Jane Eyre
'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte: The Relationship of Jane and Rochester 'Jane Eyre' is one of the most famous and well-read romantic novels in English literature. The novel has been translated into a number of different languages and adapted many times for dramatized productions. 'Jane Eyre' focuses on several kinds of love: the love of sisterly relationships (Jane's love for Helen Burns and other civilians at Lowood, for Miss Temple, and for the Rivers family), compassionate love (Jane's love for Miss Temple, and others who are downtrodden), and the type of love associated with family (Jane's love for Diane, Mary, and St. John Rivers and those of ancestry relationship). However, the love of romantic relationships between the two main characters, Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester, is the central theme of the novel. Charlotte Bronte makes use of a simple yet familiar story line: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy and girl are reunited after some hardship and then live happily ever after. 'Jane Eyre' contains most of the classic features of a love story. For example, real or imagined barriers between the two characters, misunderstandings, sudden separations, warm reunions, shared dangers, jealousy and helping or consoling the other character. We first encounter this relationship between Jane and Rochester during their first dramatic meeting.
Jane Eyre
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
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Introduction The character of Charlotte Bronte's second novel, JANE EYRE, was advertised from the outset by its subtitle, "An Autobiography," and was received as such by its first critics. Blackwood's reviewer (October 1848) said that it was "a pathetic tale, so like the truth that it si difficult to avoid believing that many of the characters and incidents are take from life." G.H. Lewes found the same thing: "Reality--deep significant reality, is the characteristic of this book . . . . " In JANE EYRE the author gathered together not merely the recent experiences of her adult years, but the unobliterated recollections of childhood at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge. Confined as that experience had in reality been to a period of ten months in the author's ninth year, it is given a duration and a prominence in the novel that cast its shadow over all the subsequent action. Jane Eyre, the heroine, is essentially a "deprived child," a penniless orphan whose isolation in an inimical world makes her doubly vulnerable to its indifference and cruelty. It also makes her doubly responsive to the least proffer of friendship and love. At the orphanage the child forms a passionate attachment to an older and precociously intelligent girl, HELEN BURNS (whose prototype was Charlotte's own eldest sister, Maria, who died of tuberculosis at
'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte - review
Nikki Sadler Year 11- Wider reading 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte This book is by Charlotte Bronte, who has in some ways connected this book to her own life which will be identified in this essay. The story is written as though Jane is an adult that is looking back on her life and experiences as a ten year old child. At ten years old Jane is an interesting child, she argues for what she believes and is very intelligent and special, and all of which she is not regarded by the Reed family. The main point put across is that she does not think or act as what was expected by a 19th century child. This is how in some ways the character Jane and her life mirror's Charlotte Bronte's life. The way the novel opens on a 'dreary November afternoon' indicates that the place the story is based is gloomy and dark. The opening paragraph introduces the Reed family after the word 'wealthy', signifying immediate importance compared to Jane when she is introduced as 'a young girl', separate from the Reed family. This immediately shows how she is outcast from the family. Charlotte Bronte introduces Jane in second person, but then becomes Jane when explaining how she is 'dispensed from the group'. Using second person set the scene before becoming Jane. Jane lives with Mrs. Reed, Eliza, John and Georgiana. She was left with them by her Uncle, Mr. Reed who died. Her parents died of
Jane Eyre coursework
Jane Eyre Discuss why Jane's early life at Lowood is so important in shaping her character. What does the portrayal of Lowood show about the role of charity schools at this time? Consider the influence of other on her life at this important time and the ways in which she deals with her situation. Lowood School had a profound influence on Jane's life. It taught her many things and helped her to become a governess. However it was an arduous stage of her life and she had a challenging time during her eight years there. Jane's early life at Lowood would have been hard for her. She had virtually no contact with her relatives while she was at Lowood School (although this may have been a bonus as she did not like them very much. The girls at Lowood were harshly treated. They were malnourished, "I perceived I had got in hand a nauseating mess; burnt porridge is almost as bad as rotten potatoes; famine soon sickens over it." This is Jane's view of the food. It was one of her first encounters with the food at Lowoods. This shows the extent of the food crisis. A usual diet for the girls would consist of; porridge for breakfast, lunch, dinner of meat and potatoes, coffee and 1/2 slice of brown bread, glass of milk/water and a piece of oat cake. The school was very under-funded, due to Mr Brocklehurst (the headmaster and treasurer of Lowood) and his corrupted ways. He took money that
Jane Eyre Coursework
Jane Eyre Coursework Charlotte Bronte was born in 1816 in Yorkshire. At that time England was fast becoming Europe's most stable and prosperous country. The Industrial Revolution was initialising. The Industrial Revolution was a time of dramatic change, from hand tools and handmade items, to products which were mass produced by machines. Workers became more productive, and since more items were manufactured, prices dropped, making exclusive and hard to make items available to the poor and not only the rich and elite. The industrial revolution was a time for change. More opportunities appeared to be offered with the introduction of more factories and ships, railways and steam engines; and all this was taking place under a government and legislature, which were still narrowly restricted to the privileged few that were wealthy by birth or becoming wealthy in commerce. Despite the Industrial Revolution, England remained mostly countryside housing the rich in elaborate homes, the middle class in comfortable homes and even the poor lived in pleasant cottages. By the time Charlotte Bronte was writing 'Jane Eyre' it was becoming more evident that a price was being paid for this prosperity. The Industrial Revolution introduced dirt and squalor, ugliness and crime into the lives of the poor whose circumstances forced them to live and work in the mills and factories of the new towns.
