Jane Eyre: Champion of Autonomy Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre during the Victorian Era. The Victorian Era was a time of high standards for what women should and should not be. Women simply were not viewed as being passionate, or autonomous, and were more viewed as passive, inferior, domestic-beings. Charlotte Bronte created an alternate reality, through Jane Eyre, that challenged all of the pre-described Victorian Era standards for women's behavior. By creating a character that challenged autonomy and women's role, Bronte herself challenged the current views of female autonomy. After the people of the time saw the character Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte go against the standards for females, it caused the novel to become an example of female …show more content…
The rebellion against ideals is something Jane just happens upon. Often Jane stands against authority throughout Jane Eyre, most notably is her encounter with Mrs. Reed. Jane stands up to her aunt saying "you told Mr. Brocklehurst I had a bad character, a deceitful disposition . . . Deceit is not my fault" (Bronte 37). It is important to note that Jane reacts with a blatant disrespect for Mrs. Reed, she is simply standing against the wrong-doings. Yet still, at any cost, Jane is still defying an authority figure, which she even notices. Jane understood that "a child cannot quarrel with its elders" but it was simply something that she could no longer hold within herself. A rebellion of Victorian Era norms that happens frequently in Jane's time as a governess at Thornfield Hall is Jane's bluntness in her discussions with Mr. Rochester. In one instance Mr. Rochester asks Jane if she thinks he is attractive, and Jane plainly answers no. Once again after she speaks Jane understands that this is not the answer she should have given, she believes she should "have replied to this question by something conventionally vague and polite" (Bronte 131) yet it is something that slips out. In both of the previously described incidents, Jane undoubtedly opposes the standards for how women should act in
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In the novel by Charlotte Bronte, "Jane Eyre", there is a constant battle of love versus autonomy in Jane, the main character. At points Jane feels as if she would give anything to be loved. Yet over the course of the book Jane needs to learn how to gain affection of others without sacrificing something in return.
Throughout Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë uses the character Jane as a tool to comment on the oppression that women were forced to endure at the time. Jane can be seen as representative of the women who suffered from repression during the Victorian period, a time when patriarchy was commonplace. Brontë herself was affected by the time period, because according to Wolfe, she was deprived “experience and intercourse and travel.” (70) Thus Jane offers a unique perspective as a woman who is both keenly aware of her position and yet trapped by it despite repeated attempts to elevate herself and escape the burden placed on by her different suitors. Although superficially it seems that Jane wants to break away from the relationships that further
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Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is presented in the Victorian Period of England. It is a novel which tells the story of a child's maturation into adulthood. Jane's developing personality has been shaped by her rough childhood. She has been influenced by many people and experiences. As a woman of her time, Jane has had to deal with the strain of physical appearance. This has a great effect on her mental thinking and decision making. Jane Eyre's cognitive and physical attributes have been affected by her environment throughout her life.
Bronte’s Jane Eyre gave a voice to women in the Victorian era. Bronte embedded her feminist ideas into her novel, Jane Eyre. Her belief in marrying for love was a head of her time. Bronte used Jane to explore the depth at which women could act in society. Her ideas on women being more educated brought on thoughts of equality of a different level.
Jane Eyre is a classic novel written by Charlotte Bronte. It was published on October 16, 1847 under the pen name Currer Bell. This book is said to be an autobiography of Charlotte Bronte's life, even though it was not published as an autobiography. Jane Eyre was considered a controversial book, but it was also considered revolutionary, as well as interesting.
Charlotte Bronte created one of the first feminist novels--Jane Eyre--of her time period when she created the unique and feminist female heroine, Jane Eyre. Throughout the novel, Jane becomes stronger as she speaks out against antagonists. She presses to find happiness whether she is single or married and disregards society’s rules. The novel begins as Jane is a small, orphan child living with her aunt and cousins due to the death of her parents and her uncle. Jane 's aunt--Mrs. Reed--degrades her as she favors her biological children. Jane 's aunt--Mrs. Reed--degrades her as she favors her biological children. Her cousin--John Reed--hits her and then Mrs. Reed chooses to punish her instead and sends her to the room in which her uncle
Women in the Victorian era were supposed to be passive, pure, and idle; were not to be well educated; and were expected to marry. Throughout Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre learns the realities of these social expectations and directly and indirectly speaks against them.
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Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre embraces many feminist views in opposition to the Victorian feminine ideal. Charlotte Bronte herself was among the first feminist writers of her time, and wrote this book in order to send the message of feminism to a Victorian-Age Society in which women were looked upon as inferior and repressed by the society in which they lived. This novel embodies the ideology of equality between a man and woman in marriage, as well as in society at large. As a feminist writer, Charlotte Bronte created this novel to support and spread the idea of an independent woman who works for herself, thinks for herself, and acts of her own accord.
Great feminist writers, such as Zora Neale Hurston and Betty Friedan, have been openly outspoken against misogyny in their societies. Charlotte Bronte, a prisoner of the strict and proper Victorian society, speaks out against gender inequality in a subtle manner, as her environment limits her voice. Bronte illuminates the misogynistic and sexist attitudes of the Victorian era in Jane Eyre through the relationships between the protagonist, Jane, and the male characters in the book, through the treatment of madwoman Bertha Mason, and through the inner monologue of Jane herself.
Charlotte Bronte's, Jane Eyre takes place during the Victorian period of England. This gothic romance novel tells the story of an abused orphan, Jane, who later matures into a strong independent woman. The societal standards Bronte portrays in the novel consist of oppression, gender inequality, and social class. Throughout the novel, Jane overcomes each of these social norms and defies what every other person in the society believes.
All throughout the novel Charlotte Brontë uses her life and what she experienced to influence her novel Jane Eyre. By including similar situations from Brontë’s childhood life and her job as a governess and applying them to Jane Eyre’s life, it gave the novel a more realistic feel. Also by doing this it seems to help Brontë live out some fantasies through Jane that she would have never experienced during her