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    incorporate language features of the mid-nineteenth century and features of Romanticism and Gothicism. Through the use of pathetic fallacy, symbolism and mystery, I attempted to reflect the writing style of Charlotte Brontë through the perspective of my young protagonist Sophia. Charlotte Brontë’s, Jane Eyre, is strongly recognized as a romantic novel, as the emotions of Jane throughout the story heavily influenced her actions. Through the use of pathetic fallacy, Jane’s emotions are portrayed

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    endured countless tragedies to still achieve a life of success? Charlotte Bronte is an inspirational woman of the 1800s. She had always found a way to have success even when the odds were stacked against her. Charlotte Bronte has written many poems and books beginning at a young age with the help of her siblings. Charlotte is an empowering force to women explaining that if you want something back enough you can always achieve it. Charlotte has had quite the journey filled with inspiration throughout

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    Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre is enriched with natural imagery, specifically metaphors comparing people to birds. Bronte uses this metaphor to illustrate a character’s behavior and feelings, where a bird represents a certain personality type. The use of bird imagery was common in Victorian art and poetry; such comparisons were typically used to reflect women’s diminished role in Victorian society. However, Bronte used them to challenge the stereotypes of the time and depict her characters as

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    Jane Eyre (1999 Prompt) The status of person can dictate how they go about and strive for things in life. Often times, one is told that there are things they simply cannot achieve. This is not the case, however, for Jane Eyre. In Charlotte Bronte’s, Jane Eyre, Jane goes beyond the limitations set for her at such a young age, and overcomes the conflict of love versus her low socioeconomic status. Jane’s limitations set by her low social status and her desire to be with someone of a much higher rank

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    Jane Eyre was one of the most revolutionary and evocative novels of the 1800’s. Written by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, unlike previous Victorian novels, rejects the typical beautiful heroine and write a more relatable female protagonist that exemplifies her morals and wit over her looks. Like a bird’s song, Jane’s beauty come from within. Jane Eyre increases intrigue by the illustrious uses of imagery throughout the book. The most prominent being the utilization of bird imagery to illustrate Jane’s

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    How Charlotte Bronte Creates Sympathy for Jane in the First Two Chapters of the Novel Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre (1848) is a story is about a ten year old orphan girl called Jane Eyre. Her circumstances are as follows; when both of her parents died within a year of her birth, leaving her into the care of her Aunt, Mrs Reed. Mrs Reed is a widow of Jane's uncle, who broke her promise to late husband by mistreating Jane cruelly. Then Jane is also bullied by here three

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    In “Jane Eyre”, Charlotte Bronte presents relatives Aunt Reed and Mr Mason as “cruel” in regards to their treatment of their family members, Aunt Reed sentencing Jane to the red room and Mr Mason allowing Bertha to be locked in the attic. However, the reader only understands the effects of Aunt Reed’s actions, through the use of older Jane’s narrative-monologue, which is present throughout this extract. “I was a discord in Gateshead; I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs Reed

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    everything for the better. Many characters in literature and life conform to oppressive ideas like sheep led by a farmer, but Jane Eyre is the exception, and unlike the rest she is willing to stand up and voice her opinions. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte uses figurative language, diction and metaphor to illuminate the character of Jane through a feminist lens, and although Jane is limited by the roles placed upon women in Victorian society, she fulfills her ambition to transcend all that stands

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    The novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë is about a female character battling society's conservative view on women's rights and roles in civilization. Jane Eyre was written during the Victorian Era when women were seen less than equals to men, but more as property and an asset. At the end of the era was when feminist ideas and the women's suffrage movement began to gain momentum. In the novel, Jane encounters three male characters, Mr.Brocklehurst, Mr. Rochester and Mr. St. John Rivers, who try

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    Comparing Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte In the novels Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the theme of loss can be viewed as an umbrella that encompasses the absence of independence, society or community, love, and order in the lives of the two protagonists. They deal with their hardships in diverse ways. However, they both find ways to triumph over their losses and regain their independence. The women in both novels endure

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