The Foils of Jane Though Blanche‚ from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ thinks that opposites attract and thus that she will marry Rochester‚ Brontë has different ideas about foils. Near the end of the novel Jane marries Rochester effectively quieting Blanche’s ideas. However‚ Brontë does use foils in the novel for a different reason. She uses characters will opposite personalities to reveal more about them‚ and to keep the reader from overlooking many of the major characters’ traits. For instance
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"Jane Eyre" is one of the most brilliant and popular novel written by Charlotte Bronte and it has successfully dealt with a number of issues that have not assumed the same poignancy in her other works of fiction. The book has handled certain very important issues such as racial discrimination‚ gender discrimination and others with great adroitness. Being centrally located around a woman most of the issues too‚ have been dealt with in context to her. To begin with‚ it is interesting to note
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When Jane arrives at Thornfield‚ she is immediately branded as inferior by Mr. Rochester‚ who boasts about his many travels and experiences which he claims Jane will never have the pleasure of knowing due to her inferior class. In chapter 24‚ he refers to her as merely a “plain and Quakerish governess‚” highlighting her inferiority. When surrounded by a higher class society‚ Jane is treated as a servant‚ without intelligence or value. Blanche Ingram‚ a member of Mr. Rochester’s party‚ openly exclaims
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Harry and Rose from Oliver Twist and Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol are in similar situations because both of the couples are in love yet wealth has come between both of the couples. Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge were engaged and in love. Ebeneezer’s love for Alice was soon not as important as his pursuit of wealth and desire to be a part of “High Society”. Alice and Scrooge were a part of the lower class and their love was not enough for Scrooge‚ his greed was too strong for him
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but seldom revolted. Therefore rising spiritedly to revolt strives for being equal is the question which the feminism must solve first. The rebellious spirit was precisely the starting point of the heroine in” Jane Eyre”. In the early age of Jane‚ she appeared as a rebel. The destiny of Jane was erroneous. Not long after she was born‚ her parents left the world one after another. She had to live in her aunt’s family‚ and was treated as the servant. Faced her aunt’s maltreatment and humiliation‚ she
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Many of Jane Eyre’s watersheds were contributing factors of how she went from an unloved and dependent girl to a loved and independent woman. During her times at Gateshead‚ Lowood‚ and Thornfield‚ Jane matured and found out more about herself. However‚ perhaps the most important thing that led Jane to where she was at during the end of the story was her desire for a better life. Jane’s harsh treatment during her time at Gateshead as an orphan with her aunt and her cousins‚ the Reeds‚ led
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When Jane returns to Thornfield after her first‚ unofficial‚ meeting with Rochester‚ Brontë highlights glass as a border between the inside and outside. In this particular scene‚ Jane attempts to look into the building as she praises the evening sky. She “lingered at the gate…the shutters of the glass door were closed; I could not see into the interior; and both my eyes and spirit deemed drawn from the gloomy house…” While outside‚ Jane is unable to look in‚ which highlights the place of glass as
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In parts of the world today‚ sadly there is still poverty‚ disease‚ and child labor similar to the book Oliver Twist. Poverty still exists in many places‚ just as it did in Oliver Twist. “22% of all children live in families that are in poverty in the modern day world”. That shows how many children are still living in derelict living situations. Also‚ poverty can be near you. Types of poverty is low income‚ homelessness‚ and hunger. “Over population can cause poverty from too many people with too
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humour in Oliver Twist. There are multiple examples throughout Oliver Twist of irony‚ satire and humour. Although a dark novel‚ there are many moments of humour and an extraordinary amount of chuckling‚ giggling and knee-slapping by characters. Each of the literary techniques of humour‚ irony and satire‚ employed by Dickens help add focus and depth on the various conflicts between the novels outcasts and its established society. It is impossible to cover all avenues within Oliver Twist that might
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which inspired Charlotte for the Lowood School in "Jane Eyre". Maria and Elizabeth became ill with tuberculosis which killed them in 1825. Charlotte was very close to her surviving siblings‚ Anne Brontë‚ Branwell‚ and Emily Brontë. The children spent much of their childhood writing poetry about the imaginary kingdom they invented and published in 1846 "Poems"‚ a collected work of their poetry. In 1847 Charlotte published her most famous book‚ "Jane Eyre"‚ under a male pseudonym‚ Currer Bell. Charlotte
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