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 wasn't exactly the prettiest of characters, and this was done by Bronte for a reason. ... The entire passage from chapter twelve of Jane Eyre is a symbol of Bronte's disgust with the social restrictions put on women of he...

• Word Count: 1148
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Explore the role of colonialism and 'the other' in Jane Eyre, with particular reference to the characters of Bertha and St. John By 1847, when Jane Eyre was first published, slavery had been abolished for nearly 14 years, and yet themes of racism, colonialism and slavery are prevalent throughout the novel. ... In Gayatri Spivak's essay, she writes that Bertha's function in Jane Eyre is 'to render indeterminate the boundary between human and animal.' ... Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's argument of the 'darker half' of Jane can be seen vividly...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Helen Burns plays a strong maternal role in Jane's life, just as Charlotte's oldest sister, played in hers. ... This essay will attempt to show that because of the time period they grew up in, and their own family experiences the Byronic hero is so prevalent throughout their novels, "Jane Eyre," and, "Wuthering Heights," by using psychoanalytic and postcolonial criticisms. ... Raymond Williams' description of Charlotte and Emily's only brother, Branwell, makes it seem likely he is the influence behind the Byronic heroes in both, "Jane Eyre," ...

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Catherine, Isabella and the contradiction between the two characters C. ... 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. ... In addition, Haworth affected Emily&#x...

• Word Count: 5526
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School