Jane Eyre
Mutha 1 Mutha Rushabh Ferns Sylvia English language 06 November 2008 JANE EYRE -BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË Self Reflection /World Connection Personal response to the novel - According to me the author of the novel, Charlotte Brontë has articulated herself to the fullest. She has described the plot, theme, and the setting in such a good way that it is very easy for the reader to create a picture in his mind. In my opinion the themes that provoked my interest mainly are -Confidence and Independence, Morality, Social Class, Atonement and Forgiveness, and of course Love and Passion .Throughout the book Jane Eyre demands to be treated as an independent human being, a person with her own needs and talents. The story is not only a love story; but recognition of the individual's worth. Jane refuses to become Rochester's wife because of her "impassioned self-respect and moral conviction." She also rejects John River's purity as much as Rochester's liberty. Instead, she works out a morality expressed in love, independence, and forgiveness. In terms of social class Jane herself speaks out against class prejudice at certain moments in the book, for e.g. "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!-I have as much soul as you-and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have
Jane Eyre essay
Is Jane Eyre anything more than a superior, if idiosyncratic, Mills and Boon Romance? The guidelines for writing a Mills and Boon Romance novel state certain criteria, including that it should: ...deal with the love between a man and woman, a love that is resolved happily in the end. The emphasis is on the shattering power of that love to change lives, to develop character, to transform perception... Any situation may be used - from those that confront concerns such as divorce, affairs, illegitimacy or the problems of materialism, to those bordering on fairy tales.1 On first reading the novel it would seem that Jane Eyre does contain some of these characteristics: the incredible romantic attraction between Jane and Mr Rochester; their subsequent love affair; Jane's disinheritance and ultimate retrieval of her legacy; their marriage at the termination of the novel. However, Jane Eyre cannot be seen merely as a Romance, and it is the idiosyncrasies in the style in which it is written which characterise it as something distinctly unique in terms of Victorian literature. Jane Eyre was written in 1948 and can be said to fall under the genre of the Victorian Governess novel. These novels explore the concerns of the middle-class woman in employment in the nineteenth-century. At the onset of the novel we know that Jane is an outsider in the house of her cousins: she is
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre Social protest is an act of express opposition through words to do with social issues. This is what charlotte Bronte did by writing this book, 'Jane Eyre'. Mainly Charlotte Bronte was protesting against the position of middle class women, social inequality between the rich and the poor and marrying above or below status. These issues were very important in the Victorian times. Charlotte Bronte was very critical of the Victorian society. To her everything was not fair. The book 'Jane Eyre' is based on a true-life story. It is just like a reflection of Charlotte Bronte's life and the way she was treated. People were divided into different classes: upper, middle and lower class. All these classes were treated differently and unfairly. The upper class were the highest of the classes; they were treated with the most respect and honour. Middle class then was divided into, upper and lower middle class. Upper middle class were treated more or less the same as upper class individuals, they were respected and people below them obeyed them. Lower middle class middle class mostly consisted of orphans who were dependents; people who were of a higher class then raised them. Working class was the lowest class of them all; the majority of them were treated like slaves, and were not given any self-respect. Nearly all of them had jobs even the children. Women of that age were not
Jane Eyre
How does Charlotte Brontë convey Jane Eyre's state of mind in chapter two of the text 'Jane Eyre'? Jane Eyre's state of mind is conveyed throughout chapter two in Brontë's 1847 novel, Jane Eyre. Her vivid description of her fractured sense of self is portrayed during her emotional time in the 'red room'. The story explores a diverse child by involving numerous techniques and situations that enables the reader, to understand Jane's situation and her feelings towards people and the places around her. Bronte uses fist person persona she also uses a narrative voice, this allows the audience to gain an insight into the mind of Jane. The experience that Jane explores reveals a cultural context within the role and society of women of the time. Furthermore Jane Eyre is put into the role of a 10-year-old orphan that lives with her aunt. Jane is very strict in the way she presents herself and her well-chosen words. She seems to be an intellectual adult fixed into a 10 year olds body. Her ability of understanding provokes Jane's loneliness causes her to become isolated and inferior to other members of the household. Jane's hierarchy in the house is very abused and used against her, which also states her well being in the house. As she is young, inferior, and a girl this allows Bronte to go into depth on women and how others portray them. Due to her abusive aunt and cousins, resulting
Jane Eyre
Explore Ways In Which Charlotte Brontë Uses A Variety Of Settings And Language To Convey The Characters Different Ideas And Feelings In Jane Eyre. During the early 18th century there were many changes in society which meant people were drifting away from the strict norm of neoclassicism and conforming to the Romantic and the Gothic movements. These movements were reflected in the publications of novels such as Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen which broke the male stronghold of neoclassicism in literature. Times were tough for women, for example they could inherit no money and they had to dress appropriately with no ankles exposed as well as expressing no sexuality. Jane Austen pioneered the struggle against male supremacy in literature. Other authors followed such as Charlotte Brontë who wrote Jane Eyre although she used the pseudonym of Currer Bell. Jane Eyre contains elements of Romanticism and The Gothic throughout and also reflects Charlotte Brontë's own life. The Gothic elements exploit the mystery, supernatural and the fear felt by the main characters and the Romantic (which is commonly misunderstood to show love, romance and passion) shows the rebellion against neoclassicism and its strict norms. Jane Eyre is also written as a Bildungsroman which illustrates a person's development through life; in this case the main character Jane Eyre herself, the strong female
