Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a satire, which took place during the Napoleon Wars set in Longbourn, England. The main characters are three women: Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist, and Lady Catherine and Miss Bingley, the antagonists. The conflict occurs when Mrs. Bennet is looking for husbands for her two single daughters. As a result of news that a wealthy man is coming to England, Mrs. Bennet thinks he will be good for her daughter. Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth and she feels that it is fake so she refuses. Even though, Wickham lied to Elizabeth about Darcy he agrees to marry Lydia if he is paid. Mrs. Bennet is successful in which all her daughters are either engaged of married. Austen’s novel shows how pride can

The Victorian Era encompassed a time of great discrepancy between the sexes, especially for women. The polarization of gender roles reflected on a basis of gender sexuality where men and women were granted certain advantages and disadvantages. Women were expected to realize a specific position in society based on morals of submission, passivity, and a complete lack of selfishness and independence. Constrictive notions such as these prevent individual expression and expansion. Therefore, while struggling to fill the pre-conceived expectancies of society, one forces true desires and happiness to pass as a scant priority. Charlotte Brontë's Victorian novel, Jane Eyre, explores the significance of individual fulfillment in an oppressive

Following the experiences of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, expresses many elements of gothic literature throughout her novel Jane Eyre. In her perfect understanding of gothic literature, she expresses the three types of evil commonly found in gothic literature, including the evil of the supernatural, the evil within or the instinctual evil motives of humans, and lastly, the evil because of societal influence. Jane Eyre experiences all of these three evils with her aunt and three cousins with her residency and return to Gateshead: Jane encounters the supernatural and the evil of societal influence as a child and she fully encounters the evil within upon her return.

“This book might have been written by a woman but certainly not a lady.” It is bildungsromane (Triska); a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist (Dictionary.com). Jane Eyre was a very shy, plain, and reserved person. Even though she had a very plain look she had a passion that wasn’t expected of her (Green). She also had hopes and dreams and aspirations. So I wonder, how might Jane Eyre react to the women of today?

At Gateshead Jane Eyre grew up with her malicious cousins and Aunt. This fictitious location is placed in a part of England north to London. The name Gateshead has significant meaning in the book. This location was the “gateway” to the rest of the world. Also, this is where Jane grew up, so evidentially it was the “head” or beginning of all her tribulations in life. Throughout the rest of the book, all that Jane has to deal with is linked back to her childhood there at Gateshead. Abused verbally and physically by her Aunt and cousins, Jane felt an outsider among her kinsmen. She was ostracized by Aunt Reed from the rest of the family. At one point when her Aunt became extremely oppressive, she locked adolescent Jane into the dreaded

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Brontë and Steinbeck are arguably two of the most prominent writers in English literature, parted by a ninety year time span and a difference in pre occupations, which could be due to their difference in gender. Jane Eyre and Curley’s wife are two of most different characters but similarly both used drive the plot. Both characters struggle to fit into society; Jane is belittled by her Aunt Reed and being kept apart from the other children in the Reed household. Similarly Curley’s wife is looked down upon by the men on the ranch, where she is named a ‘tart’ and ‘rat trap’ she uses her physical appearance to get attention. Both texts show the inequality of society through isolation of the characters.

During the height of the Victorian Era, in which the books Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, and the Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, it was not uncommon for more well-off households of the era to have at least one Governess hired to help keep the younger residents educated and orderly, and to keep the servants of the manor abiding by the constructs in which the Victorian era set out for them as consistently as possible. Therefore, because the Governess was so prominent within the rich classes in regards as a role in their house—like how the contemporary writer gains inspiration for satire of the rich from writing the stereotype of a tired and underpaid maid—the Victorian novelist used the role of the Governess to write in a

Throughout the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronté, Jane grows up a lot. When Jane was a young lady, she taught herself to be proper and virtuous. During her youth, Jane is often criticized by her aunt and made to feel miserable. She was never treated as part of the family and never recognized herself as such. She was very independent and self-reliant and her goal was to become a better person and more superior each and every day she spent at Gateshead. During her time here, we can see how she truly feels when, on page 22, she states: “…I cry because I am miserable,” and on page 37 when she states “...I hate to live here.” This adds to the evidence that she desired to live elsewhere and how she detached herself from her aunt and the relationships she endured at Gateshead.

