Women had scored some social victories as well, particularly the Law on Maternity, which provides for family planning, the recognition of consensual union as equivalent to marriage, equality of children whether born to a wedded or unwedded couple, and a cabinet office to promote women's development. Little by little the myth according to which women had to stay at home to carry out their "natural mission" of raising children, bearing children, and serving as an instrument of pleasure is dying out. ... She forgets her reality by escaping into her imagination, which is stimulated by lite...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Women had scored some social victories as well, particularly the Law on Maternity, which provides for family planning, the recognition of consensual union as equivalent to marriage, equality of children whether born to a wedded or unwedded couple, and a cabinet office to promote women's development. Little by little the myth according to which women had to stay at home to carry out their "natural mission" of raising children, bearing children, and serving as an instrument of pleasure is dying out. ... She forgets her reality by escaping into her imagination, which is stimulated by lite...

• Word Count: 1370
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As a working woman, Jane would be expected to remain unmarried, or leave her job if she did decide to marry, and marry a man of a similar social status to herself, such as a clergyman like St John Rivers. ... By comparison, his own children wear "silk and fur". ... Interestingly the more likeable women in the novel are in positions of servitude (Mrs Fairfax, Mrs Temple, the Rivers sisters), whilst the women with money and status (Blanche Ingram) are disliked by the protagonist and therefore the audience. ...

• Word Count: 1797
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate