Tim Bartlett ENG 396 March 23‚ 2011 Funhouse Mirrors: Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason “Jane Eyre” is a book centred around female duality. In a time when females were still expected to fulfill their “womanly duties‚” Charlotte Bronte wrote a novel dealing with a woman’s view on morality & sexuality‚ passion & sensibility‚ and conformity & insanity‚ among other themes. This motif of duality plays a strong part in the dynamism that makes up the book‚ and is not limited to the themes‚ but is also used
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Jane Addams Jane Addams was an American reformer who provided aid for both the financial and social needs of the urban poor in large cities. Throughout her life‚ Jane sought out a purpose for her life and found all the ways she could to help others. She gave aid to immigrants and children‚ as well as improving society as a whole. Addams was a progressivist who pushed for change in the economy‚ education‚ and public safety. She wanted equality for all people‚ once saying‚ “perhaps he is never so
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Jane Eyre - Chapters 2 - 4 Jane is presented as an intelligent girl from the get-go. This goes against all of the norms of society in the century. She is also presented as a rebellious character who has no qualms about speaking out for her beliefs and opinions‚ making her a very unusual character whom most people in the book‚ such as Mrs. Reed resent. Jane is always surrounded by an aura of supernatural activity‚ as she always see’s strange things happen such as the glowing light in the red-room
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Rodriguez 1 American History Miss Randall 3 February 2016 Jane Addams Jane Addams opened the Hull House to the public in 1889. She was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Illinois and dies on May 21‚ 1935. She was one of the major leaders in the women’s suffrage movement. Ms. Addams helped a countless amount of people. She established the Hull House‚ which was like a safe house for the poor and the immigrants. Jane Addams was the most important social reformer in the time of progressivism
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Ladan Abdullahi Feminism in Jane eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea A patriarchal society is a world in which men are the sole decision makers and hold positions of power and the highest authority. Patriarchy occurs when men are dominant‚ not necessarily in numbers but in their status related to decision making and power. As a result‚ women are introduced to a world made by men‚ and a history refined by a man’s actions. In jean Rhy’s Wide Sargasso Sea‚ the author focuses on the history of Bertha‚ one
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Women writers use their personal lives as stimulus when writing works of fiction. As seen in the classic author Charlotte Brontë and her novel Jane Eyre (1847) and also for the contemporary author Kathy Reichs. While Jane Eyre is a novel telling the life story of its title character‚ it is mostly based upon aspects of Brontë’s life. Kathy Reich’s uses her life and personally traits to develop the main character and her life in her novels as well. There are a few reasons why women use this technique
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In chapter twenty‚ starting off the second half of the book‚ Jane is startled awake by a piercing cry for help. Upon leaving her room to investigate she finds Mr. Rochester ushering the guests back into their rooms and reassuring them that the disturbance was caused by a servant who was frightened by a nightmare. Shortly after returning to her room‚ suspicion in her mind‚ Mr. Rochester knocks on her door requesting her aid. After climbing to the third story of the house‚ she discovers an injured
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Jane Eyre’s Struggle between Conscience and Passion People can be held prisoner by their own feelings in an emotional box that confines them and controls them. Passion is the powerful‚ driving emotion that penetrates these feelings and compels one to break free of the box detaining them. In other words‚ passion is the motivation that drives one to take action against the shackles of their situation to create change in their life. All people have these passions‚ but what happens when these passions
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Throughout Re Jane‚ Jane has a terrible relationship with her uncle. One instance is highlighted when Jane reflects on her childhood‚ when she would constantly fight with her uncle. After each dispute‚ Jane would attempt to run away from home‚ and each time‚ her uncle would chase after her. Many times there isn’t an obvious reason for an action. Jane is unable to comprehend why her uncle does not wait for Jane to return home‚ even though he’s tired‚ but instead chases after her. While reflecting
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Representation of the ‘Other’ in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre Abstract This study aims at examining the representation of the’ other’ as portrayed in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1847). It attempts to inspect how the ‘Other’ is viewed in Nineteenth century England and the cultural ideology behind such specific representation. It poses crucial questions as to why the ‘Other’ is always represented negatively in main-stream western narrative as in the case of Bertha Mason who is portrayed as
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