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    of the character Jane Eyre? (40 marks) The novel of Jane Eyre engages the reader form the first chapter. Bronte cleverly uses intrigue throughout the novel but in the first five the author reveals a lot about the plot and characters to keep the reader interested. In chapter 1 Bronte begins to reveal parts of Jane’s character. We first see her as a vulnerable girl who is unable to show her emotions‚ this is because Bronte cleverly uses pathetic fallacy to only give us a hint of what Jane is like

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    in Jane Eyre and the Wide Sargasso Sea. The theme of isolation is explored in Bronte’s novel; Jane Eyre. This theme is also developed in The Wide Sargasso Sea‚ by Jean Rhys. Both pieces present different types of isolation‚ such as isolation due to location and the isolation of a character due to their social status‚ such as Jane’s status as a governess. The various ways in which isolation is present in each of the texts show how inescapable and unavoidable isolation is for the characters in both

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    were revised‚ and if in fact they were revised at all. Bronte is known as one of the first revolutionary and challenging authoress’ with her text Jane Eyre. The society of her time was male dominated‚ women were marginally cast aside and treated as trophies for their male counterparts. Their main role in life was to be a mother and a wife‚ " Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life……the more she is engaged

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    Jane Eyre: A Coming of Age Story Charlotte Bronte’s novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ is a coming of age story‚ about a young‚ orphaned‚ and submissive girl growing up‚ through many hardships‚ into a young‚ passionate‚ and free willed woman. Charlotte Bronte begins the story with a ten-year-old Jane Eyre living with an impartial and sometimes cruel aunt‚ Aunt Reed. Aunt Reed‚ after neglecting Jane for the whole of her life‚ finally decides to send her away to boarding school‚ to Lowood School. Upon her departure

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    There has been many changes in the equality of men over the years. Just like women‚ some things are right. Men usually don’t get much said about them when it comes to equality. It’s usually the women. Well now it’s time to talk about the men. In the Puritan age‚ the men were the more dominant sex when it came to gender roles. Men were more in control in the house. They were not involved with raising the children unless they became problematic. They also farmed and controlled the land that they

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    false USE! Jane Eyre and WSS are romantic novels. Homage. http://trish-m.hubpages.com/hub/Bertha-in-Jane-Eyre-and-Wide-Sargasso-Sea http://www.literature-study-online.com/essays/bronte_rhys.html http://www.victorianweb.org/neovictorian/rhys/gordon14.html Dreams in Wide Sargasso Sea Alan Gordon ’06‚ English 156‚ Brown University‚ 2004 [Victorian Web Home —> Neo-Victorian Authors —> Jean Rhys —> Leading Questions] This essay is Part II of Alan Gordon ’s "Dreams in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso

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    How is religion presented in chapter 1-10 in Jane Eyre? Religion is a prominent theme throughout Jane Eyre and within Bronte’s era. Within Jane Eyre‚ religion is presented as a device of oppression and a means of maintaining discipline amongst young girls of Jane’s class. We see religion as a dualistic feature. The work displays religion in two different lights; Mr Brocklehurst’s oppressive religious dominion which demands high understanding of rules and regulations‚ but also shows the softer

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    everyday conversation. As powerful as heroic men and women may be‚ often the more potent characters are the mysterious ones: the ghosts‚ the vampires‚ the banshees. These beasts are the visions dreamed in darkness‚ when people are less sensible of their surroundings and more emotionally anxious; they have a more supernatural feel about them. Charlotte Bronte plays off of these disturbing superstitions in her novel Jane Eyre. She creates a system so that each supernatural episode has certain elements and

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    Context In 1950’s America‚ the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of Independence was far from a reality. People of color — blacks‚ Hispanics‚ Asians — were discriminated against in many ways‚ both overt and covert. The 1950s were a turbulent time in America‚ when racial barriers began to come down due to Supreme Court decisions‚ like Brown v. Board of Education; and due to an increase in the activism of blacks‚ fighting for equal rights. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ a Baptist minister

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    When people hear and talk about freedom and equality‚ they think about The United States of America. This is the first thing that comes up into their mind because this is a couple of things that America value. Freedom and equality is what America conducts in now‚ but throughout the 1900’s this was not the case. All genders back then were not all equal‚ in fact‚ women back then had the littlest of freedom and equality. Sometimes the women would make a stand for their gender‚ and sometimes the women

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