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    contemporary society. This is evident in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë where at many points within the novel‚ Brontë‚ through the character of Jane Eyre voices her then radical opinions on society common to that era‚ through which contemporary readers can then draw parallels to with aspects of their own society. It is rather obvious to the reader that Brontë‚ through the character of Jane Eyre‚ is somewhat critical of Victorian England’s strict social structure and hierarchy‚ a primary vehicle

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    Literary Analysis/Research) In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ Bronte’s use of foils to reveal Jane’s true character enriches the reader’s interest when reading the novel. Characters in the novel such as Georgina Reed‚ Blanche Ingram‚ Helen Burns‚ Bertha Mason and Mr. Rochester show a meaningful contrast to Jane’s personality. Georgina Reed and Blanche Ingram act as similar foils to Jane. Georgiana and Blanche have beautiful appearances and are spoiled while Jane has a plain appearance and is obedient

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    Psychological Effects of Injustice Everyone at one point or another has experienced some sort of injustice that has occurred within their lives. Injustice is defined in many different terms‚ but essentially it being 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

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    Bronte’s character Jane Eyre had truly existed in that time period‚ she would have defied most of these cultural standards and proved herself a paradigm for aspiring feminists of her day. Jane’s commitment to dignity‚ independence‚ freedom of choice‚ unwillingness to submit to a man’s emotional power and willingness to speak her mind were fostered by some female characters in the novel. Yet these traits also contrast sharply with some of Bronte’s other female characters Jane Eyre can be labeled as

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    Since its publication Jane Eyre has incited passionate debate about the values communicated” Discuss why the novel has evoked this response Charlotte Bronte communicates controversial values in Jane Eyre‚ which demonstrate her beliefs about women’s feelings and emotions as well as their role in society and in relationships. Bronte also shows her perspectives on values of religion and morality. These values have evoked passionate debate and controversy both in the Victorian period of the 19th

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    Miss Temple’s influence on Jane? The story of “Jane Eyre” takes place in a period where women were repressed and restricted compared to men. This period was known as the Victorian era. Women had few options for jobs; one of the few respectable jobs to choose from was to become a governess. A governess is a woman who is employed to teach children in a private household. “Jane Eyre” is not only a novel discussing a women’s journey‚ but is used to express the social injustices of the Victorian Era‚ such

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    Critical Examination of Jane Eyre as a Bildungsroman Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte boasts a multitude of themes such as gothic‚ romance‚ fantasy‚ social class‚ religion‚ morality and the supernatural. However‚ first and foremost it is a novel of growth and development within a restricted social order. It follows the protagonist‚ Jane’s ‘coming of age’ story in a chronological order from Gateshead to Lowood to Thornfield and Moor House to Ferndean. At each place Jane begins a new emotional phase

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    It is possible to read and enjoy Wide Sargasso Sea without any knowledge of its relationship to Jane Eyre but an important dimension of the story will be missing. It is certain that Jean Rhys herself expected that her readers had a passing knowledge of Charlotte Brontë’s novel even if they didn’t know it in detail. In an interview in 1979 Jean Rhys said that‚ on reading Jane Eyre as a child‚ she resented the way in which Creole women were represented as mad and that this inspired her to present Bertha’s

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    develop their social and moral opinions in a way that no other literary genre allows them to. Within the novel‚ the author can expand and detail their thoughts‚ values and beliefs through their characters. In other genres‚ such as poetry or short stories‚ authors are not allowed the time or space to develop ideas. Novels also allow the author to comment on or respond to new ideas in society. Charlotte Bronte did this with her novel Jane Eyre commenting on ideas including love‚ social class and gender

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    Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre emerges with a unique voice in the Victorian period for the work posits itself as a sentimental novel; however‚ it deliberately becomes unable to fulfill the genre‚ and then‚ it creates an altogether divergent novel that demonstrates its superiority by adding depth of structure in narration and character portrayal. Joan D. Peters’ essay‚ Finding a Voice: Towards a Woman’s Discourse of Dialogue in the Narration of Jane Eyre positions Gerard Genette’s theory of convergence

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