Jane Eyre- Book Review
Jane Eyre- Book Review By Sophie Hyde " There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning, but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question." This is the opening paragraph to the fascinating novel 'Jane Eyre' written in 1847 by the woman writer Charlotte Bronte, and yet Jane Eyre still remains a classic of 19th century literature. Jane Eyre is romantic without being sappy or trite. The pace is nearly perfect and kept me turning pages to find out what happened. The story avoids becoming tedious, as some English novels are which proves that it's easy to see why the book is such a classic. The main characters are multi-dimensional and very intriguing, Jane Eyre has almost too many characters but some are memorable simply because they seem so real. The two characters that I found most interesting and memorable were of course Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester. This novel is one of a kind; Jane Eyre is a young orphan with harsh relatives who ship her off to a school for underprivileged children. It is not the most pleasant place imaginable. She grows up there, and then goes to work as a governess under a mysterious man, Mr. Rochester.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' was first published in England in October, 1847, and it made a huge splash among the Victorian reading public. The novel was subtitled, "An Autobiography," and readers through the years have been charmed by the strong voice of the heroine who tells the story of her life. The story of the young heroine is also in many ways conventional, the rise of a poor orphan girl against overwhelming odds, whose love and determination eventually redeem a tormented hero. Yet if this all there were to 'Jane Eyre', the novel would soon have been forgotten. Her book has serious things to say about a number of important subjects: the relations between men and women, women's equality, religious faith and religious hypocrisy, the realization of selfhood, the nature of true love, and importantly the treatment of children and of women. Its representation of the underside of domestic life and the hypocrisy behind religious faiths drew both praise and bitter criticism, while Charlotte Bronte's striking expose of poor living conditions for children in charity schools as well as her poignant portrayal of the limitations faced by women who worked as governesses sparked great controversy and social debate. 'Jane Eyre' uses a first-person narrative strategy strongly emphasizing the correctness of the narrator's views. Since this narrator is a governess, the focus
Jane eyre
Jane Eyre In the novel Jane Eyre, the author creates an image of the differences between men and women; she also portrays the way people behaved with women in the 19th century. Jane had to face many problems and tolerate many obstacles just because she was an orphan and was very poor. She had to live with her aunt who treated her like an animal. Jane was taken to be so inferior that even the servants treated her like her like rubbish. To maintain a high status in the 19th century you had to be rich and have at least one servant. If you were upper middle class or middle class then it would have been easier for you to get a job, you would also easily gain more respect, enjoy some diversity, and were able to exhibit more authority. However if you were form the lower class you would feel more alienated and would find it hard to live the life of a normal person. You would live life completely opposite to the way the poor lived life. Charlotte Bronte used many techniques such as pathetic fallacy to create sympathy for Jane. Charlotte Bronte uses pathetic fallacy many times throughout the book to show how Jane feels. Jane was treated and made to feel invisible 'leafless shrubbery' shows that the shrub is alive however it is leafless in the same way, Jane is alive however she is not living life like every other normal person. She is like a living corpse. Jane breathes however she
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre is obviously written from the first person. In general, a first person point of view has the advantages of being a constant point of view and helps to make the work consistent; it tends to give authority and credibility to the narrative, since the person telling the story observed and/or was involved in all the incidents. Its drawbacks are that the story is limited to what the narrator saw or heard and to the narrator's interpretation of the other characters. Because the action is completed before the story begins, the narrative may not be as vivid as fiction using other points of view, and the characters and action tend to seem more distant. Jane Eyre has the virtues of this method; most readers accept Jane's interpretation and explanations of herself, the other characters, and events Jane's emotional intensity and openness cause the reader to identify with her, so that her experiences and feelings temporarily become those of most readers. Conflicts and Struggles This novel presents a number of conflicts and struggles within Jane and between Jane and other characters, conflicts which must be resolved for her to achieve self-fulfillment and happiness: * Reason and common sense range against feeling and imagination. Jane must learn to subordinate her passions to her reason. She must also learn to control imagination, which may take the form of
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Kristin Kababik U6782074 9th Century Novel TM 01 Part 1 In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the title character has to keep vigil over an apparently dying Mr Mason while Mr Rochester goes off for help. The overwhelming sentiment gained from reading these paragraphs is that this heroine is rather breathless and filled with anxiety. The short and incomplete sentences mimicking her eyes darting around the room and reflecting the short breaths she must be taking. There is also the sense of her mind running away with fright the longer she sits there nursing Mr Mason, worrying if Grace Poole, whom she believed to be the cause of this trauma, was capable of getting out and attacking her in the same way. The longer she sits in this darkening room the more questions pop into her head and without answers to them, they only get worse and more frequent. Jane Eyre's description of the patient's eyes actually quite reflects what her own would be doing if she didn't have him to look after so closely. The eyes darting around, opening and closing, the horrified look in his eyes mirroring her own emotions. The language used in this section shifts from the previously almost overly descriptive to very brief synopsis of what her anxious mind can hold on to. The short sentences all dutifully begin with 'I must' which the reader should expect from the character of Jane Eyre that we have gotten
