The book Jane Eyre is split into four main parts by its setting. In each different setting‚ Jane lives a different chapter of her life. Each chapter adds to Jane’s character and story‚ and has its own symbolism and deeper meaning. Jane Eyre is written as an autobiography by its own narrator‚ Jane Eyre. This makes the story credible‚ as the reader experiences all that Jane experiences‚ and also serves to connect the reader to Jane on a personal level. The book is also written in chronological order
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Victorian Mores In Jane Eyre During the Victorian era‚ it was only acceptable to abide by a set of unspoken rules acknowledged by society called mores. Some of the mores that were present in the eighteenth-century time period included the importance of the family‚ high standards of morality and decency‚ and that people must be punished or rewarded for their actions and deeds. Although these mores are not present in modern culture‚ invisible laws still exist in society today and need to be brought
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Victorian mores are the unspoken rules known and observed by society. In the eighteen-hundreds several mores were very important including justice‚ Christianity‚ high standards of honesty and morality‚ and women’s roles. All good people are part of a family‚ a Christian family and women are to serve men as they stand unequal to them. Marriage is simply a tool to gain more money and connections‚ and only people of the same social class are worthy of each other. Whichever social class someone is born
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Jane Eyre: Close Reading and Male Dominance in the Victorian Era There ’s a passage from Bronte ’s Jane Eyre that brings light to the patriarchal relationship between Jane and Rochester. Although Rochester has shown on multiple occasions that he has minimal control over his emotions and has the capacity to lash out‚ Jane admits her love for him and her feelings of safety around him. The scene depicts Rochester ’s dominance over Jane as he holds her‚ and without a word‚ she falls completely useless
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In Charlotte Bronte’s‚ “Jane Eyre” the concept of the ideal Victorian male is severely challenged. Characteristics of loyalty‚ honour‚ wealth‚ moral uprightness‚ and intelligence are seen to be a part of an equation that equals the ideal Victorian male. However‚ these distinctive characteristics are deemed unrealistic and through Jane’s narration questions can be raised as to if any of the male characters in Jane Eyre match the “ideal Victorian male”. Male characters depicted in the novel such as
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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. Jane Eyre allowed Bronte to develop her ideas and opinions about her society at the time thoroughly
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“Though restrained by social convention‚ the passions of the female characters emerge with great force.” In the light of this comment‚ discuss Bronte’s presentation of female characters. Bronte presents the female characters in many different ways. One early example we see of this in chapter one is Jane’s passion as you speaks out a John. “You are like a murderer – you are like a slave-driver – you are like the Roman emperors!” This is the first time we see Jane’s true passion as she is speaking
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pleasure but form and inspiration’(1) to those successful voices such as Charlotte Bronte’s in Jane Eyre‚ that can be viewed in many ways as a variation of Cinderella. Bronte is able to connect easily to her readers by both using and twisting the conventional ideals and elements presented in Cinderella story and thus succeeds in re-shaping the prototype of the female. Although the story of Cinderella and Jane Eyre are not exactly the same‚ there are extremely close relations between the two in terms of
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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 century
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Charlotte 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
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