Independence, the capacity to manage ones own affairs, make one’s own judgments, and provide for one’s self. Jane Eyre herself is a very independent woman. Throughout her life she has depended on very few people for very little. Charlotte Brontë wants the reader to learn that independence can open many doors of possibilities.

Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813 and it depicts key themes in society and the impact these themes had on life for the characters in the novel. One of these themes is social class, which was a chief contributor to the characters problems in the story. Social class is an underlying issue in the lives of the characters and greatly affects the decisions they make during the novel. Every character is aware of the importance of social standing and it becomes a key factor in the development of each individual in Pride and Prejudice. Mrs. Bennet is the mother of five daughters and she is desperate to have them married. Elizabeth wants to marry for love and not social gain. Charlotte is the example of what a woman was expected to

Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre emerges with a unique voice in the Victorian period for the work posits itself as a sentimental novel; however, it deliberately becomes unable to fulfill the genre, and then, it creates an altogether divergent novel that demonstrates its superiority by adding depth of structure in narration and character portrayal. Joan D. Peters’ essay, Finding a Voice: Towards a Woman’s Discourse of Dialogue in the Narration of Jane Eyre positions Gerard Genette’s theory of convergence, which is that the movement of the fiction towards a confluence of protagonist and narrator, is limited as the argument does not fully flesh out the parodies that Charlotte Bronte incorporates into her work. I will argue that in the novel

The comical novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen depicts the love life of women in the early 1800’s. Austen shows the hardships young women in that time period had to go threw to find their place in this world. Women were thought of as objects to the men, they were supposed to be stay at home mothers, or simple just a accessory to their partner. Women were the subordinates in life, as they still are today. Austen tells the story of how Mrs. Bennet (a mother of 5) works tirelessly to get her daughters married off to an upper class of people. Despite her hard efforts the only way she can achieve her goal is if her husband is willing to help. In Pride and Prejudice Austen uses impactful events to show how the women in this time period

The setting of both of these novels are representative of social class due to all the places mentioned above being significant landmarks in England and places in which only popular people went to. It is believed that from an audience perspective, the setting of both novels adequately illustrates how society and the social ladder is depicted. The language used perfectly exemplifies this, enabling readers to understand the era and how society was within that time. A significant difference in both of the books is the way in which Bronte uses her own life experiences and displays them in Jane throughout the book. Charlotte Bronte, much like Jane in the novel was an orphan, both grew up without a mother and both were sent to a boarding school. Social class in Pride and Prejudice is determined between internal merit (goodness of person) and external merit (rank and possessions). This is different in Jane Eyre as she is pleased with her position in society, she does not judge or put down those of a lower status due to knowing what it is like. An example of this is where she takes the positon of a teacher and she feels as though she has “taken a step which is sinking her instead of raising her in the scale of social existence.” And although this may sound rude, she then mentions that she must not forget that these “coarsely-clad little peasants are flesh and blood as good as the scions of gentlest genealogy.” As readers of Charlotte

"... what mystery, that broke out, now in fire and now in blood, at the deadest hours of the night? What creature was it, that masked an ordinary woman's face and shape, uttered the voice, now of a mocking demon, and anon of a carrion-seeking bird of prey?" (Brontë 221). A brief synopsis of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre, is present in this short quote, which describes the mystery that is present within the novel. As well as its gothic sensation, romance is present as well, giving the novel its feminine characteristics. Foreshadowing is a main aspect which helps prolong the suspense in the novel. The element of foreshadowing helps the reader foresee the upcoming events in the novel. These gothic elements create a mysterious plot within the novel, which escalates during the climax. Novels in the Gothic Romance genre include many mysterious events, as well as a twisted love story. Jane Eyre is classified as a Gothic Romance due to its gloomy setting, elements of mystery and suspense, and supernatural components.