Analysis Of Brontë's Presentation Of Pain In Remembrance

Three poems written by Harwood that emphasise the idea of memory’s importance and its ability to alter and determine perceptions are ‘Father and Child’, ‘The Violets’ and ‘At Mornington’. Each of these poems reminisces on pivotal experiences that modify one’s assessment

Gwen Harwood’s poetry endures to engage readers through its poetic treatment of loss and consolation. Gwen Harwood’s seemingly ironic simultaneous examination of the personal and the universal is regarded as holding sufficient textual integrity that it has come to resonate with a broad audience and a number of critical perspectives. This is clearly evident within her poems ‘At Mornington’ and ‘A Valediction’, these specific texts have a main focus on motif that once innocence is lost it cannot be reclaimed, and it is only through appreciating the value of what we have lost that we can experience comfort and achieve growth.

Bronte’s narrator, Jane Eyre, narrates the passage from a position of hindsight, making her the typical, rational, Gothic narrator, leading the reader to trust Jane and the actions being described. The gothic tropes utilised lend to a Marxist reading of the novel; the terrified Jane is the symbol of the oppressed proletariat victimised by the bourgeoisie. Through the use of fear, incarceration and uncertainty, created by the gothic devices, the reader is encouraged to feel empathetic towards Jane, as she is unlawfully victimised for her cousin’s “violent actions”. A Marxist reading can be applied to the entirety of the novel, as Bronte explores the strange trapped position Jane occupies within a hierarchical class system, oppressed by the upper classes (John Reed, Mr Brocklehurst) yet, not quite a member of the servant classes either. Bronte is exploring the changing class system in 19th century England and questioning the corruption and bullying behaviour of the upper classes, hence Jane’s narrative is a critique of the upper classes and their dubious moral values.

Gwen Harwood’s mournful laments Mother Who Gave Me Life and Father and Child explore the challenging ideas of nostalgia and mortality to provide valued texts.

Charlotte Brontë’s works were greatly influenced by her life, which was riddled with trouble and loss. The passing of her mother, and later, her two eldest sisters, deeply marked her. The loss Charlotte experienced was represented in Jane Eyre, where the main character leads a childhood similar to Brontë’s. The isolation she was raised in also played a role in her writing, this because her and her siblings were only able to communicate with each other, causing her and her sister’s writing styles to be very similar. These similarities led to the public thinking that many of the separate sisters’ works to be written by only one person. Another factor that influenced Brontë’s writing was the change of career- shifting from writing poetry to writing novels. Brontë, in her early years, experimented with forms of poetry that were characteristic of the Victorian period, but soon settled into her own signature style of writing.

The character of Jane Eyre refuses to blend into the traditional female position of subservience expected of the period. Although there had been Bildungsromans before ‘Jane Eyre’, as the first one told entirely by a female narrator, by its very nature, the novel could not help intersecting with every aspect of femininity of the 19th century, and as the novel repeatedly demonstrates, how intrusive and overbearing highly controlled patriarchy can go; “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… precisely as men

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte 1847, is a novel to which human experience and self-determination is prominent. Bronte writes with such lyrical momentum, carrying the reader throughout the novel and allowing them to get a sense of her human experience to which her resilience is evident. The significance of resilience is conveyed throughout the novel repetitively and through the thorough form of

Many people believe that the worst part of remembrance is all the pain that comes with it. But what actually causes all the suffering is loneliness. Memories, thoughts and ideas all have to be shared in order to understand them better, or to let go of them. In this essay I will be looking at 6 poems: “Piano” by D.H. Lawrence, “Poem at 39” by Alice Walker, “Stop All The Clocks” by Auden, “War Photographer” by Carol Ann Duffy, “Praise Song” by Grace Nichols and finally “Digging” by Seamus Heaney and how they present their memories.

Throughout the Jane Eyre novel, we see Jane dealing with feminism and personal identity during the Victorian era on a level uncommon for the time. Jane’s strength comes to the reader through the clear, strong voice first person narrative as she describes her situations; analyzing them, commenting on them, and giving us her thoughts and reactions at every point. In allowing Jane to narrate her own story, Bronte allows her heroine the complexity of a double vision. We see Jane struggle against the constrictions within the spaces she is placed: Gateshead, Lowood School, Thornfield Hall, and

In the poem “Remembrance,” Emily Bronte writes about a person who mourns the death of a loved one. Since no names are explicitly given, however, ambiguity surrounds the identity of the speaker and loved one. One interpretation is that the persona is Bronte herself, having lost her mother and sisters at a young age. Another interpretation is that the persona is simply a figure through which Bronte expresses the general experiences of love, loss, and memory. However, after reading the poem, it is hard to imagine someone crafting such a powerful piece without having personally experienced something similar. Nevertheless, throughout the poem, the speaker experiences tension between letting go of and holding onto memories of the past, as shown through

Brontë noted that, after discovering a manuscript written by Emily in 1845, her sister's poems were not “at all like the poetry women generally write” and carried “a peculiar music – wild, melancholy, and elevating.” Brontë, along with her sisters, began using pseudonyms in 1846 with the publication of Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. According to Charlotte, the wide audience believed that these three pseudonyms related to one person; she wrote Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells in response.

" I would always be happy than dignified” are the first words the audience are shown that can cause the reader to wonder whether it will be satisfying or if they would be able to comprehend the author’s message. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre deals with a young orphan girl who lives a very repugnant life; the transition from her childhood to adulthood makes the reader effectively understand the character’s struggles and accomplishments. When reading this novel, a reader’s imagination can travel back to the Victorian age in England, where everything was differentiated between the men and women of this time era. This can aid readers to get a prominent picture of the life of the main character, Jane. Jane Eyre portrays a variety of themes and symbolism in which focus the central message of this book.

Charlotte Brontë wrote what was known to be “the tale of the heart’s realisation through another, and of the loss of what seemed to be realized” (“Cambridge History, Jane Eyre, Part One” 2). Jane Eyre for the most part, had positive reviews from audiences, and professors. Such, “Jane Eyre was a unique Victorian book because in it, whatever the age might think it right to say, it was made plain to the most unwillingly convinced that purity could be passionate and that a woman could read the heart” (“Cambridge History, Jane Eyre, Part One” 2). Therefore, Charlotte

She also establishes a literary relationship between Jane and Antoinette, which Bronte does not describe. Rhys also invites comparison between Bronte and herself, in terms of the feminist writer. I shall consider these in due course.

Emily Bronte spends last days of her life at home. She didn’t have any outdoor activities. Her life was full of miseries and gloomy incidents. There is not any light of hope and couragment in her life. She was fed up with her life. She wrote this poem in those days when she was bound at home. This poem is the true representative of her disappointed feelings. She wanted to sleep but sleep brings no rest to her. She wanted to sleep eternally. She was disturbed by the painful memories which she had suffering in her life. She wanted to escape from the reality.