1. Jane Eyre
Like Charles Dickens's 'David Copperfield, 'Jane Eyre' is a bildungsroman, a novel in which the protagonist must undergo a form of spiritual education, to overcome the obstacles they face throughout their lives. In this novel, Jane must overcome her fiery passions that are physically manifested by Jane's 'alter ego' Bertha Mason. Both of these characters, as well as others such as Helen Burns are all females who are constrained by societal conventions, yet subvert them, and arise with great force. From Jane's early ordeals with the Reed family, it is ...
Rochester's wife, Bertha, and Jane in Jane Eyre. During the time of Jane Eyre, the Victorian Era, society's ideals for appearance for a woman were quite different from the actual appearance of Bertha or even Jane for that matter. ... Each gender, as well as class, has their own roles and acceptable behaviors that coincide with those roles in Jane Eyre. ... Helen, who is like a counter-character to Jane, has mastered the ability to follow the ideal rules of acceptable behavior for the role of a child. ... Society's ideals of appearance and roles are continuously broken througho...
Gender roles are a theme which is explored in a number of ways in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre." ... Jane Eyre deals with the entrapment of women, both physically and emotionally; and the links between sex and power, and the possibilities of women's sexuality being repressed for a subliminal fear of women gaining power in a male-dominated society. ... For the majority of Jane Eyre this is true of the male and female protagonists, Jane and Mr Rochester. ... The presentation of Blanche also demonstrates her to be a negative character, "Blanche, an accomplished lady of rank"...
Charlotte Bronte's masterwork, "Jane Eyre," explores the progression of a young girl during the English Victorian era. We follow the main character and narrator, Jane through her troubled childhood and onto her search for freedom. ... Reed to resent Jane thereafter. ... So, she treats Jane terribly after Mr. ... Jane falls in love with a Mr. ...
In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte employs similar physical descriptions to construct the Byronic identity of Rochester. ... While Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre both feature dark and mysterious Byronic individuals, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre provides readers with telling glimpses into the day-to-day darkness of her Byronic hero (Rochester), day-to-day details which are absent from Wuthering Heights' Heathcliff. In Jane Eyre, Rochester eventually proposes to Jane, a proposal she gladly accepts. ... These sequential bits of information provide the reader of Jane Eyre with a valuable ...
There is no conclusive ending like in Jane Eyre when she becomes married and lives 'happily ever after' so to speak. ... Her mother even reverts to saying Jeanette is 'no daughter of [hers]' This is reminiscent of Jane Eyre as Jane's relationship with her aunt is very similar. ... Indeed, the full title of the book is "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography" and it is therefore written in first person. ... By using this style of narrative we are able to visualise what the character sees and how she sees it therefore it is very effective when analysing the relations...
In "Jane Eyre," author Charlotte Bronte foreshadows major plot events and revelation's with her signature immersive imagery. ... The most important and pivotal event foreshadowed in Jane Eyre with imagery and dialogue is the surfacing of Mr. ... Jane Eyre tells the story of an orphaned girl's life from childhood to middle adulthood. ... The first event to go awry at Thornfield relating to Bertha is relatively minor, yet sets the precedent for oddities at the estate and begins the foreshadowing of her character. ... This description of her character perfectly fits all of moments that...
In Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" the part of Byronic hero is played by Rochester and in "Wuthering Heights," Emily's literary work, Heathcliff is nearly the definition of the Byronic hero. At one point in "Jane Eyre," Blanche Ingram even references a song from one of Lord Byron's famous poems Corsair. ... The most obvious example of a childhood experience coming out in a Bronte writing is Charlotte's representation of the Lowood School in Jane Eyre compared to her experiences at Cowan Bridge. ... In "Jane Eyre" while at Lowood, Helen Burns ...
You should portray this as a monologue directed to Jane. You should aim to create an authentic voice for Helen which builds upon Charlotte Bronte's representation of this character and captures aspects of the writers chosen form, language and structure. ... My dearest Jane, your attitude truly troubles me. ... Do you not see Jane how much I value this? ... I endured it Jane when I tried to explain my lateness, all three minutes of it. ...