and emphasizes her sensitive nature and inner strength. As we witness Jane being punished and neglected at the hands of her unfeeling aunts and left feeling isolated and out of place in her society

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    Jane Austen’s novels at first glance tell a story of romance set primarily within the landowning society amidst country estates‚ and their cultivation of tea parties‚ social outings‚ and extravagant balls; ladies sashaying in flowing gowns through precisely decorated rooms‚ and men deliberating over their game of whist. The storybook romance usually unfolds in these familiar settings‚ and inevitably involves the conflict of two lovers separated by differences in social class‚ and the resulting influence

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