1. Feminist Mores in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
The mantra that was repeatedly chanted by the Reed family and servants "you are a dependent" and "you are less than a servant" was em-bodied at the Lowood School (Bronte 7&17;). At Lowood the girls are strenuously trained to and stripped of their gender. ... Helen Burns attends the Lowood School and is continually mistreated, Jane is astonished to see her reactions towards the abuse because she turns the other cheek. ... This mentality is what not only gets Helen through each day at Lowood but is also passed to Jane. ... Mar-rying only for money and social status, having ...
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