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Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, is a novel that depicts strong female independence. Women being independent and not needing a spouse to provide for them was not something very common in the early nineteenth century; they were usually very dependent upon men for everything in their lives. Women were not the primary wage earners and would usually feel helpless if they were not married. In general, their happiness came from the fact that they had someone who was going to provide for and marry them.

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Jane Eyre follows the moral development of a young scared girl to a strong and unwavering woman. Through each stage of her development was an imperious male character. Jane first encounters John Reed, a spoiled and obscene person. She shortly after encounters the intensely bitter Mr. Brocklehurst. Mr. Brocklehurst seemed like a good man at first but proved to be far from that. Next was Edward Rochester. While he was by no means as harsh as John Reed or Mr.Brocklehurst he was cruel in his own way

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Brontë’s timeless novel, Jane Eyre, author Erica Jong praises Brontë as a writer with feminist ideas far ahead of her time because she depicts a story in which a woman fights for her own independence, rejects the patriarchy of her time, and ends up in a relationship in which she has seemingly attained “true love”. In the novel, Jane, a poor orphan, is about to marry the extremely wealthy Mr. Rochester when she discovers he has been hiding his insane wife in the attic. Jane leaves Rochester, but is

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1. IntroductionJane Eyre is a fictional character in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. My final paper will treat about the childhood of Jane Eyre and the evolution of his personality during the story making a connection with Victorian Era when the story was told. 2. Brief background of the book Jane Eyre: The Victorian EraIn the Victorian era, when the Queen Victoria reigned in England, is a period with great changes in the English society. In the Victorian era occur the progress of science

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The Impression of Oppression in Jane EyreJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë depicts the rigid social structure and clear division between the upper and lower classes of Victorian society, in which wealth and status determined one’s beliefs, career, and treatment from those surrounding them. Those of the upper class did not typically converse or involve themselves with those viewed as beneath them; however, Jane Eyre fights the separation between the classes to which she has fallen victim at both Gateshead

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controversial topic addressed by Charlotte Brontë in Jane Eyre is religion. Though there were various religions arising in Europe, Christianity was definitely the primary religion of the country of England, and it was assumed to be the belief of all. Despite Brontë’s Christian upbringing and frequent Biblical allusions throughout her novel, some believe that Jane Eyre shows a rejection of Christianity rather than an acceptance. For example, in “On Jane Eyre’s Moral Choices,” Richard Benvenuto states

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titular Jane Eyre, lives not to see the second volume of Charlotte Brontë’s preeminent novel. Similar to her gravestone inscription, however, Helen rises again, her influence extending farther than those of her childhood exploits. The older orphan’s unique opinions toward feminism, power dynamics, and most importantly, religion, live on through Jane Eyre, forming a parallel legacy to compare all of Jane’s decisions to. Through exploring Jane’s religious transformation in context to Helen, Eyre is revealed

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equality of the sexes. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë uses feminism as a tool to shine light on these issues faced by women at the time. The inequality between men and women has become very apparent, creating a large effect on the premise of the novel. Jane Eyre has been discussed for many years in the academic community how Brontë incorporated feminism effectively in her novel. As can be seen in Emily Griesinger’s article, “Charlotte Brontë’s Religion: Faith, Feminism, and Jane Eyre,” feminism plays an

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Jane Eyre endures the toughest conflict because horrible things keep coming her way like, when the teachers mistreated her, her horrible school, and her struggle to get to the top of the class. She endures the most conflict because she the most and worst things happen to her for instance being shunned by everybody, and getting her hair cut off. Jane triumphs the most from her conflict because she knows that she will get through and tries to do better like when she struggled to get to the top of her

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Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, has not only been interpreted as a novel advocating Victorian conventional norms, but one that exercises the fiery act of female rebellion against hypocritical, patriarchal oppression. With reference to the quotation provided, along with additional extracts from the text, the angelic representation of Jane Eyre, along with the demonic demonstration of Bertha Rochester, informed by the angel demon dichotomy, is not only significant in terms of the language and imagery

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