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    Many themes are brought into the readers' attention in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and when first reading the novel, we all tend to see it as a work built around the theme of family and Jane's continuous search for home and acceptance. The love story seems to fall into second place and I believe that the special relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester needs to be thoroughly discussed and interpreted, because it holds many captivating elements, such as mystery, passion or even betrayal. The aim

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    The novel Jane Eyre and Great Expectations takes and written during the Victorian Era. The years that make up the Victorian Literature Era are 1830s to 1900s, which is the time that Queen Victoria rule. During the time of the Victorian Era, society ideals are given more power to the rich; a line separates the rich and middle/poor class. Charles Dickens’s novel; Great Expectations, and Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre illustrates the differences of the social classes. Dickens uses Pip to show the dreaded

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    Throughout the novel of ‘Jane Eyre’ a colonialism and isolation are reflected throughout the novel, mainly through the treatment of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre as she is cruelly locked in the attic due to her husband, Mr Rochester deeming her as insane. Bertha is described in a demon like manner whereas Jane represents a rebellious young woman who can be closely linked to a modern woman with the values and independence the contemporary readers possess. Jane does not represent any of the desired values

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    Hysteria In Jane Eyre

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    Bertha Mason has become a significant literary character since Charlotte Brontë included her in Jane Eyre in 1847. As discussed in chapter one, there was a social correlation between women and hysteria, and a great fear by women of false committals or home imprisonment by their husbands. Jane Eyre is a novel that plays upon that fear and brings these frightening scenarios to life. Brontë's depiction of Bertha Mason also reveals society’s views of hysteria. This is an illness that is difficult to

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    novels Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre, by Jean Rhys and Charlotte Bronte, the theme of isolation is used to contrast both Antoinette and Jane. In both novels, Jane and Antoinette all have to experience isolation which helps them by the end of the novels. In this essay, I will compare and contrast how Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys explain the theme of isolation through the lives of both Jane and Antoinette. The novels, Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea, portray Jane and Antoinette as being two isolated

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    Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, and Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, are two well-known 18th and 19th century novels written by women. Jane Eyre follows part of Elizabeth Bennet’s life as she and her sisters begin courtships and finally marry. In Jane Eyre, the story follows the life of an orphan girl, Jane Eyre, as she grows up and lives amidst many disappointments and hardship after hardship. Although both stories have much romance in them, they are written in very different

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    Isolation In Jane Eyre

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    In the novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte portrays how isolation and exile can cast a damaging effect on one’s life through a foil between Jane and Bertha. Initially Jane was worth nothing while on the other hand, Bertha was initially rich, beautiful, and everyone wanted to marry her. The roles were switched. Jane established herself, somewhat, and Bertha went “crazy”. Jane was isolated as a child physically and mentally. Jane was locked in the red room for over a night. Mentally she was isolated

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    In her passionate and empowering speech to Mr Rochester, Jane Eyre challenges his misogynistic attitudes as well establishing that whilst they are intellectual equals she is in fact morally superior. It is within this dialogue that Brontë explicitly expresses her own at-the-time radical and feminist ideals, endorsing the viewpoint that women and men are equals despite what Victorian class attitudes exhibited. Despite Jane's overwhelming desire for emotional gratification and love, she realises she

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    Young Man Comparison

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    Compare and Contrast: Jane Eyre and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Bildungsroman novels characteristically deal with the growth and development of an individual who seeks to find or create identity within a restrictive social order. Typically, the needs and desires of these individuals go against the pressures that govern society. Pivotal events arise when characters begin to challenge domineering societal elements and authoritative figures, providing formative moments of autonomy and identity

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    day. Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, stands as a classic work of literature that has overcome time and is still being read after 168 years from its original publishing date. Even today readers can effectively connect to the plight of Jane and the social issues that Bronte attempted to illuminate. Combined with an eloquent writing style Jane Eyre continues to have a positive effect on the reform for children. Ender’s Game, written by Orson Card, utilizes the same qualities as Jane Eyre, although

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