Throughout Charlotte Bronte's Victorian era novel, Jane Eyre, and William Shakespeare's Renaissance era play, The Tempest, society carries ideals and expectations for its citizens to abide by such as appearance, roles and behavior. ... Immediately, as Charlotte Bronte's novel begins, Jane is already being put in her place and told how to behave. ... Society's ideals of appearance and roles are continuously broken throughout Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre, by Jane and Bertha and also in William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. ...

• Word Count: 1755
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Private Lives of One Half of Humanity Emily Dickinson's advice to "Tell all the Truth but tell it slant "" exemplifies the theories put forth by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar in "The Female Swerve."" This concept that nineteenth century women authors have strayed from the predominantly mascu...

• Word Count: 1102
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School