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Character Change In Jane Eyre

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The Victorian Era was a period of time that includes the entire second half of the nineteenth century when Queen Victoria ruled Britain. These era was known for its rather stern morality. In those times women were discouraged to pursue their studies as well as literary careers. Regardless of these limitations a few women were triumphant in these field by recurring to male pen names, one of the most remarkable was Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre is an extraordinary novel written by her, it was ahead of its time and published in 1847 under the pseudonym “Current Bell”. The main character whose name gives a title to the book is an unusual heroine who struggles with her past, ambitions, feelings and the uncertainty of the future, all while battling the limitations imposed to most women in the Victorian era.
The author introduces many characters who suffer significant changes throughout the novel, but the one who changed the most of them all is the main character herself: Jane Eyre. At the beginning of the novel Jane is a lively little girl, who has been misjudged and mistreated. Jane’s parents died when she was baby and she was left to the care of her uncle who later passed away and charged his wife with the care of the little girl. While her cousins are given everything they need by their mother Ms. Reed, Jane is treated by them as an unwanted annoyance. At these point she is ten years old. She wishes to please her aunt more than anything. Little Jane Eyre wants to fit in with

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