Jane Eyre - summary
Jane Eyre Coursework Jane Eyre is a novel which was wrote by Charlotte Bronte. The book was published in the year 1847 when women were not treated equally to men so Charlotte had to write under the name Currer Bell. This book was written by Charlotte probably because of her past experiences. The chapter which I am describing thoroughly is Chapter 26 when all the revelations about Bertha come out. Jane is an orphan who was brought up as a governess after her aunt disowned her. She was taught that she was way down class wise and she was also brought up religiously. However she was a strong willed young woman and this would lead to her confidence in her later life when she worked for Mr Rochester. Jane would not be scared not to speak confidently. When she first started working for Mr Rochester he asked her if she found him attractive which she answered confidently no. Even after Jane accepts Mr Rochester's hand in marriage she does not sleep with him linking to the main theme of this novel. Jane has a strong sense of right and wrong. This is proved when she is about to marry Mr Rochester in chapter 26 and the revelation about Rochester's wife Bertha come out. Jane loves Mr Rochester but she knows she cannot marry him because it is wrong and bigamy is wrong religiously wise. In the book Jane says 'I would not say he had betrayed me; but the attribute of stainless truth was gone
Literary Theory Essay 2: Feminism
Literary Theory Essay 2: Feminism "Few myths have been more advantageous to the ruling caste than the myth of woman." (Simone de Beauvoir). Explore some of the ways in which Simone de Beauvoir's notion of "the myth of woman" has been taken up by feminist literary critics and offer a feminist deconstruction of that myth as it operates in ONE OR MORE literary texts of your choice. In De Beauvoir's book The Second Sex, the author refers to the notion of "the myth of woman"; a myth, or number of myths, created by man based on fundamental biological and mental differences which lead to the repression of the female sex. She develops this to talk about concepts of woman as "the Other", and the creation of a feminine "mystery"; that is, a subjective ignorance about the nature of femininity on the part of Man, which He interprets as an objective truth, asserting the existence of a universal female mystery. This illusion De Beauvoir refers to as "the eternal feminine". She goes on to illustrate how, historically, myths such as this have been used by men to their advantage in the repression of women: Men need not bother themselves with alleviating the pains and the burdens that physiologically are women's lot, since these are "intended by Nature"; men use them as a pretext for increasing the misery of the feminine lot still further, for instance by refusing to grant to woman any
Is Jane a typical 19th Century Heroine?
05-02-01 Aleaze Tapper Is Jane a typical 19th Century Heroine? Women were expected to be seen not heard just the same as children. Women were also expected to be very calm, composed and very collected. Jane Eyre did not like this idea because she felt that women should be treated just the same as men but this was unheard of in the 19th century! At Gateshead Jane Eyre was very strong when at the age of only ten years old Jane tells her aunt Reed that she hates her. Jane says lots of hurtful things to Mrs Reed, but Jane says the hurtful acquisition because she knows what she is saying is the truth. The nasty comments needed to be said by Jane to Mrs Reed to prove that Jane could stand up for her self. Jane Eyre's reaction to Mr Brocklehurst is very different to the reaction with Mrs Reed. Jane stands on the stool in front of the whole school when being accused by Mr Brocklehurst of being a liar and doesn't say a word in her defence. Jane's new friend Helen Burns influences this reaction of not answering back the person in authority. It was Helen that told Jane not to answer back and to take the insults as they come. Helen Burns is also a very strong character, Jane noticing this looks up to Helen with a lot of respect. Helens character is show when she acts with humility even when Miss Scartchard treats her unjustly. Jane taking the insults from Mr Brocklehurst is
The Red Room
Gothic Imagery 1: The red-room is dark like blood. It emits strange noises and has a large mirror that distorts Jane's appearance. The late Mr. Reed died there, and Jane imagines his ghost now haunts the room, troubled by wrongdoing regarding his last wishes. Outside it is raining, the wind blows against the moors, faint voices are heard. All of these elements--a dark and foreboding room where a family member died, the color red, ghosts and phantoms, and the romantic gothic scene of rain on the moors--are Gothic and predict future Gothic locales and themes in the plot. Gothic Imagery 2: This incident on the third floor of Thornfield Hall introduces Jane and the reader to the first Gothic aspects of what is to be the most extended location for the rest of the novel. Jane describes the decoration of Thornfield Hall as dark, old, labored with the secrets and memories of the past. Immediately this sets Thornfield Hall off--the Gothic local of the old and mysterious castle or great manor, which has the potential to turn supernatural "strange, indeed, by the pallid gleam of moonlight." (pg. 92), as Jane herself says. This introduction of locale is enforced by Jane's hearing of the strange and disturbingly curious laugh from the attic door. Mrs. Fairfax says it is only Grace Poole, sewing with Leah. But we know immediately that there is more to the story than this simply answer;