A young girl, Jane Eyre sits in the drawing room reading Bewick's History of British Birds. ... Bronte, Jane Eyre, Hertforshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited, 1992, p5-6). ... From the end of the chapter one, it is suggested that the red-room is viewed as a symbol of what Jane must overcome in her struggles to find freedom, happiness, and a sense of belonging. ... The red-room's importance as a symbol continues throughout the novel. ... The development of Jane Eyre's character is central to the novel and this is seen from chapter one. ...

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In what way might Jane Eyre be considered a feminist novel? ... Jane Eyre is a Feminist Novel In the novel Jane Eyre, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the tone of Jane Eyre is in fact a feminist novel. ... A woman like Jane was to be put back in her place; were she belonged. ... Jane is just the symbol for the will that every human has inside, whether you are a male or female. ... Bronte gives us Jane Eyre to serve as an example for women in the future and the need for sexual equality. ...

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Jane Eyre is a well-known gothic English novel publishes during the Victorian period by Charlotte Bronte. ... In Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys has written a prequel to Jane Eyre. ... Jane Eyre is narrated by one point of view, thus everything is clear who is good or bad through one perspective. ... Lastly, it discusses about how convincing Wide Sargasso Sea is as a prequel story for Jane Eyre. ... This is a very different kind of feminism from Jane Eyre. ...

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Jane's Eyriness Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre challenges the accepted Victorian conceptions of gender hierarchy, making the statement that a woman's inner development merits as much attention and analysis as that of a man. ... This is a very bold statement by Bronte, in her attempt to make a political statement within her book Jane Eyre. ... He has power over Jane and he uses that power throughout most of the novel. ... The entire passage from chapter twelve of Jane Eyre is a symbol of Bronte's disgust with the social restrictions put on women of her era. ... Under t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Charlotte Bronte as Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte is the author of the novel Jane Eyre. ... In all actuality Jane Eyre is telling the novel. ... Jane Eyre is not an exception. Jane Eyre is an autobiography of charlotte Bronte. ... Since Jane does not have any siblings Helen is the symbol for a sibling. ...

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The relationship between character and atmosphere is one of the principal concerns in Jane Eyre. ... In Jane Eyre Edward Rochester represents the Byronic hero with a secret past. ... Though Jane Eyre is not physically attractive, she possesses a beauty of her own. ... The true subject of Jane Eyre is the moral courage with which Jane confronts her own conflicting passions. ... The chestnut tree splitting into two serves as a symbol for the separation of Jane and Mr. ...

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When I was deciding what kind of approach I should use for the novel of Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre, I was reading the author's CV and I was surprised that she published her novel just as some of her other works under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Was it because she wasn't sure of the success which had avoided her till that time, or was it because in her novel Jane Eyre she opened the 13th chamber in question about status of women in society in the beginning of the 19th century? ... Jane was well educated at Lowood School. ... Jane won Mr. ... Also in the last chapter of this im...

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In Jane Eyre all the characters are not introduced at the same time. ... Freedom is one of the most prominent theme both in Charulata and Jane Eyre. ... This is her personal symbol of expecting freedom. ... In Jane Eyre, Jane knew to paint, sing and she also knew to write. ... In Jane Eyre, Jane had desire for acquiring financial independence. ...

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In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte uses Jane as a symbol for the struggles faced in life by women. ... Reed and her children mistreat Jane, not treating her like an animal. ... Bronte brings the struggles that women feel, in Jane's character. Once Jane meets Mr. ... Jane leaving Rochester's house shows that women can be independent. ...

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The main character in the novel Jane Eyre is a strong, ambitious, self-sufficient woman by the name of Jane Eyre. ... Despite three major challenges throughout her life, Jane Eyre is able to find love and a feeling of belonging without encroaching upon her sense of self. ... Jane Eyre begins her life as a young orphan raised by a wealthy family at a place called Gateshead. ... The red-room is a symbol of Jane's feeling of isolation, although she feels both "locked in" and "locked out." ... Reed and Gateshead is the first of three major challenges Jane Eyre overcomes in her life in ord...

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Charlotte's Jane Eyre received immediate success upon its publication bringing her notoriety and acclaim. ... To compare the characterization of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, one must also contrast it at the same time. ... Similarities can be seen in the Reed family of Jane Eyre and Hindley in Wuthering Heights. ... Perhaps the greatest difference is that Charlotte created likable characters, most notably the heroine Jane Eyre. ... In Jane Eyre, education proves to be a saving grace for Jane. ...

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Symbolism In Charlotte Brontё`s Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontё`s Jane Eyre is a real masterpiece read by thousands of children, students and grown-ups all over the world. ... But this is not the only reason to attract us readers: the symbols used in this novel are also very interesting and that is why I have decided to try to "solve the mystery- of some of these symbols. The plot of the novel does not take place at a certain place, but there are five important stations in Jane Eyre`s life. ... And so it comes out of the blue when Jane gets a marriage proposal from h...

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How does Charlotte Bronte portray School and Childhood In the first Ten chapters Of Jane Eyre? ... Jane Eyre was published in the Victorian period when attitudes were very strict. ... Eyre' for example, came from the Eyre family whose house had a room in which it housed a mad woman. Eyre' was also chosen because it has a sense of being free as air'. ... This shows that not all children had a bad childhood like Jane, but Bronte uses Jane's cousins' good life as a way of highlighting Jane's bad life. ...

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Yet by the end of Chapter 1, the reader knows a great deal about Jane Eyre and her situation. ... The novel Jane Eyre begins with direct action rather than with the exposition of background and character. ... How do these two philosophies of life match the characters of Jane Eyre and Helen Burns? ... At the sight of seeing Jane, Bessie said that Jane is not so very tall , nor so very stout . ... Autobiographical elements are recognizable throughout Jane Eyre. ...

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Mystery and suspense in Bronte's novel Jane Eyre provides a crucial element to the reader's interpretation of the novel, allowing Bronte to subtly aid the reader in foreboding coming events. ... Through the use of these literary devices, Jane Eyre becomes both cabbalistic and prophetic. ... The laugh which Jane hears is described by Jane as being "a curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless" (chapter 11, page 122). ... Jane's curiosity prompts her to ask of Mrs Fairfax the origin of the laugh. ... Upon her mention of the enigmatic Grace Poole, both Jane and the reader ...

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Rhys was interested in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. In Jane Eyre it shows Bertha Mason as "beast or human it snatched and growled like some strange wild animal: but it was covered in clothing dark grizzled hair". ... Antoinette has become the symbol for the part of him he cannot control or explain. ...

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Jane Eyre's 'Reader, I married him' close to the end of Charlotte Bronte's novel (1847) that bears the character's name, shows the reversal of roles and the decision-making capacities that the new generation of socially aware women could demonstrate. ... Charlotte and Emily Bronte are in may ways both opposites to Jane Austine. ... Although there are some features of Romanticism in Jane Austen's novels, her work is essentially Augustan in spirit. ...

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An ode the woman herself, Queen Victoria, and the subsequent characteristics of the Victorian period In an unpredictable, tumultuous era, the stern, staid figure of Queen Victoria came to represent stability and continuity. The adjective "Victorian" was first used in 1851 to celebrate the nation...

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