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    Construction of Love and Gender in Jane Eyre      Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte focuses primarily on love, specifically romantic love and it is the way in which Charlotte Bronte challenges 19th century socio-cultural views on gender and romance, as well as other discourses within the novel such as class and status that makes Jane Eyre successful.   The main discourse within Jane Eyre that impacts most greatly upon its feature, romantic love, is the societal classes of the time

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    Foe, but it shows that mentally he is there, even if he chooses not to communicate it. He was able to hold on to his identity and his culture throughout Foe, more so than in Robinson Crusoe. In Jane Eyre, culture had become a key point the story. The scene that comes to mind is when Jane is describing Bertha. She says,

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    gothic novels. In the novel, Jane Eyre, the author, Charlotte Brontë, writes a gothic story about the life of a plain, intelligent woman, who encounters horrors her entire life. This novel possess all the elements confirming itself as a gothic novel: supernatural events, extreme fear, a Byronic hero, and an imprisoned woman. Over the course of the novel, she must conquer her terror to possess the love of a man. Throughout this gothic novel, three supernatural

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    literature such as Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and short texts, “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Temple” by Joyce Carol Oates and “The Outsider” by H. P. Lovecraft. The famous novel, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is about the life of a young woman called Jane Eyre. The novel takes us through her life at Gateshead Hall to Lowood Institute and Thornfield Hall where she works for Mr. Rochester, Jane’s love interest. Just before the marriage between Mr. Rochester and Jane, it is revealed

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    How and why are selected canonical texts re-written by female authors? Answer with close reference to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Sea is a relatively still sea, lying within the south-west zone of the North Atlantic Ocean, at the centre of a swirl of warm ocean currents. Metaphorically, for Jean Rhys, it represented an area of calm, within the wide division between England and the West Indies. Within such an area, a sense of stability

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    and neglect, from Annette towards her daughter with “the result for Antoinette [as] the development of a forced dependency on the very world that excludes her.” (The Experience of Womanhood in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea). Sherry Lewkowicz explains this in her essay The Experience of Womanhood in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea, by detailing how those oppressed, beneath the roles of dominance, are usually stripped from their defenses. Mr Cosway was a drinker, a man who was despised and was known

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    Jane Eyre: Role Model? Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, is set in 20th century England, and tells the story of a young woman named Jane Eyre who undergoes many hardships as she matures and ultimately grows into a more complex person. The title character’s unsavory childhood, peppered with verbal and physical abuse and punctuated only by an occasional act of kindness, might embitter a weaker narrator, but Jane’s strength of character and passionate, willful nature, which motivate her to seek respect

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    The Victorian Period was characterized for its evolution on the British Literature. This Period that starts from the years 1830 to 1900 was characterized by fast changes and developments, in this situation, from the knowledge, technology and science. The name “Victorian” comes from the royal woman, Queen Victoria. The single European conflict fought during Victoria 's reign, in fact, the Crimean War of 1854 to 1856 contrasted evidently with the 18th century, following this, during the British were

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    Rochester and Jane were of different classes, Charlotte Bronte presents him as an intelligent person. Both Edward and Jane enjoy conversations with each other. However, Jane does not express her feelings as clearly as Rochester does. So he dresses up as a gypsy and tries to find out what she thinks of the marriage, which everyone assumes that he will with Blanche. Although, both Jane Eyre and Rochester have are fond of each other, Edward was deceitful to Jane. For example, when Jane found out about

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    Jane Eyre Obstacles and love The novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte is a story about a young orphaned girl and her quest for love. Jane, the young girl searches for love and acceptance through each setting; Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Moor House, and Ferndean. Throughout these points in her life, the maturation and identity recognition of Jane becomes visible. It is only when, Jane flees from Rochester and Thornfield, and spends time at Moor House, that her maturation to womanhood

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