How Has Gender Changed In Charlotte Doyle's Journey?

Yesterday’s class was not only alarming but new information. It took me a day to process the impact of the Indian boarding school. The American felt so entitled and obligated to convert and oppression others to conform. They displaced thousand and even possibly millions of native Americans from the homes, culture, trade, etc. in order to make them the American idea of successful. The Native American’s were self sustaining and independent and successful in their own way, American ideals and trade were not needed. Only after Americans had destroyed the land and forced Native American on reserves did they begin to need American skills and even then those American skills contradicted their culture. If they really just wanted to help and make Indians

Charlotte lied to show Miss Hancock she was no longer the English loving grade seven in fear of being ostracized by her peers if they found out. Lastly, just like her mom, Charlotte began to care about her outer appearance. The new Charlotte wants not to be seen as her “skinny, pimply” (p. 76) self, now wanting people to see as pristine and perfect. This is because her mother’s influence has gotten to her, and now like her mother cares about her looks.

Hours after Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan, gaining worldwide headlines, giving millions unanswered questions, the speech, Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation was given one day after the event. On December 8th 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech to be remembered today, by using rhetorical devices and figurative language to strongly picture his message to the public, making great use of parallel structure, personification, parallelism, and climax ordering to enforce his key point of wanting Americans to stand up against the Japanese forces for the deliberate actions done towards there peaceful country, with no threat or hint of war or of an armed attack. With hopes of gathering support for the decision to declare war on Japan.

Charlotte presents herself to others in a very masculine way. She resumes the roles of a male, doing all the house repairs due to the fact that she views herself as an equal to them. She has her feet up on the desk at work and throws back alcohol in one sip, just as the men would do. She is straying far from the norm of what is socially accepted of woman during that time, reacting against what is expected of her.

The introduction of Brocklehurst is a striking example of this, as he preaches against braided hair that “vanity itself might have woven.” Brocklehurst assigns beauty and its pursuit as a sign of blasphemy. However, his blatant disregard for the same sin in his wealthy daughters is Bronte’s way of showing that laws and “immorality” are excused in higher class citizens. Similarly, Jane’s economic position constricts her confidence of being and becoming a proper English woman. As the moraled and calm-headed Ms. Temple is shown as the ideal lady of the time period, Jane quickly acknowledges her fate of non-sophistication and realizes that as Gilbert and Gubar compare, “[she is] no more become such a woman than Cinderella can become her own fairy godmother (345).” Bronte uses Ms. Temple as not only a contrast to Mr. Brocklehurst, but to Jane, herself; while one is a shining figure of English womanhood (yet still not wealthier than Jane on financial standards), the other allows poverty and upbringing to consequently limit her from

In both texts; Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte explore social class in a number of ways. They do this through the use of their stylistic devices and this in turn appeals to their different audiences. Both Jane and Charlotte are notable writers for their remarkable texts. Jane Austen is known for playing a revolutionary role in the generation of English female literature, which was counteracted by this piece- and Charlotte Bronte further developed her feminist thoughts, which have been displayed throughout her novels also. Social class in both texts is described as the division of society based on social and economic status.

“Not every thirteen-year old is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl…” In The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, Charlotte was once a proper lady but became a crewmember of the Seahawk. On Charlotte Doyle’s journey she had life changing experiences. The experiences changed her from a beautiful, young, sophisticated lady, to a brave and responsible crewmember.

Beyond the social values associated with appearance, Charlotte Bronte also points out the social ideals related to the importance of wealth. Jane seeks advice and comfort from Bessie in chapter 2, only for Bessie to tell Jane, “You ought to be aware, Miss, that you are under obligations to Mrs. Reed: she keeps you: if she were to turn you off, you would have to go to the poor-house” (Mrs. Reed, Jane’s aunt, constantly treats Jane crudely and unfairly). Bessie, in other words, tells Jane that she must put up with Mrs. Reed’s punishments and cruelties because her fiscal situation provides no alternative. Bessie shows no sympathy or remorse in her advice, as her worlds bluntly put the situation of context of how it “just is”. If one has no wealth, they become subject to whatever treatment comes to them and should expect nothing –

Women during the Victorian era were seen as generally weak, passive, emotional (1). The character of Isabella initially embodies the trivial traits of Victorian women. She is portrayed as silly, immature, weak (both morally and intellectually), and naive. However, as the story progresses so does Isabella Linton’s character.

If any man has had a truly impactful effect on the course of history, then M'naghten is the founding father for the modern insanity plea because of his frantic decision making when he allegedly assassinated the secretary of the prime minister of England in 1843. To which, the case was under heavy scrutiny from the public, but the house of Lords ruled the convicted as insane and could not tell right from wrong. Hence, in the play “Hamlet,” the protagonist Hamlet, disregards the image M’naghten, and is to be deemed not insane due to his ability to differentiate between moral standards which were not negatively affected by any psychosis, for his affairs could be conducted as usual.

The 19th century strict victorian hierarchy places a colossal importance on one’s social standing. Wealth and status prevail over one’s virtue, as an aristocrat is taught to associate poverty and the lower class with inferiority and ignorance. As she grows up a penniless orphan in a wealthy estate, Jane Eyre’s social mobility between classes allows her to endure prejudice as well as display it. Jane lives with her affluent cousins and aunt, and despite her own lack of wealth, Jane is taught that the poor are despicable and unworthy people. As Jane grows and matures throughout her lifetime, she must make her own judgements regarding caste. Throughout her novel, Charlotte Bronte of Jane Eyre criticizes the rigid class system and exposes

Lady Dalrymple had acquired the name of ‘a charming woman,’ because she had a smile and a civil answer for everybody. Miss Carteret, with still less to say, was so plain and so awkward, that she would never have been tolerated in Camden Place but for her birth. (163)

Yet, she of the same nature challenged the patriarchal roles of her society. Moreover, even though the Industrial Revolution opened other venue for lower-class women society, the society however offered only a respectable employment such as working as a governess, Jane’s job. The society did not offer much more for women no matter how learned she could be. Although to note, the position of a governess during Bronte’s time was not likely as presented in the novel. “Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, to absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.” In this statement, Jane showed what her society expected of women. The rigid restraints of the heteronormative society placed women on a very unlikely side---they were inferior to say. They were relegated in a

Set in the Victorian era, a period where women had to oblige with certain rules and standards that were put forth to them by society. The novel Jane Eyre (1847) written by Charlotte Bronte encompasses the opposite of what was considered the norm for women of her time. The heroine Jane Eyre is depicted as independent, blunt, opinionated and strong. These traits illustrate Jane Eyre as unfeminine and not fit for her years, thus designating her as a social outcast. The novel is a fictional autobiography of the protagonists life written mostly in past tense. As Jane progresses through different stages of her life; Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfeild, Moore, and Ferndean, so does her shift in narration. This paper will delve into the fundamental aspects on the point of view in Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1847), more so the perspective of Jane as the narrator and Jane as the narrated. Since the protagonist maintains two roles in the novel; the

Finally, she begins to accept these roles and conform to what her gender role, as a girl, is perceived as. By examining the transitions that the narrator goes through, Alice Munro puts forth the idea that society imposes gender roles upon people.