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    “Great Expectations and Jane Eyre: Comparing and Contrasting Two Bildungsromans” Charles Dickens (the author of Great Expectations) and Charlotte Brontë (the author of Jane Eyre) both grew up during the early 1800s. Growing up during the same time period, each author incorporated elements of the Victorian Society into these novels. Both novels depict the protagonist’s search for the meaning of life and the nature of the world within the context of a defined social order. In essence, the two novels

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    Bronte's Jane Eyre transcends the genres of literature to depict the emotional and character development of its protagonist. Although no overall genre dominates the novel exclusively, the vivid use of setting contributes towards the portrayal of Bronte’s bildungsroman (Realisms, 92) and defines the protagonist’s struggles as she grapples with her inner-self, and the social expectations of her gender. The novel incorporates Jane’s frequent conflicts, oppression, isolation and self-examination as

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    Symbolism through Theme Of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea “To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it,” stated Herman Melville. As implied, without theme, no novel can be considered “mighty” or have any depth. Theme is essential in any work of art. Jane Eyre is a novel by Charlotte Brontë that takes the reader through the experiences of Jane Eyre, from childhood to adulthood

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    While Jane Eyre may have a somewhat weak plot, Charlotte Brontë makes up for it in other ways. Jane Eyre is sectioned off into four essential sections and a conclusion. These four sections take place in Gateshead, Lowood Institution, Thornfield, and Marsh End. In each section, Jane “comes into conflict with authority, defeats it by her inner strength, and departs into exile”. For example, at Gateshead Aunt Reed is the opposing force. When Jane stands up for herself, she is sent away to Lowood. Jane

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    Religion in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte In Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte intertwines various religious ideas in her mid-nineteenth century English setting. Throughout the novel, Jane Eyre blends various religious insights which she has learned from different sources. While Jane was young, she had only a Biblical textbook outlook on life combined with the miserable emotional conditions of her surroundings. This in turn led to Jane being quite mean with Mrs. Reed. When Jane eventually goes off

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    The feminist merit that is seen in Charlotte Brontë’s literary classic, Jane Eyre, brilliantly illustrates the grassroots of feminist theory and the fundamental values that enable autonomy for women. The gender inequity in Victorian society disallowed women the ability to control the basic facets of their mental health and wellness in order to follow the rigid standards of pious and proper ideals. The ownership and sense identity of women were strung together through their religious devotion, chastity

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    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 cousins

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    Religion Behavior: Jane Eyre Novel Religion is an important thing for person because it is a belief which has a rule to organize people’s life. The narrator in the Jane Eyre novel, which is written by Charlotte Brontë, point out that people in the novel hold on their religion. She is not success for presenting that idea in the story. It is because there are two characters in the story who are religious but they make a paradox in religion behavior. Brontë through the main character, Jane Eyre, try to make

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    Focusing on shared fairy elements, Warren Edminster theorizes how Charlotte Brontë and Geoffrey Chauncer both use fairy elements within Jane Eyre and The Wife of Bath’s Tale to symbolize the oppression of feminine expression and independence in “Faries and Feminism: Recurrent Patterns in Chauncer’s 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and Brontë's Jane Eyre.” After briefly describing Brontë’s connection to Chauncer, Edminster depicts that the use of fairies in both works represent the female struggle in a patriarchal

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    beliefs would likely shock her, so to interpret this novel as feminist, one must see it through the lens of the time and place Brontë wrote it. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was a feminist work in that Bronte expressed disdain for oppressive gender structures through the voice of Jane Eyre, and the actions of Bertha Mason. Jane Eyre was a steamy novel for its time, with imagery as blatantly concealed as Jane’s description of Rochester’s hand as being “rounded, muscular; and vigorous…long, strong…”

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