Heilman, one of the critics investigating the gothic features in Jane Eyre, states that Bronte steps away from the old Gothic. ... All of these factors emerge in the novel Jane Eyre. ... Brontë has used the gothic features to demonstrate how Jane's character flourishes when she is exposed to the gothic elements. ... In Jane Eyre, the chestnut tree is brought up quite a few times. ... Components within the plot of Jane Eyre follow the predictable arrangement of a gothic novel. ...

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Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Jane Austen's Persuasion, both advocate the ideal woman, in many ways by contrasting how the protagonists in the novels, Jane and Anne, act to how an "ideal woman" should look and behave. ... Both Persuasion and Jane Eyre offer various approaches to explain the standards of "the ideal woman". ... Also in Jane Eyre we receive a taste of the idea of how a woman (or girl even) should behave. ... Another way that Persuasion and Jane Eyre implies the idea of an "ideal woman" is to compare Jane and Anne's looks and be...

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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. ... This quote demonstrates to us how alone Jane must have felt living with these people she not only had little in common with but also verbally and physically abused her. ... Indeed, the full title of the book is "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography" and it is therefore written in first ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate